Deep down we know they are so very different, so special, so great a soul, and through their existence in our life and their departure from our life, we are left to come face to face with the most intense feelings, thoughts, and emotions we realize we never would have encountered if not for their precious existence in our life in the first place. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it. The poems enduring nature is one that strengthens the spirit and says to me exactly what the title suggests continue. The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling. Maya Angelou, the prolific American writer, civil rights activist, and poet wrote a flawless and touching poem titled Continue, that struck a chord with me today. When they leave this world, those of us who've been touched by them are forever changed. You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody. It was published during one of the most productive. I now believe God put those precious, special souls purposely in our life to teach us and to help us. And Still I Rise is author Maya Angelous third volume of poetry, published by Random House in 1978. Although all loss is sorrowful, there are those in our life that are extremely difficult to deal with. But, at the same time, it also doesn’t mean that the poem is without rhyme. 'Phenomenal Woman' was later republished in 1995 in Maya Angelou's poetry book entitled, Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women. This means that the lines end with different words, like village, square, and places in the first stanza. Through the poem, Maya Angelou empowers women everywhere by telling them that their beauty lies in their confidence and that women contain unique strength, power, and magnetism.

The loss of my precious son has brought me to the foot of the cross of God like no other loss I've suffered. ‘Where We Belong, A Duet’ by Maya Angelou is a four- stanza poem that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme. I have gone through past grief and deep sorrow in my life. I always considered myself a spiritual person, a believer of God. My son's life and his untimely death has forever altered my soul and my existence. It wasn't until I lost my son recently that I can understand this poem. Maya Angelous empowering poem, Phenomenal Woman, celebrates the strength, beauty, and resilience of women.

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