The Wardrobe's Best Dressed: We Will Not Be Silenced edited by Christine E. Ray, Kindra M. Austin, Candice & Louisa Daquin Rachel Finch

TW: Rape

Quiet Now
Amanda Coleman
You left
And for the longest time
It was so loud
The emptiness inside of me
Left your vicious words
Ruminating off my walls
And through my core
It was so loud
The pieces of me
Screaming to be
Whole again
For years
It was so loud
But finally
It’s quiet now
And I can hear
My own voice again

This selection comes from the book, We Will Not Be Silenced, available from Indie Blu(e). Purchase your copy here! Our curator for this selection is Nilsa Rivera .

We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is the brainchild of Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray. The four indie writers and survivors felt compelled to organize a response after wide-spread, highly publicized cases of rape, sexual harassment, and misconduct. They chose to advocate, educate, and resist through art. The editors opened submissions for just two weeks to women and men around the world. The response from writers and artists was overwhelming: the final anthology includes 166 pieces of writing and art from 95 contributors around the globe.