YOU ARE READING mutilations Poetry full of such terrible light © z. t. corley, 2023 #absence #africanamerican #anxiety #daughters #desire #family #fathers #girlhood #identity #injustice #loss #mothers #poembook #poemcollection #poetry #poetrycollection #rage #redemption #resilience #self-discovery #self-scrutiny #silence #trauma #womanhood SILENCE IS NOT A SHIELD 24 6 0 by UNWILTED by UNWILTED Follow Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story Send Send to Friend Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story War might come grinning or grimacingbut war will always come and silence is not a shield.