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ismnotwasm

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13. I love that poem
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 01:02 AM
Jan 2015

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 beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in 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 backyard.

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 a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind 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.

K&R giftedgirl77 Jan 2015 #1
Thank you gifted girl~ sheshe2 Jan 2015 #15
clearly. seabeyond Jan 2015 #2
we see, sea~ clearly. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #5
Beautiful, sheshe. brer cat Jan 2015 #3
brer~ sheshe2 Jan 2015 #16
k and r and thank you for those beautiful images. niyad Jan 2015 #4
K & R!!!!!! Iliyah Jan 2015 #6
Stunning Images to illustrate the beauty and soul of Women who will not be held down, she..thank you Cha Jan 2015 #7
And~ sheshe2 Jan 2015 #9
Mahalo, she.. I love this.. Cha Jan 2015 #10
Yes Cha. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #12
BIG kick and Recommend ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #8
Hmmm~ sheshe2 Jan 2015 #11
I love that poem ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #13
It is beautiful and ~in a sense calming. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #17
Great art. Thank you SheShe. jwirr Jan 2015 #18
Love the last two--stunning. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #19
Under the Brooklyn Bridge, she.. Cha Jan 2015 #20
Magnitficent Cha. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #21
"You are NOT a mind-reader. ASK me before you ATTACK me!" nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #22
Boom! sheshe2 Jan 2015 #23
The Common Woman poems are by Judy Grahn. Check her out. eridani Jan 2015 #24
Bookmarking, thank you eridani. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #25
Thank you gwheezie Jan 2015 #26
you are welcome gwheezie. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #28
great photos guillaumeb Jan 2015 #27
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