I agreed to the vow of silence for the protection of others allowing years to pass letting the statute of limitations expire no day in court denied due process out of appeals no justice for lost innocence © 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
I travel a spiral path bare feet sinking deep into soft warm sand circles twisting ever tighter as I navigate this nautilus walls curved and translucent smooth to outstretched fingers ceiling growing ever toward me as I descend through chambers of memory become lost in smell of beach plum bayberry salt air call of gulls … Continue reading Nautilus
the memory is an old one I am 16 maybe 17 deeply asleep in my bedroom my sanctuary someone is touching me caressing my body kissing my mouth I cannot open my eyes I cannot move at all I fight against the sleep holding me in a vice grip panicked trying to rouse myself as … Continue reading Anatomy of a Flashback
my curves have been morphing into hard lines with sharp edges my inner terrain becoming an Escher drawing stairways going nowhere no sense of up, of down utterly disorienting but always an ominous sense that there is a hidden truth all these optical illusions are diverting my eyes from © 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All … Continue reading Optical Illusion
we hold onto to our stories long after danger has passed long after we have been liberated by the intervention of others by our own courage by time by circumstance in part because of how your face changes when we tell you our truth you don’t mean to look at us differently we know that … Continue reading Survival
thunder has been rumbling for the last few weeks under my skin hair stands up on the back of my neck my arms a storm has been brewing I am edgy uncomfortable reality keeps twisting a Dali landscape I keep ending up in the lost and found bin voiceless disoriented unable to account for all … Continue reading Pins and Needles
Brave & Reckless 