What an exciting milestone, happy one year birthday Go Girl! In the past few years I’ve had too many milestones to keep track of, but the one that stands out the most was leaving for Peace Corps. Before I left my parents gave me a going away party and asked everyone to bring me a copy of their favorite book. It was wonderful to have all those books with me while I was gone. Of the many books, my godmother gave me a book of Nikki Giovanni’s poetry which I read numerous times while I was gone. In honor of all the Go Girls out there I’d like to share one of the poems with you:
My Muse
I am my own
Muse
I delight me
With my words
Of both wisdom
And wit
I teach myself
So much
Such insight
Into the human
Soul
Such compassion
For the weak and weary
Such utter contempt
For the self-satisfied
I think
What a wonderful world
It would be
If only people
Would listen
To me
I look at the full moon
And bay
Come
Come
Come to me
Let’s
A new world
Happy birthday Go Girl!! Stay inspired!!
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