Out Here

For roughly nine months before I came into this world

I heard the softest voice around me

telling me all about this thing called love

and I believed everything I heard

Like an addict to a drug

I craved it

and believe me...

It's everything and more - in all it's forms

I may have once fought those who raised me, I may even today

raise my voice

I may have pushed away anyone who professed to care about me, yeah I may still act hard today

I may have been to bed with many men, just trying to reign in some kind of control

over those who tried to tasted the lust they saw in this body...

sorry I sinned Lord, will you forgive me - even if I won't forgive myself?

I may have tasted love from the one I felt was my prince

his voice calmed every fear and he melted more than the ice around my heart

whenever I laid in his arms

I crave that love, but I now understand its value

I understand why it's held in such high regard

and, oh God thank you

for my family and my friends

Oh and thank you for letting me experience the fruit of Eden

though like the addict I am...

I will search til my last breath passes my lips

for another taste of that fruit

I still know my Mother always spoke the truth

there's every kind of love and respect

out here

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