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My Daughter
Your smile like the sunshine
your laughter in the rain
I would give all of me
to have you back again.
The Lord took you home that day
now, the missing part of me
at times feels so empty
there’s day I can’t believe.
I dream of your precious love
How it’s missing day to day
my angel went to heaven
while I knell down to pray.
Praying for strength dear Lord
and her laughter in the rain
keeps me strong enough each day
until I see her once again.
Ron Baratono (Poem dedication)
”
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She looked at Norman. “Are you really a slave?” she asked.
“I am.”
“And you’re colored,” she said.
Norman nodded.
“Who can tell?”
“Nobody,” Norman said.
“Then why do you stay colored?”
“Because of my mother. Because of my wife. Because I don’t want to be white. I don’t want to be one of them.”
Sammy looked at me. “That’s a pretty good answer.”
“I thought so,” I said.
”
― James
― James
