TO ALL THE RIHANNAH'S OF THE WORLD FROM THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE (118 hits)
TO ALL THE RIHANNA’S OF THE WORLD FROM THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE If he hits you once He'll hit you twice He'll beat you again and again He'll cry and he'll swear that He would not dare But soon you will see Your scars back they will be You must love yourself Or you may visit your death By the same man that holds you And kiss you and scolds you Your grave might just be in the sea I know what it’s like To be beat with my crutches While I wore a cast on my leg And to watch him supposedly Fix a glass of liquor Which landed in my face instead But I saved my money While the neighbors thought it was funny That I was still at the house But I bought my time And paved my way Thank God I finally got out The way that I did I took a long look in the mirror And I did not like what I saw His punching bag I had became And a dog to my mother in law But I decided one day that I loved myself More than I loved anyone else And I packed my bags and refused to die A battered statistic on a shelf I decided one day that loving myself Is the greatest love of all I picked myself up with the help of the Lord Who keeps me from all of life’s falls He gave the strength to forget the things That were so close behind I looked to the hills from which came all of my help And thank God I made it out in time So many pieces of me were all gone But down in my bosom I had a phone I prayed and I prayed with all of my might He gave me the strength to stand up and fight I went back to school and I went back to work I helped others too as I grew in the church And now I’m a teacher a singer and a writer Because of his word I am strong and a fighter So if you think that you have to stay in an abusive relationship With broken arms and broken legs and self esteem that’s ripped Realize that if you don’t love yourself then no one else will And God is the only one greater than you to command peace to be still There is a place that you can go yes I have been there too It is a shelter of new beginnings a brand new life for you Now if you think you don’t need help just visit the worldwide web And look at the women killed by their spouses that refused to leave their houses He passed by you polluted and all and he is here to save he’ll give you peace that passes all understanding and keep you from an early grave. elaine taylorbrown http://writersontheedge.ning.com
