Breaking Point

Breaking Point, Damari Butler. 11 x 15 inches.

She keeps showing up.

Offering more of herself

But what she receives instead
is control,
is manipulation,
is harm dressed as connection.

Still, she remains.

Not out of weakness
but out of understanding.

She knows what this table
is supposed to represent.

But even the strongest
can only carry so much
before the weight becomes too heavy.

And eventually…
something gives