Yesterday I Cried - For All My Women Friends & Men who long to Understand Them

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Dear Friends, Below is a poem. If you are not a "poem person", I ask you to please read it any way. 2 days ago I posted a discussion about an Inspirational Motivational African American speaker, Iyanla VanZant. She has something to offer to every woman and man if they listen closely enough. Some of my friends had never heard of her and I wanted to post one of her poems. Poetry is not what she is most famous for (and frankly, I don't care too much for reading poetry), but, this particular poem has such depth and meaning on so many levels, that I hope you will take the time to read it. ~Donna Yesterday, I cried. I came home, went straight to my room, sat on the edge of my bed, kicked off my shoes, unhooked my bra, and I had myself a good cry. I cried until my nose was running all over the silk blouse I got on sale. I cried until my ears were hot. I cried until my head was hurting so bad that I could hardly see the pile of soiled tissues lying on the floor at my feet. I want you to understand, I had myself a really good cry yesterday. Yesterday, I cried, for all the days that I was too busy, or too tired, or too mad to cry. I cried for all the days, and all the ways, and all the times I had dishonored, disrespected, and disconnected my Self from myself, only to have it reflected back to me in the ways others did to me the same things I had already done to myself. I cried for all the things I had given, only to have them stolen; for all the things I had asked for that had yet to show up; for all the things I had accomplished, only to give them away, to people in circumstances, which left me feeling empty, and battered and plain old used. I cried becauses there really does come a time when the only thing left for you to do is cry. Yesterday, I cried. I cried because little boys get left behind by their daddies; and little girls get forgotten by their mommies; and daddies don't know what to do, so they leave; and mommies get left, so they get mad. I cried because I had a little boy, and because I was a little girl, and because I was a mommy who didn't know what to do, and because I wanted my daddy to be there so badly until I ached. Yesterday, I cried. I cried because I hurt. I cried because I was hurt. I cried because hurt has no place to go except deeper into the pain that caused it in the first place, and when it gets there, the hurt wakes you up. I cried because it was too late. I cried because it was time. I cried because my soul knew that I didn't know that my soul knew everything that I needed to know. I cried a soulful cry yesterday, and it felt so good. It felt so very, very bad. In the midst of my crying, I felt my freedom coming, Because... Yesterday, I cried with an agenda. ...Iyanla Vanzant