They say you are a fine man,
You who has captured my eye
With the charm and good looks
Of a modern day Rhett Butler.
Dare I take a chance with you?
Deny my battered heart's warnings
To run?
Is it possible that you could see
Beyond my physical faults
To the warm, loving woman
Waiting...waiting...
For a special, "fine" man
To seek her out?
I am no fickle Scarlett
Hell-bent on self-promotion,
But someone true -hearted
And sincere in deed.
Oh, my modern day Rhett,
Look. See.
Take a chance on me.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
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