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sins of my father

An Ode to Intergenerational Trauma

By mokradi_ Published 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
sins of my father
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Diasporic dissonance

in isolation (identity?) cells

subjects of a sentence

twisted DNA,

rage/rage/rage into the night.

Astrology: prisoner to my planetary alignments

Creator, was abandoned.

Time is a father

insert happy memories here:

Officers searching for the missing boy

nowhere and everywhere.

~

And I said, 'Well, I'm a survivor.' Trauma is almost like osmosis. When you're living with people that have trauma responses, you learn those. To not acknowledge intergenerational harm is to not acknowledge harm, period." - Michelle Good

slam poetry

About the Creator

mokradi_

Pari (he/they)

A BIPOC settler in Coast Salish Territories of so-called 'Canada'.

On the road to reconciling the worlds within while reclaiming my journey, one story at a time.

#multiculturalstories

#transgenerationalmemories

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