Topic: Poem: “I’m not afraid” By Veronica A Rogers (me)
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Mon 03/01/21 07:10 AM
Poem: “I’m not afraid”
By: Veronica A Rogers
Dated: 12th January 2012

I am not afraid to die,
to cry,
I never want to lie,
I'm not afraid of being real –
I'm sad
that others fear
and do bad things when they feel
trapped within their lies –
but I rise,
to a new sort of sunrise
and seek to throw off all disguise ....
I rise...
and it's no surprise..
that I grow quieter, calmer,
stronger, bolder,
better: by myself;
so I can be my best self with others…
for when I spend time alone
I thrive from alone-time
And can’t help but rise
for I see the future in my eyes...

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Mon 03/01/21 07:32 AM
Edited by Unknow on Mon 03/01/21 07:32 AM

Poem: “I’m not afraid”
By: Veronica A Rogers
Dated: 12th January 2012

I am not afraid to die,
to cry,
I never want to lie,
I'm not afraid of being real –
I'm sad
that others fear
and do bad things when they feel
trapped within their lies –
but I rise,
to a new sort of sunrise
and seek to throw off all disguise ....
I rise...
and it's no surprise..
that I grow quieter, calmer,
stronger, bolder,
better: by myself;
so I can be my best self with others…
for when I spend time alone
I thrive from alone-time
And can’t help but rise
for I see the future in my eyes...



Tis a great poem. X

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Mon 03/01/21 08:00 AM
Thank you

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Mon 03/01/21 01:02 PM
Nice poem:thumbsup: :wink: .

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Wed 03/03/21 12:43 PM
Very much like Maya Angelou's poem :grinning:

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Fri 03/05/21 05:10 PM
thanks Julie

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Fri 03/05/21 05:10 PM
what? Wow! Which one of hers do u think it is like?

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Sat 03/06/21 03:43 PM

what? Wow! Which one of hers do u think it is like?


This one :grinning::heart:

Still I Rise
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 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

Both great poems.

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Tue 03/09/21 05:03 AM
ohhh Thank you. I am so touched that you think so. That is my favorite of hers...shades

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Tue 03/09/21 11:46 AM
Nice poem LadyWind:thumbsup: :wink: .