MAYA ANGELOU

MAYA ANGELOU

• greekgirrrl 17 years ago
  A Conceit
  
  
  Give me your hand
  
  Make room for me
  to lead and follow
  you
  beyond this rage of poetry.
  
  Let others have
  the privacy of
  touching words
  and love of loss
  of love.
  
  For me
  Give me your hand.
  
  
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• greekgirrrl 17 years ago said:
  
  Phenomenal Woman
  
  
  Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
  I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
  But when I start to tell them,
  They think I'm telling lies.
  I say,
  It's in the reach of my arms
  The span of my hips,
  The stride of my step,
  The curl of my lips.
  I'm a woman
  Phenomenally.
  Phenomenal woman,
  That's me.
  
  I walk into a room
  Just as cool as you please,
  And to a man,
  The fellows stand or
  Fall down on their knees.
  Then they swarm around me,
  A hive of honey bees.
  I say,
  It's the fire in my eyes,
  And the flash of my teeth,
  The swing in my waist,
  And the joy in my feet.
  I'm a woman
  Phenomenally.
  Phenomenal woman,
  That's me.
  
  Men themselves have wondered
  What they see in me.
  They try so much
  But they can't touch
  My inner mystery.
  When I try to show them
  They say they still can't see.
  I say,
  It's in the arch of my back,
  The sun of my smile,
  The ride of my breasts,
  The grace of my style.
  I'm a woman
  
  Phenomenally.
  Phenomenal woman,
  That's me.
  
  Now you understand
  Just why my head's not bowed.
  I don't shout or jump about
  Or have to talk real loud.
  When you see me passing
  It ought to make you proud.
  I say,
  It's in the click of my heels,
  The bend of my hair,
  the palm of my hand,
  The need of my care,
  'Cause I'm a woman
  Phenomenally.
  Phenomenal woman,
  That's me.
  
  
  
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