The Rock Cries Out to Us Today <br />For the soul we mourn so dear <br />On the Pulse of Morning this glorious day <br />The sad news we all did hear <br />A Brave and Startling Truth we must face <br />That Maya no longer we will see <br />We've been Touched by an Angel for many decades <br />Who is now forever young and free <br />I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings <br />Its song whiffs of hope eternal <br />Passing Time in this ol' world this Phenomenal Woman blessed us <br />With her wisdom, wit and love maternal <br />She taught us The Lesson to be immodest but remain humble <br />The Refusal to be less than, beneath or disrespected <br />When You Come to the place in life she came <br />To be mediocre is not accepted <br />I can still hear Maya's deep voice in my ears <br />If you listen real close you'll hear her too with joyous tears in your eyes <br />Maya still speaks with power, poise and presence <br />Saying, 'I may have left God's green earth today, but in glory Still I Rise! '<br /><br />Deidre Blair<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/maya-still-speaks/
