Rise and Read

Reading is the pathway

From the dungeon

To the door.

Freedom

Reading is the highway from

The shadow to the sun

Freedom

Reading is the river

To your liberty

For all your life to come

Let the river run

Learn

Learn to read.

“Choose Your Freedom -- Learn to Read”

by Dr. Maya Angelou, 2002

As published in Rise and Read by Sandra L. Pinkney & Myles C. Pinkney, Scholastic, 2006.