By Amberia Shoemaker
Unexpected but inevitable endings,
Even though things unknown
Surface without warning
Fighting through silence
All while keeping peace within.
She flutters like a beautiful white cloud,
Careful and familiar.
Whitney sends her away,
As she tears us from fantasy.
Leaving her was easy,
Letting her go gets harder.
We hope that she is happier,
Cleaning with her father.
About this series
This poetry series was written for a final project in African American Literature at Pellissippi State. The author, Amberia Shoemaker, writes in the style of noted African American poet and playwright, Georgia Douglass Johnson, who was an important writer during the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance.
