I watched Madeas Family Reunion with Daisy in South Central last weekend. I was watching this when something that tore me from deep within happened somewhere else. But now, heavy again, I remember this scene, the guest appearance/words by Maya Angelou in the movie. These words and her voice sooth me, though it gives me the chills.
here’s the link. gracias dios. its on youtube. words are below. give it a moment. a few lines down is where it starts to surround me.
The sun has come.
The mist has gone.
We see in the distance…
our long way home.
I was always yours to have.
You were always mine.
We have loved each other in and out of time.
When the first stone looked up at the blazing sun
and the first tree struggled up from the forest floor
I had always loved you more.
You freed your braids…
gave your hair to the breeze.
It hummed like a hive of honey bees.
I reached in the mass for the sweet honey comb there….
God…how I love your hair.
You saw me bludgeoned by circumstance.
Lost, injured, hurt by chance.
I screamed to the heavens….loudly screamed….
Trying to change our nightmares to dreams…
The sun has come.
The mist has gone.
We see in the distance our long way home.
I was always yours to have.
You were always mine.
We have loved each other in and out
in and out
in and out
of time.