I Will Not Deign to Die

A poem by Maya Angelou

Art: Defiance of Parting by Elara Moss

Music: Eternal Promise by Aria Vance

Beloved, In what other lives or lands Have I known your lips Your Hands Your Laughter brave Irreverent. Those sweet excesses that I do adore. What surety is there That we will meet again, On other worlds some Future time undated. I defy my body's haste. Without the promise Of one more sweet encounter I will not deign to die.

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