(4 April 1928)

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Alone

Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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Comments about this poem (Alone by Maya Angelou )

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  • Buti Roos (4/23/2013 7:32:00 PM)

    That is the truth...
    Nobody can survive alone in this world,
    We need each other

    11 person liked.
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  • Neven Ivanisevic (3/21/2013 2:00:00 PM)

    Amazing and very touching poem.

    27 person liked.
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  • Brenda Smith (3/19/2013 11:12:00 AM)

    This is a lovely poem, everyone needs someone to love over any amount of money.

    22 person liked.
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  • Poetic Jae (10/28/2012 3:54:00 PM)

    I love this poem! It is one of my favorites!

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  • Ellen Carrington (7/3/2012 12:05:00 PM)

    This poem touched my soul

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  • Soulistical The Poet (5/26/2012 12:07:00 PM)

    I love you so much maya, this poem gets to me very much

    59 person liked.
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  • Ramesh Rai (5/21/2012 8:06:00 AM)

    Rabindra nath Tagore had made a slogan - Go alone. if you do not get any one, go alone. Beautiful

    39 person liked.
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  • Lisa S (4/30/2012 1:26:00 AM)

    What a great poem; I can really relate.

    51 person liked.
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  • Prakhar Mishra (4/24/2012 7:02:00 AM)

    she portrays a universal sister and with her words she is a queen

    54 person liked.
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  • Sohini Sengupta (3/25/2012 4:45:00 AM)

    pain.suffering...ushering in of a revolution
    ...... gets under your skin! !

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