One Has Left the Sunlit Lands

Wake, O Mighty Dead, prepare your halls
There will be feasting and poetry and dance
Maya Angelou has left the sunlit lands

Wake, O Mighty Dead, one less giant walks the Earth
One whose steps smoothed the road is among you
Maya Angelou has left the sunlit lands

Wake, O Mighty Dead, do not let her power be forgot
We who remain must honor her name
Maya Angelou has left the sunlit lands

Maya Angelou, 4 April, 1928 – 28 May 2014