Embryo Diary
In my dependence
Ninety days after conception
I kick about
I form slowly
Limbs
Lips
So I can smile
Once!
Yesterday
In ante-natal
They discussed me
Iam accidental
Unwanted formation
an intruder….
Today
the inducement began
Doctor whistled about
Mama winced in a smile
As I fell into unconsciousness
Tomorrow
Iam no more
In a plastic bag, along the River Road
Or worse a dogs meal
Anyway
Thanks mama!
By
Gabriel Muli
Still I Rise
Everyone around
is going to bed
One night or
another
In pain, or
loss disappointment
Each of us
It is amazing
where everything abide
There is the
nobleness of the human spirit
Despite it
all,
Black and white
Asians Spanish,
Native Americans
Pretty, plain,
thin, fat
Vowed to say
that
‘We Rise’
You may write
me down on history
With your bitter
twisted lies
You may tread
me in the very dust
But still like
dust
I rise
Does my affect
you
Why have decide
to be gloom
Because I walk
as if I have oil wells
Pumping in
my living wheel
Just like sun
and like moon
With the certainty
of tide
Just like hopes
springing high
Still
I rise
Would you like
to see me broken?
Bowed head,
Lowered eyes
Shoulders forming
down like teardrops
Weakened by
my soul for cries
As if a have goldmine digging in
My own backyard
You can shoot
me with your words
You can trap
me with your lies
You can kill
me with your hatred ness
But just like
life
I rise
Does my sexiness
offend you
Oh, does it
come as a surprise
When I dance
As if I have
diamond at the meeting of my Thighs
Out of the
heart of history shame
I rise
After my past
rooted in pain
I rise
A blank ocean
leaping and wide
Then swelling
I bear in the
tide
Leaving behind
nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into daybreak
miraculously clear
I rise
Bringing the
gift that my ancestors gave
I am the hope
and the dream of the slave
and so…
Naturally..
There I go
rising…
By Angelou Maya