Tuesdays with.... (#1)

The last 20 posts for Tuesdays have been dedicated to the talented Nikki Giovanni and her marvelous poetic works. For 2012, I would like to expose my blog followers to other poets. So each Tuesday I will showcase a different poet... and OF COURSE throw some Nikki in there every now and again. Today's poet is: ALICE WALKER
As always, I pray you will relax, reflect and enjoy...

Watching You Hold Your Hatred

By Alice Walker

Copyright 2010

Watching you

hold

your

hatred

for such a long time

I wonder:

Isn't it

slippery?

Might you

not someday

drop it

on

yourself?

I wonder:

Where does it sleep

if ever?

And where

do

you deposit

it

while you

feed

your

children or

sit

in the

lap

of

the one

who

cherishes

you?

There is no

graceful

way

to

carry

hatred.

While

hidden

it is

everywhere.