She made us rise as we were
told why the caged bird sings.
We saw Black women poets
honored by Presidents.
As we watched the esteemed
poet honor 2 presidents.
Clinton then Obama.
Reciting poetry at 2 presidential
inaugurations.
History in the making.
Teacher, mother, sister and friend.
Her wisdom speaking still.
She saw us, when no one else did.
She spoke our language and
validated us. Our muted
voices boomed with sound.
There wasn't a more phenomenal
voice for Black women.
The epitome of Black womanhood.
How many lessons we learned.
I stood tall as she said, I have my own
back.
Love is not binding it's freeing.
Maya Angelou freed Black women
giving us permission to love ourselves.
Believe what our eyes show us and
our hearts tell us the very first time.
Speak out loudly for yourselves.
The world can't hear a muted voice.
When they tell you, you can't.
Show them you will and can.
Even in fear, doubt, and in a
whisper find your voice within you.
Tell the world plainly I am
God’s child his power is with me.
Thank you for helping many
generations of women to find and
use our voice.
©️Chyrel J. Jackson
BIO:
Chyrel J. Jackson is a Literary visionary and two time #1 Ranked Best Selling Amazon Author. Reared and raised in the South Suburbs outside Chicago. African American Literature influenced her writing and is one of her favorite genres. Chyrel Jackson writes in the spirit of her past great Literary ancestors. 2021 garnered Chyrel her very first literary nomination, Pushcart Nominee-Poem Love Unspoken, Published in Heart Beats Anthology. The Summer of 2022 Chyrel was a contributing writer in the #1 Best Seller ranked Anthology “Not Just Anybody Can Be Dad.”
Along with her sister, Lyris D. Wallace, they published SistersRoc’N’Rhyme Presents Poems in the Key of Life, Mirrored Images and Different Sides of the Same Coin. This edgy writing duo appears in multiple published poetry Anthologies, Literary Journals, and International Global Magazines. You will find them always writing. Creating written legacies one book at a time.
Chyrel J. Jackson is one writer that has found her poetic voice. You can find her on Sistersrocnrhyme.com
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