The Hidden Darkness
There’s something you carry when you grow up in a place where darkness hides in plain sight. Not just the long winters or the empty landscapes - but the people. The ones who touch children in ways that break them forever. The ones who walk free while the children they shattered take their own lives.
This Is Real
This isn’t a story. This is Greenland. And this is real.
I saw it. I knew them. We all did. The adults who did things to kids - family, neighbors, sometimes even teachers or priests. They were never punished. People looked the other way. The police didn't act. The community stayed silent. That silence was as loud as a scream to those of us who lived through it.
Some Kids Never Made It
Some of the kids didn’t make it. They couldn’t. They grew up with the pain, the shame, the confusion - and then one day, they jumped, they drank themselves to death, or they just stopped trying to live.
You want to know what it's like to be a child in Greenland sometimes? It’s knowing the person who raped your friend is still invited to family dinners. It’s walking through the village and seeing him laugh in the sun - while that friend has a grave in the snow.
The Promise
I made myself one promise back then. A real one. If I ever got the chance, I would take justice into my own hands. I’m not asking anyone to understand it - and I don’t need to say whether I ever did it or not. But know this: my promise was real. Still is.
Truth - Not Revenge
This isn’t about revenge. This is about truth. The kind that never makes it to the newspapers. The kind the Danish system doesn’t want to hear. The kind the world keeps ignoring.
So I say it now, for the record: I will never forgive them. I will never stop speaking about it. And if there’s anything left of justice in this broken place, it will start with our voices - and, sometimes, with our rage.
A Message to the Kids
To the kids out there hurting: I see you. I was you. Please stay alive. Please keep fighting. The world is sick - but it doesn’t have to end with you.
We will not stay silent anymore.
- Lars Willsen