Only You (Maya Angelou)
                                                       A tribute to a
QUEEN

In "PHENOMENAL WOMAN",
I can see all those things in you
I would probably fall to my knees if I ever saw you too
You said men often wondered what they saw in you, well I know what I see
Grace,  Intelligence, Wisdom, Strength, Beauty, and Integrity
You were born in 1928 along with Duke Ellington's song "Black Beauty", penicillin and bubble gum too
If I was to have a woman your age it could be Only You
In "STILL I RISE" you said you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies
You have already made history as the best poet ever and your name and poetry is as synonymous as hamburger and fries
I love your sassiness and your sexiness isn't surprising at all
Your sexiness is as surprising as the leaves turning color every single Fall
Expressing yourself as a black ocean and walking like you got oil wells pumping in your living room, sticks to me like glue
No one else in the world could have expressed words like this Only You
"ON THE PULSE OF MORNING" speaks for itself what can I say
It's one of the best poems ever written and not because it was part of President Clinton's Inauguration Day
If it's not the best poem ever written it's number two
The number one poem would have to be another poem written by Only You
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by:  TERRY WILLIAMS, Center Stage Magazine Publisher

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