Maya Angelou on Barack Obama’s victory
While this blog is certainly not the place for politics, Tuesday was unarguably a historic night, and I don’t feel right about completely ignoring that within this space. So, I’m posting a video.
The video is an interview with Maya Angelou from CBS News. Fast forward to 3:11. I like the way she speaks and what she says, I guess.
Watching this got me thinking about her writing. Here’s a favorite Angelou poem:
Touched By An Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
