By Lindsay Bell
apathy creeps
like bath water cools
and despite the chill
the longer I stay
submerged in this silence
the more tolerable i find
this solitary place
until the water
I trace
with these delicate hands
fades away
slowly,
slowly,
I am alone again
By Lindsay Bell
help me choke
on the shame of it all
please
fill the space
between these teeth
with prying hands
and coerce these lips
to bring your grace
i am the siren
are are my muse
this place in my heart
is reserved for you
By Kelcie McKenney
One-in-three women have been victims of domestic violence.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), one-third of women have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. For men, it is one-in-four. Those types of statistics paint a vivid picture for the reality of unhealthy relationships: they’re far more common than you’d think.
“In an unhealthy relationship there almost always tends to be a power dynamic in place and the person who’s being abusive, whether it’s emotionally or psychologically or physically, makes it pretty much impossible for that other partner to be able to win any kind of argument,” said Becky Redetzke Field, the University of Minnesota Aurora Center Legal Advocacy Coordinator.
Photo by Lorna Scubelek
Catcall 