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2. Gift
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Visions It is dark and I can’t sleep
Deep in my mind I see an old woman
And elder from long ago
Her skin is the color of cocoa her hair is grey
She invites me inside her home
She sits on one side of the fire and I on another
She looks at me hard as if piercing my soul
I feel tears in my eyes
“Why the tears?” she asks
“You are beautiful and full of wisdom.”
It over whelms me
“You have a lot to give child.”
“Your tears are a gift.”
“No longer should you be ashamed.”
