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turban tan means the mark of my identity has blossomed on my skin means sun-filled days have seen me basking memories imprinted on the flesh of my brow but for them it meant identity exposed amidst horrified flight a death sentence written in melanin contrast culpability for the death of a lady vengeance unleashed through […]

turban tan means
the mark of my identity
has blossomed on my skin
means sun-filled days
have seen me basking
memories imprinted
on the flesh of my brow
but for them it meant
identity exposed
amidst horrified flight
a death sentence
written in melanin contrast
culpability for the
death of a lady
vengeance unleashed
through the burning of blood
they couldn’t run
fast enough
hard enough
long enough
no amount of courage
could change the course of those searing days
brows aside their sikhi
was bone deep
couldn’t be removed
neither flame
nor bullet
nor blade
could extinguish
the heartbeat of
Your Name

~ By: Baghael Kaur

~ Source : SikhChic