Women of the Early Harlem Renaissance: African American Women Writers 1900-1922

Repulse

Nobody cares when I am glad,
      I beat upon their hearts in glee,
   "Drink, drink joy's brimming cup with me,"
   All echoless, my ecstasy —
Nobody cares when I am glad.
 
Nobody cares when I am sad,
      Whene'er I seek compassion's breast,
   I falter wounded from my quest
   Back! back into my heart, sore prest —
Nobody cares when I am sad.
 
 

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