Archive for June, 2009
thank you ms maya…
Still I Rise – 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 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 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…… “
This is the woman
Who had all the answers
The one I would lean on
For comfort, for strength
She’s never forgotten
One grandchild’s birthday
Now she can’t remember my name
And it makes me so angry
I shake my fist
And cry out to the heavenly one
Why would you play
Such a cold hearted trick
I thought your job was to love
And the answer came down from above
She’s gonna fly
When her time here is through
First she’ll have to let go
Of some things she can’t use
‘Cause people and places
Memories and faces
Are just way too heavy it seems
To carry on angel’s wings
This is the woman
Who saw things so clearly
The one who could pick out
One crumb on the floor
She saw through a white lie
Saw me through love’s eyes
She hardly can see anymore
And it makes me so sad
And it just isn’t fair
Why should so much be taken away
But when I cry out
For all that she’s lost
I silently hear someone say
She’s gonna fly
When her time here is through
First she’ll have to let go
Of some things she can’t use
‘Cause people and places
Memories and faces
Are just way too heavy it seems
To carry on angel’s wings
And oh, the wonders she’ll see
And I know she’ll remember
To watch over me
She’s gonna fly
When her time here is through
First she’ll have to let go
Of some things she can’t use
‘Cause people and places
Memories and faces
Are just way too heavy it seems
To carry on angel’s wings
To carry on angel’s wings
thanks so kim – it hits the nail on the heads so to speak,,,
Foiling Fear
by Kim
Moving through the heavy fog of fear,
I am encumbered by
“What-if?”
“What now?”
“What next?”
Eyes darting, arms outstretched,
I search for safety,
Grasp for what I know.
Keenly, I listen.
And hear each sound that ere was mere white noise.
Panic sets down roots and grows.
The fog of fear moves in,
Compressing my space,
My place,
In My world.
Denser. Thicker. Fed by confusion and alarm.
Until I realize
This fog is of my own creation.
I, unprotected, unaware, let it in.
I let it thrive,
Feeding it the dung another spewed and I empowered.
But no more.
Take back your shit.
Or let it rot and spoil the world in which you live.
I, from here forward, refuse
To let
You
In.
Or let you win.
Touché.
it is lovely – me thinks…
thanks pam
JOSE DEAN
My friend Diane’s daddy passed away on Thursday – he was loved by many and will be missed by his wife and children and a large extended family with many friends.
via con dios Joe – i felt i knew you…
JOSE [Joe] DEAN Passed away on 4 June 2009. A Visitation will be held Monday, 8 June 2009, 6 pm, at Cristo Rey Catholic Church with a Rosary to follow at 7 pm. A Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 10 am, at Cristo Rey Catholic Church with interment to follow at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Berardinelli Family Funeral Service 1399 Luisa Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505)984-8600
