Often, I don’t see myself when I am drowning in my sorrow….and it takes a while for me to find my wings..But I do.. each and every time and I rise..without fail..above all the pain, the hardship, the lies..I soar..free..among the clouds..and I watch you..suffering..and I think to myself..I am still Methran Thamby’s grand daughter..the world is mine..to live..laugh and love.
Still I Rise
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
well said and very true.. Each time life throws another trial, you know that there is a deep reservior within you that you can tap!!
Three cheers to the strong women!
Read this jus this morning and I thought so true and then read Ur post .. here it goes to you as well ..
“…Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it….”
Cheers to all the Unbreakable women out there ..
ms and pav
Indomitable spirit..
thalli thalli kollan nokkiyalum, pinneyum pinneyum thala pokkum!! thokkan manasilla..
Now this is the post that is the best of your best! Simply loved it!
Sarah- Thottu kodukarudha!! Jeevitham jeevikyan thanna avasaram aanu- verudhe nashipiccha kalayarudha..oru kazhuda karanum!!
Oduvile vijayam oondagum!