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A Poem for Jennifer Hudson on Superbowl Sunday

by Dr. Goddess on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 5:01pm ·

A Poem for Jennifer Hudson on Superbowl Sunday

By Dr. Goddess, February 1, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA

You

Baptized me

in the Hudson River of Hope

Like New York's plane crash survivors

You grabbed it and held on

To Audacity

You Have

Even more than Obama

And that’s a lot of Hope

Babygirl

You had me

At your first step

Really, when they pronounced your name

The tears came

And I saw you with my soul

When you took that deep breath

Or was that a sigh I saw in your eyes?

As you stepped upon the platform

And stole the game and the halftime show even before it came

You stood there

Just Singing

Back to your Mama

Like the millions of people watching

Were not there

Back to your brother

proving you were the prettiest one of the other

Back to your nephew

A sleeping lullaby

And that’s why I cried

So hard

It had to be so hard

To take that call

And make that first step

And take that deep breath

Switch that mic from your left

Yet you stood

Legs straight and upright

You proved

You were the flag that was still there, scarred, yet unchanged

You were the brave about which you sang

And you inspired me

You retired my excuses and fear

In two minutes

You healed us with your courage

And I want to thank you

Ms. Jennifer

For taking all of our prayers

And hopes

And dreams

For you

Soul-mixing

And singing

A most popular song

Like no one ever has before

Or ever will

When you sang

The Star Spangled Banner

Time stood still

and I . . .

am still . . .

catching my breath

You proved

It was a

Super

Sunday

after all

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Dr. Kimberly C. Ellis aka Dr. Goddess (contact on Facebook or email: drgoddess@drgoddess.com.

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- Be Seventy-Eight Degrees Mock no doubt ... i ain't ashamed to share that I shed those same tears. this poem is the exclamation point after the song. Although I have to take one issue: she sang it great, but not arguably better than it ever was song before. I gotta give it up to Whitney Houston's version in the Olympics where she pumped her fist at the end. That was, I'll have to argue, the greatest rendition of the Star Spangled Banner ever.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:06pm
- Lisa R Kambel-Campbell Kimberly, this is INCREDIBLE..and packaged and published at 8:05. I especially love the line "you retired my excuses and fear in two minutes". Whooo! An incredible answer to a great performance.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:09pm
- Dr. Goddess Be, I'm giving it to Jennifer. Whitney didn't have half the battle before then and being able to take the stage and blow it out of the water was incredible. We just witnessed history. Jennifer took the title.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:16pm
- Dr. Goddess Lisa . . . I don't know what to say. I am touched that you were touched and Jennifer was my Muse today.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:17pm
- Liz Williams Mhsa Wow, a beautiful poem Dr. Goddess, I didn't get to see her perform, but reading your poem made me feel like I did. Thanks for the inspiration.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:36pm
- Kelly Russell This is beautiful and her performance was outstanding. I'm sure the Jennifer/Whitey debate will continue just like others have mentioned here.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:38pm
- L'Oréal Snell I just showed the performance to Aya and she was floored. Yes, time stood still for me too, and I have yet to catch my breath...
  February 1, 2009 at 5:41pm
- Natalie Marshall Williams OMG!!! This is beautiful! And, you absolutely captured what I and I'm sure many others felt while watching that amazing performance.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:46pm
- Patricia Beasock Beautiful Dr. G!!!!
  February 1, 2009 at 5:47pm
- Tananarive Due A lovely poem---and a beautiful moment to witness. She lent us her strength, and there is no greater gift.
  February 1, 2009 at 5:57pm
- Anika Walker-Johnson ‎"You proved
  You were the flag that was still there, scarred, yet unchanged
  You were the brave about which you sang"
  
