***Note: This letter was written in the style of “A Letter to my Nephew” by James Baldwin.***
Dear esteemed Maya Angelou,
Have the lost world always been lost
I so don’t rest at night
Knowing that racism is our universal effort
Must we hate so densely?
Are real lives real
Or am I going
Half crazy
Are too many people
So abiding to mastery of hate?
All mighty Angelou
My heart is
Dense with sorrow
So sparingly hamlet
Sang a song
My so beloved Angelou,
Love,
Lina
2 replies on “Letter to Maya Angelou: By Lina Hjalmarsson Lyons”
Wow, I keep thinking about the deep feelings this poem brings out! So well written!
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My esteemed Maya Angelou brings out such deep emotion in me too.
–Lina
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