Maya Angelou Gone

At  the age of 86, Maya Angelou has left this earth.  She touched so many people with her autobiography, and with her poetry, that the numbers seem countless.  I grew up in the Deep South with racism all around me - I knew how much my parents were disgusted by racism, and I was raised believing that everyone born on this earth is an equal.  I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970, during court-ordered integration of the public schools in the state of Florida.  Maya Angelou's book made me cry - both with sadness and with outrage.
   This woman was unique - not in her experiences - but in her gift of writing.  I wish that I could be a superb writer and gifted lady, like her.
   Rest in peace, my lady.  You surely deserve it.