Mary J. Blige - Forever No More (Poem) lyrics

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 SOS 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 un-shut my eyes
And the difference between God's word
And man will was realized
Seeing opposed and 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 the newly revealed meaning
Of a destined 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 what 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 of 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