"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story in your soul" -- Maya Angelou
She was one of our lifetime's very greatest. A woman whose poise and voice conveyed that she was a force for wisdom, for compassion. She asked to be heard and she was: A poet, a thinker, an activist. I read her work and bought her cards and pinned her to my board as one of my heroes. She was one of the most beautiful people--true beauty, the sort that makes you want to be better yourself. She was as important as James Baldwin, and today I learn she has passed. Her life was often difficult, her actions bore dire results (the beating death of the man who raped her), but she dove into reading and learning and carried on with a dignity that I can only aspire to. What a life she led. When I searched for an image, each one captured her signature smile, and a face so alive it almost burst forth. I even loved her name. I will miss knowing you are in this world, Ms. Maya Angelou.
She was one of our lifetime's very greatest. A woman whose poise and voice conveyed that she was a force for wisdom, for compassion. She asked to be heard and she was: A poet, a thinker, an activist. I read her work and bought her cards and pinned her to my board as one of my heroes. She was one of the most beautiful people--true beauty, the sort that makes you want to be better yourself. She was as important as James Baldwin, and today I learn she has passed. Her life was often difficult, her actions bore dire results (the beating death of the man who raped her), but she dove into reading and learning and carried on with a dignity that I can only aspire to. What a life she led. When I searched for an image, each one captured her signature smile, and a face so alive it almost burst forth. I even loved her name. I will miss knowing you are in this world, Ms. Maya Angelou.
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