Music is love.

I don't have the words to explain how this song makes me feel...but it looks like someone else has explained it perfectly..

"This particular song evokes so many things in me. I will try to put words to them…When I shut down feeling to avoid pain, I also miss out on beauty, love, gratitude. The song makes me feel again. It puts me in a place that is in the very center of myself. It makes me breathe. It melts away all the illusions of life and for the moments the melody rises and falls, only simple truth is left. It makes me remember I am a dancer, by moving my spirit so much it moves my body despite the cage I’ve put my art in. It flows through me like the sweetest, kindest breeze against my skin. It embodies the essence of what I want the child growing in my womb to always remember, to always know. That indescribable connection to something beyond this world. That thing that has no words, no explanation. The thing music in it’s highest form has the humble honor of being able to communicate.

Esthero, thank you for being a part of my journey by sharing yours. Thank you for reminding me by not forgetting. Thank you for leading by example, for being yourself, so I could find myself here listening to this, healing, loving, and “in joy” ing life." - Natty B

this song has given me the bravery to use my voice again, to feel again.... 2010, i'm ready.

I urge you to go to the link at the bottom and listen to it at www.estheroinprogress.com

i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you
’cause i’m a black mermaid
nothing rarer you will find
i am here for you to love me
i’ve been here for all o’ time

and i will wait for you to see me and to understand
that a woman can restore the soul of any broken man
if you can look beyond the waves and just believe in me…..
i am the lighthouse standing strong atop the rocks and sand

’cause i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you

and i’ve spent most of my life deep down inside myself
i’ve dreamt about the possibility of someone else
who could see the things i’ve seen and steal away with me
into the darkness we could fade because we know ourselves
and i’m his black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you
yeah i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you

and i’ve spent most of my life deep down inside myself
i’ve dreamt about the possibility of someone else
who could see the things i’ve seen and steal away with me
into the darkness we could fade because we LOVE ourselves

and i’m his black mermaid
he thinks i’m beautiful
yeah i’m his black mermaid
he thinks i’m beautiful
i am beautiful

(All the dark horses and all the good men,
won’t you come put me back together again?)

i am beautiful.

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