Legacy

She never forgave him for not giving her his last name or letting their only child be sold on the auction block. When she was raped he didn’t hear her screams. When their second child was taken away he just watched. Then he went away. She never forgave him once… He never forgave her once for having the bastard child, Blonde hair, blue eyes too good for the sun. How his ears went numb from the wails of her ecstasy. She was always in their kitchen cookin’ up sumthin’ and he never forgave her once… They jumped the broom but never made it over. Five-hundred years later, things haven’t gotten any better. She still hasn’t forgetten that he didn’t give her his last name and He didn’t forget when she shared a bed with the massa.