An excerpt from Maya Angelou’s Letter to my Daughter
Condolences
For too brief a moment in the universe the veil was lifted. The mysterious became known. Questions met answers somewhere behind the stars. Furrowed brows were smoothed & eyelids closed over long unblinking stares.
Condolences
For too brief a moment in the universe the veil was lifted. The mysterious became known. Questions met answers somewhere behind the stars. Furrowed brows were smoothed & eyelids closed over long unblinking stares.
Your beloved occupied the cosmos. You awoke to sunrays & nestled down to sleep in moonlight. All life was a gift open to you & burgeoning for you. Choirs sang to harps & your feet moved to ancestral drumbeats. For you were sustaining & being sustained by the arms of your beloved.
Now the days stretch before you with the dryness and sameness of desert dunes. And in this season of grief we who love you have become invisible to you. Our words worry the empty air around you and you can sense no meaning in our speech.
Yet, we are here. We are still here. Our hearts ache to support you.
We are always loving you.
You are not alone.
We are always loving you.
You are not alone.
