Maya Angelou Personal Response

The Lesson

I keep on dying again.
Veins collapse, opening like the
Small fists of sleeping
Children.
Memory of old tombs,
Rotting flesh and worms do.
Not convince me against
The challenge. The years
And cold defeat live deep in
Lines along my face.
They dull my eyes, yet
I keep on dying,
Because I love to live.
Maya Angelou
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lesson-2/.

I like this poem because it's about hope.Angelou is saying that life can be hard and make you bitter but your love for life should be greater that.This poem speaks to me because Angelou is pointing out all the negative parts about life in order to make the greater.We are able to go through trials because we know that there is something greater out there.I like this poem because Maya Angelou is trying to convey that life is worth going through hard times.