Roar: A Tribute To Our Black Heritage

[Edie Antoinette]

Your roar Lion, and purr, Lioness,
translates like so many
echoes of power within
love..and love within
masculine and feminine beauty.

Do you realize how
much we miss you?
Do you hear the siren

song of our hearts,
a melody saturated
with appreciation
for what you've left behind?

You laid a fine foundation
..and each time that we are gifted
as we peruse your treasure in
the way you 'slapped it down

like a winning trump card',
we are enraptured to such a degree
that we can hear the pounding
of our hearts, literally.

We feel gratitude and pride
even at this very moment,
because we are reminded
of your legacy and

it's far reaching effect
on all that we are.

As we peer into your beauty
an inimitable beauty,
adorned by your blackness,
a blackness that we share.

Again, we say..


Roar, Dear Lion
and purr, Lioness,
in the Key of "We",
and by the roads that you've
paved and traversed
let us walk
on this,
the happiest of highways


..your history.

©edie antoinette 2007

[Victoria Lynn]

Girl this is as we used to say outasight! Precious photos. Did you write, read and set music to the poem? Again fantastic!

[Edie Antoinette]

Hey Girl!!! Yes, I wrote, spoke and put the music to it. I also gathered the photos and stuff. It was fun.
Thank you dear Vicky. Your support means the world to me!! ♥

[Diana Stone]

Girl this is so awesome, love it!

[Edie Antoinette]

Thank you Diana!

[Dr. Simon F. Quattlebaum]

Marry me!!! Nuff said!

[Edie Antoinette]

*cracking up laughing* ... Simon! Nuff said, indeed.

[Dr. Simon F. Quattlebaum]

I can dream, can't I? I suppose I can't be selfish!! Your powertry literally charmed my heart strings!!

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

That Mama Edie Magic Touch In Full Effect....SMILE

[Edie Antoinette]

My 7nator!!!! *waving* Where have you been?

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

I started back working again, now i'm on 12 hour shifts, monday thru friday....UGH/LOL

[Edie Antoinette]

Oh my goodness...why do people want to kill you with those ungodly shifts???
Do you like it better??

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

It's ok, don't think i will ever like it, but it's better then that last job, i'm just tired of manual labor period, week after next, they are going to 10 hour shifts, WOW, 50 HOUR WORK WEEK INSTEAD OF 60!!!!!!!....LOL