  How many times have we all encountered a moment where it seemed "bravery" was a word we only read about in fiction. My heart takes a breath again over her loss and the strength she showed tonight. Great poem...thanks for sharing :-)
  February 1, 2009 at 5:59pm
- Makani Themba Grrrrrrrl! This is BEEEYOUTYFULL! I love this. thanks so much for posting this!
  February 1, 2009 at 7:39pm
- Tahiera Monique Brown That poems sums it all up. I cried like a baby... I really did.
  February 1, 2009 at 8:19pm
- Lisa Ware Blackwell Girl you know you have a gift that only God could give! I am lovin it girl, u r hook da hook...
  February 1, 2009 at 8:22pm
- Robert Michael Triggs Jr Absolutely wonderful and inspiring!!!
  February 1, 2009 at 8:24pm
- Angie Allen This is a beautiful poem Dr. G...it really does capture the spirit of that moment, and carries all of our prayers right with it too.
  February 1, 2009 at 8:47pm
- GeAnita Smith This is the sentiment and words of a free Black woman!! I bow to your majesty!!!
  February 1, 2009 at 9:15pm
- Tracie Justus Simply beautiful Kim.
  February 2, 2009 at 6:37am
- Dr. Goddess
  Thank you all so much! When she was singing, I was getting ready to get into the "ugly cry" but I stopped myself so I could hear her finish. LOL. But when I read my poem to my Mom, I cried all over again. Please feel free to share this and ...I would really appreciate you all posting this. I *want* it to get to Jennifer 'just because' she should know again and again and again that we are standing with her and her family. Because, of course, when we stand with her, we stand up for the best in ourselves, don't we?See More
  February 2, 2009 at 7:24am
- Dr. Goddess Liz and anyone else who didn't get a chance to see her perform, go to my or L'Oreal's page and we have the video posted from a YouTube clip! You will miss her stepping up but everything else is right there.
  February 2, 2009 at 7:26am
- Cindy Carter Cole You hit it dead on and made me cry all over again.
  February 2, 2009 at 9:03am
- Keedy Woodard Oh my goodness! You really captured her emotions and the energy!!! This is a wonderful poem!
  February 2, 2009 at 11:44am
- Dr. Goddess Aww, Cindy and Kera . . . thank you! ;-) I'm trying to get it to Jennifer, so I sent it to Beyonce'. LOL. I'm just sayin' . . . didn't know what else to do and it ain't like they don't know each other. LOL. I'll let you know what happens!
  February 2, 2009 at 7:28pm
- Angela Abraham Aww...this is sooooo beautiful. Thank you for this wonderful gift. You said in this poem the thoughts that we all have for Jennifer. I hope she can receive this poem. Please try to make sure she gets this poem ASAP!!!
  Angela Abraham
  February 3, 2009 at 2:29pm
- Jermaine McKinley WOW Doc! Please leave this as a posted note...
  February 3, 2009 at 3:26pm
- Fanon Wilkins wow this is so beautiful! your amazing dr. goddess.
  February 4, 2009 at 7:18am
- Trae Heather This is wonderful, Kim. So touching...
  February 4, 2009 at 7:21am
- Keeva Washington BY HER AND ALSO YOU I AM SO TOUCHED BY HER COURAGE AND YOUR TENACITY AT LETTING THE WORLD KNOW IT WAS OK TO CRY FOR HER
  February 4, 2009 at 7:32pm
- Rédice Tilah Excellent ! I'm a fan of Jennifer Hudson !
  February 7, 2009 at 2:24am
- Dr. Goddess Good people . . . I just read this poem on "Literary Nation" with Patrick Oliver KABF FM: http://www.kabf.com/component/page,shop.flypage/product_id,276/category_id,0485aa93fa0558fb1f755721e776984d/option,com_phpshop/index.php?id=9624&tx_acornradio_pi1%5Bmode%5D=1&tx_acornradio_pi1%5Bpointer%5D=0&tx_acornradio_pi1%5Bsort%5D=uid%3A0
  March 19, 2009 at 10:46am
- Melody Carter-Frye That was so inspirational. I hope Jennifer get's to read it!!
  August 13, 2009 at 11:30am

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