Lydia Felicien

Bronx, NY, USA

I’ve been given two Editors Choice Awards by The National Library of Poetry and they are displayed proudly in my home. Some of my work has been published in different anthologies. Sometimes I use my pen name, "AYA." I am currently writing a novel and putting together a collection of my poetry and hope to have them both published. Writing poetry brings me great joy because so much can be expressed in so few words.

The Me I See In You

Little one I see your face
And I know the place
You have in my heart
There are times I see the similarity
In the things you say and do
And I recognize
The me I see in you
Dearest one when I recall
When I was small
The things I decided to do
And I look at you and was amazed to see
That you were doing them too
It used to scare me and I'd hear me
Saying to myself
Do you recall when you did that too
It's the me I see in you
Now you're grown and on your own
with children of your own but
I look at your face and I'd see my face
It's the me I see in you

Woman

I am come from a single rib
I am known as woman
I'm a Mother a Daughter a Sister and Wife
All Praises to God who gave me life
I'm a Great-GrandMother GrandMother Aunt and Niece
A Doctor Lawyer and even a Priest
Don't tell me I Can't when I know that I could
I'm even an Advocate for the Neighborhood
I can Sprecken Ze Deutch ask Parle’ Vous France’?
I can speak with a drawl and say "Hi Ya ‘LL"
I'm a Banker a Planner an Entrepreneur
A Captain a cook and a Connoisseur
I'm a Dancer a Writer and I act in Plays
Ha! Ha! I can be on stage at any age
I'm a Jane of all Trades-Mastered some
And I've got my eye on those things yet to come
A host of others I've yet to name
The interest of time is the only blame
I am come from from a Single Rib
I am known as woman