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SHELIA GOSS

February 16th, 2008

Shelia Goss is the author of the Essence Magazine and Black Expressions Bestseller My Invisible Husband and Roses are thorns, Violets are true. Her third novel, Paige’s Web, was released in October 2007 under the Kensington Books imprint Urban Soul. Her fourth novel, Double Platinum, will be out in March 2008. Besides writing fiction, Shelia is a freelance writer. She writes articles on relationships and interviews celebrities for various print and online media outlets. For entertainment news, reviews & interviews: www.espot.wordpress.com. 

Shelia currently resides in Louisiana and you can visit her online at: www.sheliagoss.com

FLASHBACK AND MOVE FORWARD

BY

SHELIA GOSS

Our history is not documented in the history books. Sure the books we read in school talk about Harriett Tubman, Booker T. Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and might even mention George Washington Carver. What about the other people of color who have made huge impacts on the freedom we now enjoy? Who are they?

I think if we all looked back on our family trees, we could find someone who put their life on the line; who sacrificed for their families and future generations. I recall a conversation I had with my grandfather less than two years ago about how my great great grandmother was sold on the auction blocks of Virginia and had to walk from Virginia to Louisiana. I do not have to pull up mapquest and get the mileage for us to know that even in a car, that is a lot of miles. I cannot even imagine having to walk it.

Imagine being a 30 or 40 year-old man and having some other man call you boy but you cannot say anything for fear of getting beat or worse lynched. Imagine being a 15 or 16 year-old girl and having to unwillingly give of yourself to some dirty old man or else fear harm would come to your mother or father if you did not oblige.

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Who am I?

By Shelia M. Goss

I am a woman of class,
With a show of elegance a sense of pride
One that cannot and will not be compromised.
I am a woman with many degrees
Not speaking of formal education, but life experiences
That help develop me into what you now see.
I am part of the evolution, some might say revolution
With my innovation, yet sometimes filled with frustration
But still stand tall as one of God’s finest creations.
See I am a woman of hope
Full of life’s possibilities, trying to live up to my abilities
Not accepting what life is trying to offer me.
I am a woman in spite of the complications
Still moving with strong determination
To reach the highest regardless of the situation.
I am a woman filled with sensitivity
Not letting just anyone get close to me
Because  positivity is what surrounds me.
That’s Who I am.