A Poem A Day – Maya Angelou
Alone
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don’t believe I’m wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
can make it out here alone.
There are some millionaires
with money they can’t use
their wives run round like banshees
their children sing the blues
they’ve got expensive doctors
to cure their hearts of stone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
can make it out here alone.
Maya Angelou, author of the best selling I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Gather in My Name, also published many poetry collections.
Dr. Angelou received several honorary degrees throughout her life. She wrote television screenplays and appeared in several movies. Her unforgettable voice is always inspiring and makes one sit up in attention.
