harriet <br />if i be you <br />let me not forget <br />to be the pistol <br />pointed <br />to be the madwoman <br />at the rivers edge <br />warning <br />be free or die <br />and isabell <br />if i be you <br />let me in my <br />sojourning <br />not forget <br />to ask my brothers <br />ain't i a woman too <br />and <br />grandmother <br />if i be you <br />let me not forget to <br />work hard <br />trust the Gods <br />love my children and <br />wait.<br /><br />Lucille Clifton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/harriet/
