Gone the warmth <br />The smile <br />Once showing <br /> <br />A countenance <br />Itself <br />Bestowing <br /> <br />Reflective passions <br />All <br />A glowing <br /> <br />Strutted pride <br />Her body <br />Towing <br /> <br />Ah..what confidence <br />That stride <br />‘Tis sowing <br /> <br />Heaven's gain..our loss <br />In her <br />Homegoing <br /> <br />Yet warmth..the smile <br />And grace <br />Still flowing <br /> <br />Strutted pride <br />Memories <br />Towing <br /> <br />Musing gifts <br />Of treasured <br />Knowings <br />* <br />* <br />Though gone the warmth <br />And smile <br />..Once showing<br /><br />James B. Earley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-the-memory-of-maya-angelou/
