Maya Angelou Wept

Maya Angelou receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the day

I was baptized,

I sat in the back pew

of my church,

weeping.

It took a long time

for me to arrive

on the bank

of the

River Jordan.

Flanked by my

two young sons

also getting

dipped

that day,

moved

me to

solemn

tears;

humbled

that I

would wade

into the living

waters

with my sons

as brothers

in the

Living

Christ.

My fount

of tears

rolled

cause

I finally

arrived

as one of

Gods

own.

Today

I saw

Maya Angelou

weep.

She received

The Presidential

Medal of Freedom.

She sat while the

President placed

it around her neck.

She did not rise to

receive it.

I think she was

sitting in a wheelchair.

She looked tired

but she was not feeble.

She was humble

yet remained unbowed.

Her eyes were closed

as they read a citation

about her; yet I know

her vision remains

keen.

She did not look up.

She quietly wept.

The President kissed

her cheek after

he clasped the award

around her neck.

Maya Angelou

never

looked up.

She just

wept.

Maya,

fellow award

recipient

John Lewis

and

their

son

Barack

Obama

have

arrived;

sitting at

America's

table

of freedom,

as

Maya Angelou

gently

weeps.

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Oakland

2/15/11