The Cycle, Original

The Cycle, 12x18

She carries the weight of a lit time bomb/ fuse ever glowing, she fears, not knowing/how soon, how long before it spirals out...

Some scars don't bleed red, they're merely heavy/ Alleviated when the bomb is dropped/ when she lets go and steps into healing 

Hesitation and fear keep her ashore/ but the cool water will liberate her

Away from the fuse, away from the noise, she has a choice

Original Prismacolor color pencil drawing,12x18, with oil paint marker handwritten text describing methods and types of domestic abuse/violence in alternating black and white over a wavy black and white grid  background. The woman carries a time bomb, the symptoms of abuse are cut into her skin and the cycle of violence is written in the shape of a spiral onto the time bomb, which is lit. She is stepping into water, over which "let go of who they've been to keep you one foot in" is written in white oil paint marker.