She rested her head upon my chest
Sensed liberation in between breaths
Wonder if sex is what she found it in
Peace, found it, layin down with men
Wasn't there to judge her, many ways I loved her
It was more than bodies we shared with each other
We lay under the cover of friends
A place where many neat lovers begin
I began, to feel her body shake in my hand
Body language, listen hard tryin to understand
Usually after sex, it's a good feel
Took by silence, emotions stood still
Could feel, tears spill, from her grill
Hurt from before that begin to build
She told me hold me, the story she assembled it
Tellin it, tryin not to remember it
It was a story of innocence taken
Thought she could redeem, through love makin
When she was eight she was raped by her father
And tried to escape through multiple sex partners
Felt pitiful, she had only learned
To love through the physical, inside it burned
My heart turned, I thought of what this man did
She forgave him, she grew to understand it
Her soul was tired and never really rested
Only knew men through aggression
Said it was a blessin and it happened for a reason
By speakin it, she found freedom
Between me and you, between me and you
Sometimes I wish I, could hear this whisper
Still could be heard, without speakin a word
Because of you I'm stronger, I'm afraid no longer
I feel so alive lately, you helped liberate me
She laid, I watched her breathe
Happy to be here, not afraid to leave
I couldn't conceive her not bein here
Death in her face, her not havin fear
Less than a year she was diagnosed with it
Memories of that year, so close and vivid
Happiness, would only visit, once in a while
To watch an adult, becomin a child
Somehow, I knew she'd make it
The life of one so givin early would God take it?
Heard she placed in, hope and prayer
Heard she placed in chemo and lost hair
I stare with my eyes closed
Wonder when the body leave does the mind go?
Watchin Jordan became less important
Seein this disease eat away my aunt's organs
Accordin to doctors there's no cure
We went through doubt, and cases of Ensure
Wish I knew then how to heal with herbs
Knew a part of her I could heal with words
But the creator was sinnin for
It seemed like the end was the beginnin for
Like that, she didn't want us to remember her
No more medication did she want us to give to her
It spread from her liver to her lungs to her last breath
Only to be freed through death
Between me and you, between me and you
Sometimes I wish I, could hear this whisper
Still could be heard, without speakin a word
Because of you I'm stronger, I'm afraid no longer
I feel so alive lately, you helped liberate me
He spoke with his eyes tear-filled
A lump in his throat as fear build
My whole life it was instilled
This ain't the way that men feel
A feelin, he said he wished he could kill
A feelin, not even time could heal
This is how real life's supposed to be
For it to happen, to someone close to me
So far we've come, for him to tell me
As he did, insecurity held me
I felt like he failed me
Til his spirit yelled help me
I known him for like what seemed forever
About goin pro we dreamed together
Never knew it would turn out like this
For so long he tried to fight this
Now it was no way for him to ignore it
His parents found out and hated him for it
How could I judge him?
Had to accept him if I truly loved him
No longer he said had he hated himself
Through sexuality he liberated himself
Between me and you
Sometimes I wish I, could hear this whisper
Still could be heard, without speakin a word
Because of you I'm stronger, I'm afraid no longer
