Dear Ibthihaal
I never had the opportunity to visit
Rakeedhoo. I didn’t get to meet you. I didn’t get to know you. I didn’t know
what you had to go through everyday in your life. I am sorry I was not there
for you. I truly am sorry.
Ibthihaal, today I know about you. I
know a little bit about you. Your country is talking about you. They talk of
what happened to you. They talk of ways to blame each other on how you had to
leave us. They seem to know everything about you.
You have left us, but you have left us
all with a message, a message to always remember and reflect. You have reminded
us of our failed systems and the amount of our ignorance, and you have also
reminded us our responsibility, the individual responsibility and duty being
human. You have reminded us of all those children being wronged and abused in
the communities we live in.
I hear you now. Sorry I wasn’t able to
hear you before. I promise I will not stay quite and watch anyone being wronged
or abused! I will not let anyone I know suffer the way you had. Ibthihaal I
will always remember you.
Rest in peace.
#DhivehiMeeha
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