Category: Poems, Books & Literature

Trinidadian poet Krystle Sonja Maharaj explores the ache of revisiting a love that was never truly laid to rest.

Sometimes it’s choosing to stay present. Choosing to remain rooted. Choosing to speak your truth anyway.

One woman’s memory of being called Beauty as a little brown girl becomes a lifelong journey towards self-acceptance, confidence, and freedom from the voices that told her she wasn’t enough.