The List No One Admits Exists

No one’s seen the full list,

No one admits it’s real.

But names disappear from conversations.

Photos go missing.

People are remembered… less.

Not gone.

Just… faded.

As if something, somewhere,

is editing reality with a careful hand—

removing pieces that no longer fit.

A teacher once swore

one of her students vanished mid-semester.

No records. No desk. No memory from anyone else.

But she remembered the name.

Wrote it down.

Kept it hidden.

Weeks later,

the paper was blank.

Except for one small mark

in the corner—

A symbol she didn’t draw.

A quiet acknowledgment:

Handled.

-LR 🖤