A flavor of Miz Angelou
Sometimes I feel like a caged bird...
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
Maya Angelou - stanza from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
When I feel like a caged bird, I write.
My very first blog post here in 2010, was a poem. It was inspired by looking in the mirror. I had been home alone for a week for the first time in my motherhood. On my last evening, I looked in the mirror and saw that I was REFRESHED.
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REFRESHED
I got me a tune up.
It wasn't free
It cost me my spare change
but I spent it on me
I had time to myself
to do as I pleased
I ate want I wanted
slept ‘til I wanted
'cause I didn’t have to meet
nobody’s needs
Don’t get me wrong
'cause I love my family
A woman just needs time on her own
to just look in the mirror
and love who she sees
My engine’s running fine now
'Cause I was running on HOT
Mentally exhausted from cooking and cleaning
you know
A homemaker I am not
I hope for a while that I can keep this feeling
even staying energeticfrom all with what I’m dealing
My wish for women everywhereis to get a tune-up
So that all in her lifeis more thanjust fair...
Life
like the sun
can beat you down
have you running on hot
Thinking ‘bout not who you are
but all that you’re not
Women everywhere
Turn a dream into reality
Believe there are endless possibilities
of
Wherever or whoever
YOU want to be
Believe in yourself
Believing is free
I believe
I am all that I thought I was
and know
There is more of me to be
Let us allow God’s sunto refresh our soul
‘til we believe as we should
We are whole
God is good
and
Life is grand
and we are free
My tune-ups got me so I can bend without a flinch
Doing my chores nowseems like a cinch
Listening to my music
dancing my way through the kitchen
Now thinking ‘bout my family
My familywho I’m missing
I drank the fine wine
Dined on my dime
In my own space
In my own time
I'm linking up with Finish the Sentence Friday, where the prompt is - "When I look in the mirror, I see..."
When I look in the mirror, I believe.