This morning, while struggling with the reality of being a human instead of a myth, the strong black woman passed away, Without the slightest bit of hoopla. Medical sources say that she died of natural causes, but those who knew & used her know she died from: being silent when she should have been screaming, milling when she should have been raging, being sick & not wanting anyone to know because her pain might inconvenience them. An overdose of other people clinging on to her when she didn't even have energy for herself.