The Witness

<p>In a winding collection of poems and songs suites and warning signs Ms. Navin tackles a stark testimonial to the effects of sexual trauma on the cusp of adulthood.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Equations of words.</p><p></p><p>And poetry is an algebra to me</p><p></p><p>a branch of my own formulation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you sit and watch a cataclysm</p><p></p><p>sizzle into the brain</p><p></p><p>that wound tears open</p><p></p><p>and a void remains.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Black hole of our universe--</p><p></p><p>Resist.</p><p></p><p>Listen.</p>