Tag: Universe

in between the lines

July 6th, 2024

Write me a line I could never forget
Send me the heart of your mind
Open the ribcage of time
Unlock the why of you and I

Take me back to our before
Gift me a word layered like a rose
Look for me in every petal and thorn
Watch us wither or watch us soar

I wrote a line you could never forget
Spread my dreams without you, not one regret
You sent me the heart of your mind
I was most alive with a love so blind
I opened the ribcage of time
Found a heaven in every hemisphere
I unlocked the why of you and I
Saw my fears burn in our atmosphere
I took myself to our before
Lost and found the core
I discovered a word layered like a rose
Moments just become written prose
Looking in every petal and thorn
I watched us wither, I watched us soar

-Grace + Benjamin

Thank you, Ben for bringing me back to the magic of writing, for another opportunity to explore our flow together and for the gift of getting to say hello again to this beautiful community.

There’s a lot I could say as to where I’ve been, or what I’ve been up to or who I am now as it really has been so long. Funny enough, especially for a writer, I’ll keep it short and simple.

If I simply read my lines, I wouldn’t have experienced the beautiful complexity and intricate layers of growth that were nestled in between my lines.
blooming

March 31st, 2023

When it takes “too long” to come together
When success is harder to measure
They label it “being a late bloomer”
As if growth is just a rumor

I go through old words and journal entries
Like the way people talk about their twenties
I scan through old memories like it’s a movie
I watch the way a flashback will move me

A moment knows when you’re ready
When you find your flow steady
Life knows when it’s time for everything to click
The fire finds you, and it will stick

So, life and I met in a March from a few years ago
Danced till I realized how much I could still grow
Dreamed till I knew it was time to let go and fly
Listened till I decided to live with an inner high

It wasn’t a waking up or a new beginning
It was a decision to start winning
Winning my own confidence and love
To walk with consciousness within and above

To bloom is to bloom
There is no space for gloom
Timing flows when we don’t resist
Fire glows when we’re fearless to persist

-Grace
the moment i loved all the times i’ve fought

March 3rd, 2023

It flies in the air
It floats in how we care
Doesn’t need a reason or a rhyme
Just an inner season without time

Some call it a once in a while high, others a source
Some just believe, others make it their course
We all agreed at some point that this is living
But we forgot to clarify purposeful giving

It’s in my fingertips when I write
Flowing in my blood when I stay and fight
Pulses through my breath in the heat of a fiery now
It’s the magic string that lets my universes bow

It’s not a special skill or a chosen power
It’s the choice to be what’s beyond the hour
We’ve all felt it whether it’s been seen or not
The moment I loved all the times I’ve fought

It’s the something that connects you and me
The something that makes our words free
It’s the smile when something resonates
The fearless fire when a spark detonates

-Grace

Author’s Note – in this piece, the words “fight/fought” are meant in the way of choosing to fight and to live rather than just getting through life or waiting for a moment to be over. Yes, “fighting” is often used in the negative but, in my life recently, it’s been one of the most positive things…and it will be that way in my writing too :).
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.
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
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.
a first last

December 20th, 2022

It’s the first chase I ever lived all the way to the last line
And it’s the last chase I’ll ever live again for the first time

It’s like going back to the first time you decided to be strong
While knowing you’ve been here all along
Living is more than being born and surviving
It’s being your own definition of thriving

It’s the first chase I ever lived all the way to the last line
And it’s the last chase I’ll ever live again for the first time

An experience is always old and new
Like a flashback and a presence so true
We have memories to remember where we’ve been
And we have vision to envision beyond our skin

It’s the first chase I ever lived all the way to the last line
And it’s the last chase I’ll ever live again for the first time

The now is simply a compilation of all your moments
A mixture of all your seen and unforeseen components
The now meets you a billion times in just a quick instant
But the choice to live is always right here, never distant

It’s the first chase I ever lived all the way to the last line
And it’s the last chase I’ll ever live again for the first time

-Grace

And here are some visuals with my favorite lines on them 🤍.
the skins

December 13th, 2022

If life was a bookshelf
And we were all our own book
I’d be more than myself
You’d be more than a look

When a story begins
I read the words you show me
And when I read beyond the skins
You write what you think we’ll be

We’ll get to the climax, good or bad
The details are a little different than before
Straight to the falling action, happy or sad
But the structure always has the same core

Every time I get to an ending chapter
I’m more at peace, a little less stressed
I wonder if you’re just an attending actor
I wonder if this is all just a lifelong test

So, when I picked your book off the shelf
I didn’t know how long you’d be in my book
But I was ready to leap, ready to test myself
I got the best ending of all, I’m more than a look

-Grace

Author’s Note – I’ve been pondering this idea for quite some time now; this perspective has so many different angles to it. I’m sure I’ll continue to play with it in the future too :-).

Writing, reading, storytelling, and books in general are some of the most special things in life – there’s something that resonates so deeply when mixing them with our human lives. So cheers to the stories we’re creating and reading in every moment!
life is good

December 7th, 2022

Something’s been telling me to write
And I’ve been putting up a fight
Something about saying what’s right
Instead of letting go and taking flight

My mind has a way of being chaotic
While life has a way of being hypnotic
It’s this weird paradox we play in
One I think we like to stay in

Summarizing my life in a few lines
Memorizing the meaning in a few signs
Fitting a million moments in one
Feeling the rise just like the sun

I’ve pursued my dreams in real life
I’ve stayed me when there was strife
I’m healing and living at the same time
It all feels so perfect, like this rhyme

Grace

And here’s the image version 💛

Welcome to Phase 2 of this blog – where we dive into a new definition of being fearless and what it means to truly LIVE! The website has been fully updated and if you’re curious as to what I’ve been up to this past year, go check out the updated “About” page!

Thank you to each and everyone of you who sent me the sweetest messages during my hiatus, they didn’t go unnoticed! Each one brought big smiles to my heart and left me so truly touched.

Here’s to phase 2 of Fearless Free Soul! Thank you for being on this journey with me! -Grace