Jul 24, 2017
We were shipped across the Kalpani Knowing nothing about the new land we'd inhabit Not knowing we'd say goodbye to our birthland Having scars We carry for generations The cutlass used to sever limbs as much as cutting cane Mourning as much as celebrating Going to another foreign land And these scars still fresh Holding vigils for those who have been victims of these scars Their names fade as their ashes spread As the cycle continues #Cooliewomen #Indentureship #IndoCaribbean #Caribbean #JahajeeSisters #RajwantieBaldeo #NatashaRamen #VanessaBailey #allCaribbeanwomenmurdered #genderbasedviolence #poetry #spilledink #poem #patriarchy #toxicmasculinity #cycleofviolence #thoughts