Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Feb 4, 2005 0:26:30 GMT -5
Even though the poem I'm about to post is by Mary J. Blige, I decided to post it here in this section instead of the "Lyrics I'm Feeling" thread because, well like I said, it's a poem even though I have been playing it off and on all day today:
Forever No More
No more invisible speechless, deaf and blind child
With neglected pleasures being addicted to denial
Floating through time, gravitating towards a warm arm
With an appetite for the emptiness that promises no harm
No more uncontrollable eruptions of emotional depression
A primal S.O.S. from the barren prison of selfless expression
That only the guilty with innocent souls know
Buried in the social scar tissue of a defective ego
No more relentless sifting through bodies seeking self
Settling through competitive combat for what's left on the shelf
A mad melee of supply and demand driven by a gullible pride
That leads to sedating the you that suffocates inside
No more - forever no more - because I've unshut my eyes
And the difference between God's word and Man's Will was realized
Seeing opposing parallel lives some liquid, and others frozen
Led me to never seek from man what God has chosen
Then the negative whispering subsided and the panicking ceased
The undercurrent suppression of pent-up terror was released
As the mystery of the unknown manifested pristine clear
A positive message of truth entered my ear
Now across my face is a brand new smile
With a newly revealed meaning of a "Destiny Child"
A message of hope is being released from my heart
And I am overwhelmed with dedication to do my part
All I ever wanted was to be as I once was - unbounded
Somehow it got all twisted and before long sounded
As though life was a continuous connive-thrive-drive
Choking out the simple joy of just being alive
Now I am filled with love and I sing a love song
A song for yesterday, today, tomorrow, and beyond
My new prayer is - Thank You God for setting Me Free
And Thank You God - For Giving Me back Me
No more invisible speechless, deaf and blind child
With neglected pleasures being addicted to denial
Floating through time, gravitating towards a warm arm
With an appetite for the emptiness that promises no harm
No more uncontrollable eruptions of emotional depression
A primal S.O.S. from the barren prison of selfless expression
That only the guilty with innocent souls know
Buried in the social scar tissue of a defective ego
No more relentless sifting through bodies seeking self
Settling through competitive combat for what's left on the shelf
A mad melee of supply and demand driven by a gullible pride
That leads to sedating the you that suffocates inside
No more - forever no more - because I've unshut my eyes
And the difference between God's word and Man's Will was realized
Seeing opposing parallel lives some liquid, and others frozen
Led me to never seek from man what God has chosen
Then the negative whispering subsided and the panicking ceased
The undercurrent suppression of pent-up terror was released
As the mystery of the unknown manifested pristine clear
A positive message of truth entered my ear
Now across my face is a brand new smile
With a newly revealed meaning of a "Destiny Child"
A message of hope is being released from my heart
And I am overwhelmed with dedication to do my part
All I ever wanted was to be as I once was - unbounded
Somehow it got all twisted and before long sounded
As though life was a continuous connive-thrive-drive
Choking out the simple joy of just being alive
Now I am filled with love and I sing a love song
A song for yesterday, today, tomorrow, and beyond
My new prayer is - Thank You God for setting Me Free
And Thank You God - For Giving Me back Me
