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Dr. Maya Angelou said that there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of yourself.
As a reading and writing teacher, I believe in teaching stories.
I believe in teaching students to share them.
I believe in teaching them to speak.
I believe it is valuable for them to have the chance to see my authentic voice as a writer in the real world presented in these posts. That is, after all, the purpose of writing—to share it with an audience. To speak. To tell a story like only you can.
This is what it looks like when MnikesaSpeaks.
(Photo by: Rachel Liu-Ballard)
When the day wrings,
its fingers squeeze every drop.
You become a sponge
brittle, dried, weightless---
forgetting you were meant to hold water.
On days like these I
remember my ancestors.
You cannot tell me
that a line of wise women
don't stand at my back.
They press in praying--
their ancestral palms to my waist
tangled in my braids.
When you are wrung dry
take yourself to the water
and feel the day's fingers loosen their grasp
on days like these.
