Isabella
Slave
Freedman
Saved
Free Soul
First birth I was a twinkle
Faithful Isabella, first
Birth deep earth uneven
And undergrounded light
Cannot fall, father was tall, called
Bomefree or low Dutch for tree.
Mother, Mau-mau Bett. Sweet.
I remember thee as shade
And sun, sold as sheep
Jesus, Where were you
When my parents cried?