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Reflection on a bygone era

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Feeling frozen
Mouth won’t open
Don’t know what to think
Our time is fleeting
You’re slowly leaving and I am on the brink of crumbling
I know your will is for me to go on
But I’m wondering where I’ll draw my inner strength from
I’m missing you before you’ve completely left
Resisting the after-effects of fading happiness
So many things I never got to learn
But now you’re gone….
And the answers to your prayers, I pray they linger on
Miss you sayin’ pretty is as pretty does
Miss your smiles, your letters, kind words and your love-drenched hugs
Your laugh, your hats, I miss your pillows, your prayers, your cane
Your ribs, your fried fish, your stares whenever I’d feel shame
I miss you sharing whatever you had to give
Reminding me that prayer changes things and that Jesus had the hardest life to live
I wish I could have asked you what your childhood was like
You built your own house and raised a family of five
What would our family be like if you were still alive?
Maybe there’d be less heartache, less silence and no struggling
If we possessed one-tenth of your love, maybe things wouldn’t be so broken
But every day I wake up, I’m hopin’ we are what you imagined we would be
I pray you’re at peace
I search myself to find pieces of you
I want to manifest your beauty, your light and your truth
I never got to tell you just how much you mean to me
So I offer this, praying it reaches beyond me
It’s the end of an era, feelin’ a little sad
Wonderin’ if I’ll ever love someone else like the love we had
Hurts a little moving into the unfamiliar, but with each day, my own face becomes clearer
The part of me that existed before you left, was it altered or just misplaced?
My heart will remember you even when my mind wants to forget erase the fact that you’re no longer here
This kinda thing don’t wash away with time
It will fade little by little hopefully with GOD’s design
But my love for you will forever shine, clear as day
Our roots are deep within Southern hospitality (that seems to fade away in an age of modern technology) where people cared about one another deeply, (but now it’s all surface you see)
You survived so much racism and poverty to bring forth what’s before me
I thank you for all of your sacrifice, for rarely saying no and always thinking twice ‘bout the good of the family
Raymond and Gertrude McKie
Dallas and Eloise Rome
I pray that we define your legacy

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from Addicted to Life - The Lp, released November 11, 2008
Lyrics/Vocals - Teisha Marie
Music - Ahmed Sirour/Kris Funn

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Teisha Marie Washington, D.C.

This England-born, US-raised singer presents a new recipe for soulful sounds that has been hailed by music fans and critics around the globe. Her voice has been described by Soulbounce.com as "jazzy and seductive". The longstanding classic Soultrain.com calls her music "refreshingly honest." Eclectic. Intriguing. Delicious. Teisha Marie has Soul and Substance.
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