MISSION STATEMENT

SILENT VOICES SPEAK started out as Silent Voices: A Writer’s Workshop, as the first group at the drop-in center at the Broadway location of Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, whose purpose is to empower it’s attendees to form and attend their own groups.

We have branched out as an independent entity. We are silent no more. We say yes to the creative possibilities of life & art...

The mission of SILENT VOICES SPEAK is to give a voice to people who are disenfranchised. Many of the participants in SILENT VOICES SPEAK are also visual and/or performing artists.

Membership is open to all.
Send submissions to lizhipwell@gmail.com.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Hallway

The hallway was quiet as I began my walk through. Though long, I could see the door at the other end. That was my destination- my way out. I started walking at a normal pace, looking around at the wall on each side of me, both sides were painted black, which seemed like a weird hallway color. Some area had cracks of different sizes, they looked as if someone had tried to punch their way through the wall. Other areas contained scribbles, most made no sense, some initials as well, were carved in some areas.
The hallway was lit throughout with horribly bright flourescent lighting overhead- like on a hospital ward. My eyes were struggling to adjust.  But then, that became  rather moot as I hit the halfway point- When suddenly..The lights went out...all of them!
I found myself in complete darkness.
I could no longer see the door at the other end that I was trying to reach ...or the one I had entered through.
 I tried to feel my way forward...but was unable to do  so. I was standing in complete darkness...
and unable to find my way out.


-Sharon H.

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