Mariah Carey-Butterfly

So powerful...

A Simple "Hello"

They met with a simple "Hello"
yet, they were both shy.
They weren't quite sure of what to say next,
so they just looked at each other.
She admired his outer strength and composure,
and she loved his smile.
He admired her finely sculptured face,
and the beauty and kindness in her voice.
The deeper they looked
the more they knew about the other.
They met with a simple "Hello"
and fell in love.

Mariah Carey - My All

Have you ever loved like this? I have...

Wings of Petals

I know you think you've lost me

I know you think I'm gone

but let me tell you honey

this time you're really wrong.

I know God took me early

I know it wasn't fair

but please believe me, baby

I hear your every prayer.

I know you long to hold me

It's tearing you apart

but rest assured, my darling

you hold me in your heart.

I know you'll start to heal

I know you know that, too

because we loved so deeply

I am watching over you.

He gave me wings of petals

He filled my soul with grace

and when my eyes are open

I see his wondrous face.

A miracle has happened

I know you feel it, too

you've got the best thing on your side

an angel's watching you.

Take comfort love, in all the joy

your world will surely bring

as life begins anew in you

like changes in the spring.

Don't live your life in sorrow

Don't live your life in pain

live every day like it's your last

until we meet again.

What Truth

She'd Give It All

Her hands reach up to hold your face.

Her lips caress your own,

and when you're wrapped up in her love

it's like you're finally home.

Her skin is soft beneath your hands.

Her scent is light and sweet.

You had no clue that when you met,

she'd sweep you off your feet.

You never thought you'd love, again.

You've loved and lost before,

and now you have an Angel here,

she's knocking at your door.

She lays her head upon your chest,

her hand is at your side.

You know you've lost your heart to her,

these feelings you can't hide.

What would she give to stay with you,

what would she say or do?

The answer's there, deep in her heart...

she'd give it all, for you.

I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust,
I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still
I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air,
I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the broken woman's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a blue ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my own struggles gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the battered woman.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

(original author: Mary Angelou, edited version dedicated to battered women)