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Genesis · 05-28-2014, 03:16 PM

Genesis · 05-28-2014, 03:19 PM

Genesis · 05-28-2014, 04:30 PM

VintageFemme · 05-28-2014, 08:03 PM

STILL I RISE
Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014

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.

Degotoga · 05-28-2014, 09:03 PM

"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly."

- Lawrence G. Lovasik

Genesis · 05-29-2014, 10:03 AM

Genesis · 05-29-2014, 10:08 AM

Genesis · 05-29-2014, 10:14 AM

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning.
You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.

- Louise Erdich

Kobi · 05-29-2014, 10:16 AM

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Genesis · 05-29-2014, 10:38 AM

Duchess · 05-30-2014, 08:26 AM

...... but at the length truth will out......
~Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

Kobi · 05-30-2014, 08:41 AM

Talon · 05-30-2014, 04:28 PM

~Irish Diplomacy.....

Telling someone to go to hell...and having them look forward to the trip.

BestButchBoy · 05-31-2014, 06:00 AM

“Love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back many times over what you put into it.” –Maya Angelou

Kobi · 05-31-2014, 06:27 AM

Trev · 05-31-2014, 09:40 AM

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

Talon · 05-31-2014, 11:31 AM

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Abraham Lincoln

Talon · 05-31-2014, 05:16 PM

A lion doesn't fear a fly.

~Yiddish

05-28-2014, 08:03 PM	#15044
VintageFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Outside Posts: 2,299 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,828 Thanked 7,622 Times in 1,655 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Still I Rise, Maya Angelou STILL I RISE Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014 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.

05-28-2014, 09:03 PM	#15045
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05-29-2014, 10:20 AM	#15050
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05-31-2014, 09:40 AM	#15058
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05-28-2014, 03:16 PM	#15041
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05-28-2014, 04:30 PM	#15043
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05-29-2014, 10:03 AM	#15046
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05-29-2014, 10:08 AM	#15047
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,669 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474857

05-29-2014, 10:14 AM	#15048
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,669 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could. - Louise Erdich

05-29-2014, 10:16 AM	#15049
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05-30-2014, 04:28 PM	#15055
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,227 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	~Irish Diplomacy..... Telling someone to go to hell...and having them look forward to the trip.

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BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,450 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	“Love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back many times over what you put into it.” –Maya Angelou

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Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,227 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. Abraham Lincoln

05-31-2014, 05:16 PM	#15060
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,227 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	A lion doesn't fear a fly. ~Yiddish