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10 Apr 2009 news 0 Comments

cora7aI chose to feature a good friend of mine, Rosamond S. King–poet, artist, scholar, performer…this poem is from her chap book, Codeswitching, and I like it because it speaks to the fatigue I feel at times, but also the legacy of strength and resilience we all inherited from our ancestors.  You can buy Rosa’s other book of poems, At My Belly & My Back, on Amazon.

another day

sometimes you just get tired

carrying all the things in your hands

all the people on your back and

you stumble

keep going

you cannot fall you

cannot                      cannot

fall

think of the people

men and women who thought your back was strong

cutting their feet on the earth’s stones

babies rolling into the mud