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Author Archives: Lisette d. Johnson
The Center
There is a certain way the light is changed from summer. Lower. The sky is clear and blue and crisp. The air cooler, absent humidity, the nights chilly. All the windows and doors are open. The tape begins. As I … Continue reading
The Only Rule of Survival
It is a more difficult day today. I find myself in a crazy mind game contemplating different rules of survival, trying to come up with a rule book to stay accountable to myself. Certainly one must survive if deemed a … Continue reading
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Wonder Woman
That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger…. There are a lot of assumptions about abuse. Many revolve around what ‘type’ of women are victims of abuse. Few public examples show dynamic, successful, career women and entrepreneurs who were duped … Continue reading
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The Between
I have developed an emotional attachment to a very old borrowed desk. I attempt to empty and clear it daily, to return it to its owner. As I sit writing at this beautiful desk, with its cubbies and drawers and … Continue reading
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Raw. The Telling of Our Stories
So you tell me your stories because you need to tell them. Need to say aloud what rattles around your damaged heart and I become a vessel, a container to hold your pain in with mine. I don’t sometimes know … Continue reading
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Shameless Survivors 