Saturday, July 30, 2005

Still I Rise (a poem by Maya Angelou)

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you so beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping into my living room

Just like moons and like suns
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard?
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise?
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs.

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm like a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling, I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind the nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise

4 comments:

Belizegial said...

Well Suzanne, I tried e-mailing you tonight and the message came back!!

Anyway, I can't join you, so true. New job has me doing crazy hours 8 am-8pm; but, I am with you ladies all the way in spirit and trust that the SB is planning to be open and available to everyone on the blog, esp. you as I can sense that underneath your grit, you are terrifically wonderful to those who understand where you are coming from and can appreciate you for what you are all about and telling it like it is.

Keep your chin up and let us know all the details, will ya? :)

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