The youngest child

The youngest child is often the strongest in the family. People assume they have everything they need, that they are care free, spoiled, or that life has always been easier for them. But they forget the youngest carries a quiet weight too. They're expected to just go with the flow, to adjust, to take whats left without complaint. Their struggles are dismissed, their feelings over looked. But the youngest children feel deeply. They see the cracks in the family no one else wants to acknowledge. They watch everyone leave one by one. And when the house gets quiet, they're the ones who stay behind, holding it all together.