See me now…
At the feet of bitterness I make my rest
Tattered and whipped from the tides of time
The name is Ivory
My face, adversity
And life…consuming misery
Always alone but never lonely
Strangers, Saints and Foes all knew my name or my body
Every piece of me, sweeter than a rare rose dipped in honey
At least that’s what He said…
One of the John’s that shared my bed
A dashing monster, though I couldn’t refuse his huge collection of dead presidents
After all I had to survive… Just as my mom did
After the coward left, she had no choice
We had to eat and the bills were due
She had no job and no skill but two…
Quite simply Nothings free
And then there was me
Mature but unripe, the prey of my plight is all I could be
You see, the life chose me!
See me now…
When I wanted to be good
My mind was saying no but my body answered yes
The hunger and distress was too much for me
Money and sex… not so complex.
But drugs interceded
In me was what they needed and in their arms was my bread
Nobody told me that there was an end… The mass was conceited.
Money bought a debt
To me it was freedom
But freedom aint free
What happened to Ivory
See me now…
My body just a shell
A shattered soul peeps out at the world
A defenseless girl, still looking for rescue
This life has a menu and I have a daughter
I can’t let it serve her.
I lay myself down one last time…
Not for a dime, for this cycle to cease.
A vision of peace that money can’t buy
My sunset has come and Light sets me free as my child empties me
It’s all I could be
You see
This life chose me….
