The Lines Where Life Persists

A poem by Maya Angelou

Art: Veins Like Fists by Corinne Voss

Music: Resilient Echoes by Elias Vance

I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the small fists of sleeping children. Memory of old tombs, rotting flesh and worms do not convince me against the challenge. The years and cold defeat live deep in lines along my face. They dull my eyes, yet I keep on dying, because I love to live.

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