here's a poem that I absolutely adore (I even think I made a post somewhere along the lines of it):
Still I Rise
BY MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me down in history
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 backyard.
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.
So yeah.. Still WE rise. :)
Just make sure you rise with original content Eva, and all will be well.
huh. still getting downvoted on new content that I publish as well. that's not great. :D
I haven't downvoted anything of yours except the post with the plagiarized text in it that you put into my community; we discussed this yesterday.
Eva, if someone has downvoted you it's best to to take it up with them directly; I'll be more than happy for you to do so with me, should I downvote you in the future, but I haven't, at this stage.
yeah, I see it now. sorry for bothering, have a great day ahead of you! :)
It's not a bother, I've spent five and a half years answering comments like this...I like Hive, it's important to me and many others, and so, clarifying things like this isn't a bother.