He heals me.... By India Arie

HE HEALS ME

I told him my biggest secret
And he told me four
He smiled at me and said
That makes me love you more

And then he made me laugh
And I knew it was a sign
That he was a man
That I wanted in my life
And with every passing day
I feel more and more of that way

He heals me, he knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me, he knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me, he heals me
I can play him songs all through the night
And he will listen to every line
And even when I'm wrong, he is still kind
He chooses his words wisely
When he tells me I'm not right
And yes, he is a beautiful man
But he is also a beautiful friend

He heals me, he knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me, no

He heals me, he knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me, he heals me

The moment that we met, he made me smile
He has so much compassion in his eyes
I have no idea, how long he'll be here
A season or a lifetime, forever or a year
But for the first time in my life
I'm not worried about the future
Because we have such
A wonderful time when we're together
However things turn out, it's all right
'Cause he's already changed my life

He heals me, he knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me, he knows the real me

...and these are only some of the things I believe: by Staceyann Chin

I got this from my friend Flo this morning, it touched my heart!

Imagination is the bridge

between the things we know for sure

and the things we need to believe

when our worlds become unbearable

So I know the way my tongue feels

wrapped around a sliver of East Indian mango

I know it reminds me of a time of giant breadfruit trees

... skinned six year-old knees

and pungent pimento seeds drying on a sheet of galvanized zinc



I know the sounds I make during sex

know them because my lover makes them for me

when she wants to remind me that I am not always in control



I also know if you are black/ male and Mobile America

the police will pull you over- especially

if you drive an expensive car



I know if you speak differently from the rest of the crowd

chances are your contemporaries have already made fun of you



We all know this world is difficult

because we each have to live here

and in this time of schoolboy bullets

biological warfare and kiddie porn

it takes guts to believe in any God

so I practice on believing in the smaller things

till I am able to make room for the rest



I begin with believing there's a Santa Claus

except I believe Saint Nicholas is a holiday transvestite

and I believe in monsters lurking under the bed

because they give our children something to conquer

before the world begins to conquer them



And I believe in the steady inflation of the tooth fairy

donate more than one nickel to that cause

because a dime under a pillow makes it easier

to endure the loss of a molar

prepares for the greater loss of a teacher

or a mother to the NYPD



And I believe in the identity of the Easter Bunny

believe he's the same person as Bugs Bunny

which means being schizophrenic isn't always bad

means when I'm tired of being a black feminist poet

I could go rally for rights of the new age transsexuals

get them an interview with Rosie O'Donell or Oprah

I believe I could find them a few friends right there on Sesame Street

and contrary to popular belief

I believe Bert and Ernie are straight

believe they're just waiting for the right girls to come along

but I believe Kermit the Frog is a closet Dyke

and that's why he has issues with pushy lesbians like Miss Piggy



And I believe most lovers

will lie to you eventually

and though I believe two wrongs don't ever make a right

--sometimes slashing his tires makes you feel better



and I believe Dharma and Greg are funny

but only if they make you laugh

and I believe Pinky and the Brain are revolutionaries

because-every night-they try to take over the world

like them, I believe there will always be something to fight for

and I believe everyone should believe in something

anything - if it helps you make it through the day

so I believe in Ashanti spirits

in spite of what the pragmatists say

I believe in unbelievable phenomena

like telepathy and karmic shape-shifters

crafting futures from the moon

I believe in that elusive world peace

I believe if I believe - it really could come soon

and I believe in unexpected and capricious friendships

I believe in trusting with the tenacity of a fool



And I believe in believing everyday

-and for as long as we can-

I believe we should believe in something we don't know for sure

acknowledge the range of possibilities

unlimited by what we see

move reality with imagination

we decide what our destinies will be