Beautiful faces From every shade of color From every span of the globe From every walk of life From every generation

to Tice, Sherry, Pat, Simone, Ma… Girls to the end No matter what No matter how, We are sisters to the very end

and they took up wings to fly. Please, don’t cry for me, You don’t need to shed a tear, Just put those tears in a bottle t… And let it sail to the nearest oce…

To Nikki Giovanni Poetry and rhyme And reason At any season You’re the mother of words

Brother, Lover, Poet, Freelance writer, Son,

The March winds blow As we take a breath From winter’s spell And I was told Like a lion it roars

Soothe me Groove me Making my nature rise Even in four-part harmony, As the music rocks me to sleep,

Am I blue? Blues in my soul Carrying the weight of every burde… Of every man and it ain’t no good… My man ain’t no good 'cause he sta…

We live moment by moment Time after time, Allotted to us one day after day Until you’ll surely find Time slipping away slowly

a social commentary Among the vast of the sea and land Where a nation is born, Where a nation arises from the ash… Upon other large shoulders.

a social commentary Among the vast of the sea and land Where a nation is born, Where a nation arises from the ash… Upon other large shoulders.