Cliff edge dances beside crevasse lined cracks Hesitation lost with each soft soled advance Toes point to heaven with angelic rhythm A heels kiss away from countless schisms She dances from men’s advances Keeps her head in her book far from the callous glances She takes the public transit Armed only with a thick skin against backhanded compliments While she fidgets with the gold that sits on the 4th digit of her left hand Playing with the her grandmothers old wedding band A piss off for the men that try give her fish hook compliments But she bends those barbs backwards Spits that iron in their face Her mother taught her which knuckles to put her house keys in and when to keep a finger on the mace A soft as lace demeanor Wrapped around a crowbar tough character Daughters learn the juxtaposition of their position from early age Sons are taught the world is theirs from boyhood on their confidence is laid I’m just one man of privilege admitting that I don’t understand much outside what I see But if I truly love my sisters and daughters then I have to believe in their belief that the world might be less fair than what’s been done to me My girlfriend told me about how men speak to her on the street I told her take their words as a complement, brush them off with ease She explained to me that the words are more about a role and less about the sting Kind of like admitting that I have don’t have clue is more about pride and less about the certainty things But I don't know
Libby Johnson: You speak over me But you don't speak lightly Your words could make me what I am to be Raise the banner high Let Truth decide Who He declares I am to be
Kyla Morgan: And she wanders Wandering the paths of exploding stars and glass Glistening, gliding Dying to know where she's at Where she belongs This song never go it right Words too small to capture his heart She starts to listen Believing she is just a collection of mismatched parts for the taking Replacing matchbox cards or toy trains for these grown up hands to play And she stays because this is her place A cacophony of sounds where only boyhood fantasies may abound And she is found breaking Open and exposed Marred by jagged scars That make a road map to the lost pieces of her heart This is the heart of a broken china doll dream The once believed enough to dance and sing Until she learned what doll really means But darling you are the daughter of a king Defined by strength and beauty It's you He sees And needs And calls Reminding you it's all for the taking Don't lose sight of the stars Because they are a reflection of His affections Fluttering then bursting with passions He's asking you to see That you are worth more than the skies or sea For He gives you life that you may share it This is our anthem A thousand couldn't stand in the light of the might of a woman who understands that she is more than a queen She is a Son The image of God's good love So trust that she will burn Radiate to penetrate the night and stand tall in His presence Able to dance her dreams without a gleam of question Because this was what she was made to be Complete So raise the banners high and see
Libby Johnson: You speak over me But you don't speak lightly Your words could make me what I am to be Raise the banner high Let Truth decide Who He declares I am to be