Angelou, date unknown. Photograph by Chester Higgins Jr./Getty.
I was busy working on my desk then my workmate told me Maya
Angelou has passed on. And I was like Maya Who?
She was like you seriously don’t know Maya Angelou? Yeah I don’t I said.
Who is she I asked.
I am one person who is always curious and I always want to research
about something that I don’t know about.
So I went on and did my research and I was like Gosh where have I been for the 20 plus years i have been on earth for me not to have a clue about who Maya Angelou is.
I did my research and all I can say is wow. Most people are inspired by her works but what inspired me more was Her Life. How she Became an Inspiration, How she over Came, How a restaurant
cook, a prostitute a female street
car conductor in San Francisco went on to dine with Kings. Its a remarkable Story of a woman who is Immortal through her works.
Maya Angelou
Like a rose
that grew from the concrete you Where,
Defiled nature’s
laws,
Age 8 you sexually
abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend,
Age 17 Three
weeks after completing school you gave birth to your son Clyde
The Odds
where stuck against you,
Like a rose
that is growing from a Concrete,
Who would think
that you will excel.
A restaurant
cook, a prostitute.
A female street
car conductor in San Francisco
Raising her
son without job training or advanced education
The world
thought you were defeated,
You refused
to be defeated,
You refused
to give Up
You kept on
going
Despite The
Odds
You proved
to the world
Your Story
is a Story of Hope,
A story of Breakthrough.
With a Pen
and Paper you did a great Job
You inspired
and Changed lives
May Your
Soul Rest in piece
