#indenturedservitude

The scars of past lives Paint my body Each leaving a memory of hurt, pain, trauma The moon shines on them Telling stories of rebellion and oppression The biggest scars are the colonizers tongue on my lips Family a diaspora away Forced conversions Rum becoming more accessible than water Violence (s) that will take generations to end #poerty #poem #Caribbeanpoetry #caribbeanliterature #ancestraltrauma #indenturedservitude #westindianpoetry #ptsd #RichmondHill #LittleGuyana https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFwH9Yhz2V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ya5xkqwpvkqh

I have #toussaintlouverture quote tatted on my back... it has so much meaning for me because I was born to a mother who was an indentured servant and was I being groomed for it at the age of 5. “... I was born a slave but nature gave me the soul of a free man...” #indenturedservitude #firsttimeisawme #mylife #mystory #abrowngirlinharlem #gratitude (at East Harlem)