H O W A R D   U N I V E R S I T Y

Faces & Voices 5
An Anthology
of Verse and Prose
by
the Composition
for Honours Class,
Howard University,
2000-2001.

Professor
E. R. BRAITHWAITE

 

Faces & Voices 4
 Art@Howard

 

    

The Awakening
By Carla-Marie Ulerie
  
And my eyes were opened
And I saw
And I felt
And I knew.
I would never be the same.
The darkest shades couldn't dim the light.
There it was
Like a heart throbbing,
Like a sore festering,
And then
It exploded,
Spewing all that it had held in captivity,
All it wanted to but couldn't let out.
Finally, all was set free.
The response was yet to come,
Anticipated, but not forthcoming.
Just noise,
As loud as silence . . . .

© 2001 Carla-Marie Ulerie 

© 2001 Howard University. H. Patrick Swygert, President
(First Published in limited print edition, An Anthology of Verse and Prose, by the Composition for Honours Class, Howard University, Spring 2001. Professor E.R. Braithwaite)
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