Monday, April 04, 2005

Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou

On April 4, 1928 God gave new hope, love and courage to the world. Clever God, he wrapped his gift in an ordinary black baby girl and delivered her to St. Louis, Missouri. He wanted to surprise us.

He certainly did!

Happy Birthday to Maya Angelou!

Touched by an Angel

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

Maya Angelou

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