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SURVIVAL
Nicole Lyons Review We Will Not Be Silenced
‘We Will Not be Silenced’ is a call to arms; it is muffled voices upon strangled voices ripping the gags off to scream their stories and speak truth to power. ‘We Will Not be Silenced’ is rage and heartbreak, it is the soul-crushing pain of the worst kind of human violation being laid bare for all to see, … Continue reading Nicole Lyons Review We Will Not Be Silenced
Why ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’- Christine E. Ray
I am a writer, an editor, and publisher with a background in clinical social work and neurodegenerative research. I am a mother, a wife, pansexual, dyslexic, living with Bipolar II, and fibromyalgia. I am an artist, an avid reader, and lifelong advocate for social justice. I am also a sexual abuse survivor. Like many sexual … Continue reading Why ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’- Christine E. Ray
One Week Left to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Bruised But Not Broken, Whisper and the Roar, Indie Blu(e), and Blood Into Ink are joining forces to publish an anthology about the lived experience of sexual harassment and assault. We believe that it is more important than ever before that more voices speak out and reclaim their strength by owning their survival stories. All … Continue reading One Week Left to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Time Sensitive Call For Submissions: “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Bruised But Not Broken, Whisper and the Roar, Indie Blu(e), and Blood Into Ink are joining forces to publish an anthology about the lived experience of sexual harassment and assault. We believe that it is more important than ever before that more voices speak out and reclaim their strength by owning their survival stories. All … Continue reading Time Sensitive Call For Submissions: “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Introductions- Christine Ray
I was inspired by Gina's prompt to write my own piece introducing myself. I am survival etched on my skin in black ink pierced through my cartilage and lobes with silver rings and studs I am survival knit into my scalp under salt and pepper hair cropped close when I decided I was more than … Continue reading Introductions- Christine Ray
Polaris-Megha Sood
“Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.” —Bill Richardson My crestfallen soul roams around with a dejected look waiting to get entwined in your white moon with pure serendipity That dark cumulus clouds blocks my way and tries to steer me away from the path to redemption and pushing me in … Continue reading Polaris-Megha Sood
Metamorphosis-Megha Sood
I call this the necessary transformation the inevitable change the unavoidable incident when I lay my heart bare and you ripped it to shreds I gathered the pieces weaved a chrysalis out of it and stayed inside till I came out as a butterfly from the battered caterpillar you left me to be Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Split wide open
I’m split wide open for you to see my soul is sliced in half for you to scrape pieces of me I keep changing shades to hide in the layers of the darkness You still find me and hunt me down with so much hatred Hiding in the plain sight my doppelganger stealing my identity leaving … Continue reading Split wide open
I Stand
-By Linda Lee Lyberg He thought He could break me He did for awhile. But Today I STAND. Copyright©2017 Linda Lee Lyberg
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