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  • this dreamy descent

    February 21st, 2023

    We talk about lifelong memories
    The way they shape our inner documentaries
    We talk about seizing a moment, a specific time
    The way it’ll harmonize like our favorite chime

    There’s a climb and a descent
    A climb to the day we always dreamt
    A descent back to normal when it’s over
    The way a love can become your closure

    We dream of a specifically distinct vision
    It becomes the something that makes us driven
    The day comes when that vision is your reality
    Smacks you in the face, this waking fantasy

    You think about all that could go wrong
    The fears flutter like a disjointed song
    But something kicks in and wakes you up
    Reminded of who you are, it fills your cup

    Then you live everything going so right
    As if perfection truly is in sight
    You pull through a hard obstacle
    Like a puzzle you didn’t know was solvable

    When you’re just about done
    You’re taken back to when it all begun
    The win seems like it’s floating away
    But it’s still right there if you stay

    There will be moments it doesn’t feel like a dream
    Moments you wonder why you chose this theme
    There will be times you’d rather crash than fly
    Times you wonder why you want the high

    But that something comes whooshing back
    Pushes the fear to the side with a whack
    Reminds you to look around, to remember who you are
    To feel the fire deep inside your shooting star

    So you look at everyone in your crew
    You look within, remembering you grew
    You take a deep breath, gather your force
    And that’s why the dream is your source

    -Grace

  • in my own world

    February 17th, 2023

    Staring at the world in front, eyes wide and senses alive – yet there is nothing to see. The mind floats around from one idea to the next, one memory to one dream and one moment of hurricane to one moment of nothingness. There’s a peace in the wandering mind, a sense of home in the fluttering of familiar rabbit holes. In that comforting moment of internal adventure, everything outside evaporates into a new imagination.


    She’s staring ahead, eyes on me, yet the heart seems to be on a different adventure. There’s something so alive in her gaze yet so dead in her attention to the outside. If there was a bubble around each of us, hers would be so intently fixated on every little detail of the present yet so mysterious in its grasp of reality. Her eyes may be focused on one thing, but her truest eye is flowing in another. I guess that’s where the lines of vision and sight get blurred.


    Author’s Note – Inspired by the gym :-). I’m a total gym-rat and in-between sets the other day I was staring ahead but totally not fixated on what I was staring at, just in my own world. So, this piece is an elaboration of that. The first verse being my point of view and the second being the point of view of…whatever my eyes seemed to be set on :-).

  • true love

    February 14th, 2023

    A four-letter word
    Spoken and heard
    A four-letter word
    Clear and blurred

    Starts with an L, ends with an E
    The feeling of true glee
    Starts with an L, ends with an E
    The realization of being free

    Commonly referred to as romance
    Internally defined as the heart’s dance
    Commonly referred to as romance
    Universally outlined as the forever glance

    They say you fall
    It’s more of a call
    They say you fall
    In breaking your wall

    Some of us are scared
    From times we dared
    Some of us are scared
    From times we shared

    We all have it within
    Knowing yourself beyond skin
    We all have it within
    It’s the intrinsic grin

    If you made it to this line
    You’ll know this isn’t the love of being mine
    If you made it to this line
    You’ll know this is the love to internally shine

    -Grace

    On a day that we’re told is about celebrating “love”, remember you spend the most time with yourself in this life experience – the truest love is within.

  • (g)listen

    February 10th, 2023

    The only word to rhyme with listen
    has always been glisten
    Never thought those words matched
    never knew where they attached
    I’ve always loved to analyze
    tap into people and theorize
    Watched the way a conversation could spill
    the way a synchronicity could thrill
    And when I started listening to me
    passion started glistening to be
    I taught my fire to always burn
    now it’s time to let love learn
    It’s a dance to balance both
    but it’s the key to true growth

    Maybe your definition of listening
    is going within and glistening
    Maybe it’s a form of empathy
    kindness, not sympathy
    Something is always speaking
    breathing, not seeking
    When we tune into the beat
    letting fire and love meet
    Life tells us when to listen
    leaves space for you to glisten

    -Grace

  • true discipline

    February 7th, 2023

    Drive
    Intuitiveness
    Strength
    Character
    Intention
    Peace
    Love
    Instinct
    Natural
    Empowering

    Drive towards something more
    Intuitiveness beats at the core
    Strength is a word you define
    Character is your own chosen design
    Intention, the start of any action
    Peace, the success of any interaction
    Love to yourself, we often forget
    Instincts within, confused as a threat
    Natural rhythm flows at the heart
    Empowering the mind is true art

    Drive inside at who you truly are
    Intuitiveness is your shooting star
    Strength grows when we let go
    Character becomes your glow
    Intention sparks with just one thought
    Peace surrounds in just one watt
    Love is more than external romance
    Instinct leads your internal dance
    Natural confidence is always yours
    Empowering the soul opens all doors

    This is true discipline.


    Author’s Note – Back to my rhyming roots with this one :-). This is an acrostic (disipline being the word). Discipline is truly one of my favorite things in this world, it’s a deep part of who I am and how I keep the fire within.

    I think it gets blurred with many different “motivational quotes” but at its core displine is your choice – your choice to be consistent in honoring yourself. There is no better feeling than staying disciplined and pushing through obstacles, there is no better feeling than surprising yourself.

