Still I rise

[HopeLifeJoy]

Hi everyone,

I share this poem with you, the doodle of today, I thought it appropriate for us survivors, because we too still rise.

Still I rise
by Maja 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 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.

[SunshineRainflower]

I saw this today too and loved it, beautiful poem, brilliant woman, great animation too, thanks for sharing 🙂

[iwillbeok]

❤

[Notjustme]

I love this. Thank you for sharing.
X

[Serenity]

I remember reading this quite a few years ago, and reading it again – after all I have lived through with my ex- it is all the more powerful and inspiring.

Thank you for sharing x

[Freedomfighter]

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful poem. I’m going to write it down and read it every day to give me strength and courage to keep fighting

[Anabela]

Thank you for sharing this poem. I never heard it before. It is so beautiful and meaningful!!!

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