Immortal - a Tribute To the Life and Voice of Dr Maya Angelou - Part I

As the life and voice of Dr. Maya Angelou were profoundly deep and moving, I hope you will find this grateful tribute to her to be fitting. As it is too long to be posted here, you can find it at http://www.gopoem.com/immortal-a-poetic-tribute-to-dr-maya-angelou-april-4-1928-forever/ Or, Read it in parts I and II: Part I: The name woke me up - sat me up in my bed... "Maya", the name my voice called out... As I sat there in the dark, listening... As I had so many times before... Wondering at the "whys" and "how - tos" of my impossible dreams. And as the dark, so was the divide - That place in me, between what I was, And the Why and Who I wanted to be... But always, her voice, that voice named "Maya", Had called across the divide as a still and steady light. That unbreakable, unshakable, steady light... I wondered where it was now, with blinking, thinking eyes. Had it vanished? Was it vanquished? Could I once again rise - In the dark staring dead at me... daring me to rise... I felt hopeless, lost back in the divide… now growing ever and ever wide. What happens now - my question? A miracle now, an answer - indeed... For through the dark, that voice named "Maya" whispered... Whispered into me... sounding a new song's drumbeat creed... "You", the whispering voice whispered..."You, child - Now, You"... And my feet were suddenly planted, planted bravely on the ground. And I stood tall and strong, stepping peacefully forward, twirling round, For the dark no longer stared at me, but I stared into it... It no longer owned me... but instead, I commanded it, By a path so still and steady - and now, so brightly lit: The light I had strained to see was now the miracle shining from inside of me. My divide... was now, somehow... unified. And again the whispering voice came: "Yes child - Yes - I speak your name… I have come and gone so very far, borne witness to it - Have delivered a gift to you all - and you were born to use it. Share it... wear it... and to the dark - dare it - with that unbreakable, unshakable light.” “Be a voice for all seasons - make some noise for all the reasons, The downtrodden have to hope for, that the world would grasp and grope for… Be my voice Now… as I have been yours… a brilliant spirit, not a wandering ghost… Make your choice, Now - Decide - to be Identified… To see and live your unbreakable, unshakable, unstoppable dreams.” Continued i Part II