  • math

    February 3rd, 2023

    If you added all the time I spend
    Staring at a screen
    wondering what to write
    You’d be rich with infinite hours
    If you added all the time I spend
    shuffling through thoughts
    and organizing lyrics
    You’d be timelessly immortal

    If you subtracted all the times I spent
    doubting myself
    and my capability
    I’d forget all the different versions of me
    If you subtracted all the times I spent
    hesitating to breathe
    and to smile
    I’d forget my adventurous journey

    If you multiplied all the time I spend
    reflecting on who I am
    and how far I’ve come
    You’d lose all track of the clock
    If you multiplied all the time I spend
    exploring what ifs
    and dancing in unknowns
    You’d win a countless supply of heartbeats

    If I divided all the times I spent
    learning to live
    and learning to love
    I’d have a montage of what it means to be me
    If I divided all the times I spent
    tying moments of my life together
    and connecting the dots in all my stars
    I’d see when I discovered to trust the mystery

    -Grace

  • human nature

    January 31st, 2023

    It rises
    It sets
    It shines
    It’s blocked
    It will always rise again

    It flows
    It falls
    It ascends
    It’s littered
    It will always flow again

    It grows
    It sheds
    It blossoms
    It’s chopped
    It will always grow again

    We dance
    We crash
    We fly
    We’re tested
    We will always dance again

    Just like the sun will always rise, the ocean will always flow and the trees will always grow – we will always dance. This is human nature.

    -Grace

  • whistle of fire

    January 27th, 2023

    Know who you are, just stay
    You’re headed straight for fire
    Just a lot a bit more than the eyes

    Know who you are, just stay
    Think there’s sturdy walls
    There’s an open door
    If you see when she gives you the key
    Reputations about her swirl
    Ideas form and whispers travel
    She looks you in the eye
    And that’s surprising
    She’s confident and direct
    Yet quiet and paradoxical
    Often under the radar
    But when she’s on yours
    You’re headed straight for fire
    A painted picture of what she should be
    Hot or cold, shy or bold, strong or fold
    On the surface or deep down, she knows
    Stopped looking at the world
    Started looking within
    She sees him and her
    But she sees her (self)
    She chose her journey
    Forged a discovery, she became
    Just a lot a bit more than the eyes
    She keeps her circle tight
    Her eyes open and bright
    Dimensions she’s still finding
    Truths she’s still binding
    But she knows a look goes beyond the eyes
    She loves what’s underneath
    The unanswered questions
    The boundaries and the fire together
    The fearlessness and drive forever

    So, she whistles to herself

    Know who you are, just stay
    You’re headed straight for fire
    Just a lot a bit more than the eyes

    And whoever’s meant to be
    will truly hear
    that whistle

    -Grace


    I originally wrote a long behind the scenes on this one, but I think it’s all here if one truly hears 😉. This is a “story” of knowing who you are. And yes, fire seems to be the theme as of late…it’ll stay that way :).

  • our next now

    January 24th, 2023

    We spend so much time
    waiting
    for more time
    waiting
    for time to pass
    waiting
    for a time to feel whole

    We forget the beauty
    in living
    the beauty
    in breathing
    the beauty
    in just being

    Does a tree wait
    for its leaves to fall
    or
    for its roots to spread?
    Does the sun wait
    for its rays to rise
    or
    for its center to set?

    Who’s setting the clock
    to your life?
    What happens in all those moments
    you’re just waiting?
    When did life become
    a series of waiting for the next thing?

    The next thing is born
    in every now
    The now is never waiting
    it’s just all
    If we lived every now
    instead of waiting for every next
    Our next would be now
    and our now would be all

    -Grace


    Author’s Note – I actually wrote this while waiting for something :-). And then it hit me…why am I waiting? Sometimes inspiration is found in the tiniest moments. When I came back to blogging, I switched my tagline to “Truly, Deeply and Fully LIVE”…and that’s what this piece is about.

  • adrenaline

    January 20th, 2023

    We talk about emotions
    All the inner explosions
    But there’s a spark we sometimes forget
    The hormones we just call “sweat”

    The natural ignitions of words we can’t describe
    Yet we run to something someone can prescribe
    Do you remember what makes you feel alive?
    Or has that become a memory used to survive?

    I’ll add a little personal touch
    Dopamine isn’t my crutch
    But I live my life fueled to fly
    A heart generated high

    I train, compete and create
    I listen, work and debate
    All of a different adrenaline
    A blend of my own feminine

    A rush breaking through your own wall
    A thrill getting up after every fall
    It goes way past winning
    Like a new way of grinning

    I love the drip of sweat rolling down
    I know that adrenaline is around
    I love the breath that leads to a smile
    I know that adrenaline will last a while

    -Grace


    Author’s Note – This is almost like a continuing thought from my last piece “athlete mentality”. I talked about “dopamine knocking on the door” in that one and this piece is like the aftermath of that knock. I love my adrenaline rushes throughout my days – all of slightly different kinds to maintain my inner balance/flow. I think we take our natural hormones for granted and forget what a true gift they are…those natural highs are what make us amazingly human and fully alive.

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