Maya Angelou BiographyA long time ago, I believe it was April 4, 1928 when my best friend Maya was born. Maya and I lived in the town of Stamps, Arkansas with her grandmother due to her parents' divorce. During those terrible years, at the age of 7, Maya went to visit her grandmother when she was raped by her mother's boyfriend. After that, because of hatred, her uncle killed her mother's boyfriend. She was so traumatized by the whole thing that she even stopped talking. During this time, Maya and I became great friends because, you see, Maya loved to write and I was her tool, the only object that made her happy, because you may already know, I am a pencil, her best friend. She had a difficult childhood but she never gave up, she had me. I remember on her hardest nights she would grab me and write down all her feelings and emotions, it was her escape and it's just amazing to know how much you have helped a person. Where we lived in Stamps, Arkansas was also difficult because Stamps was a rural, segregated environment. It's really hard to live in a place where you're not treated the same. She never let go of me. I was that person who was there throughout his struggles during some of the most difficult years of his life. I still remember the day she started writing her autobiography, which is really famous today and called "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which tells what her life has been like since she was little until the age of 16. .Also, at the age of 16, I remember when this little boy came, he just cried and cried. I wish I could have helped him just like I helped Maya, but hey, he was a little Mayan boy named Guy. At that time, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” became very popular and even one of the bestsellers. Maya and I have...... middle of paper...... One more day of pain is too much to bear. Now you just wish he cared. How can I mend this broken heart? When you were the only thing keeping togetherDaddy's little girlFive years hearing the family warI'm tired of fighting for that bottleI'd love to leave you alone but my heart won't let you goI grew up afraid of never being lovedAt eight years of having to see those horrible lightsMy life I crashed, daddy's little girl needed you When you left my head started spinning Nothing seemed normal like an endless hurricane crashing I found comfort in others I thought I could escape the pain but I couldn't Twelve years depressed and confused I needed that family but no one was there But I found a new family filled with love and happiness. Something you could never give me. And now daddy's little girl is happy again.