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Thank you for touching my heart

And inspiring me to try

When I’m in my darkest hour

And tears flow from my eyes

Thank you, I say

For your unrelenting support

Thank you, I state

For your unyielding love

Thank you for helping me see

This too shall pass

No matter how distressing

Things may be stacked

Thank you, so very much

For providing me guidance

Teaching me strength

And being an ear, when others retreat

Thank you can hardly explain

The gratitude I feel

Or how much, you’ve helped me heal

But I do thank you

And always will

Kimberly Michele Durham

15 June 2010

(written for: Dr Maya Angelou & dedicated to: Shirley Davis)

It sweeps in

Catching you by surprise

No respect of persons

Affecting many lives

Attacking every emotion

Even though you try

To keep your composure

And hold it all inside

The good is hard to see

When its you that it has reached

If only it were a dream

This disease they attempt to treat

Faith will be strengthened

And tested along the way

Though dreading

You’re thankful for another day

Eventually, this too shall pass

One of life’s little mysteries

Stays with us, but don’t last

Kimberly Michele Durham

3 March 2010