Poem: Grace

This original spoken word poem is about the gift of self-compassion, and how grace opens the door to possibilities. Let's invite grace into our lives, forgiving ourselves for missteps in what I call "the deep end of the pool." Let us make space for expressing our soul’s compassion, remembering that we are both fragile and fierce, right and wrong, shiny and dull. We are all that and more; grace accepts each facet without question.

Embrace the freedom of grace.

Music credit: Samson's Buzzcut by GRIDKIDS; licensed through Soundstripe

Transcript

To give yourself grace is to give your soul space.

To make room for all the missteps and big leaps into the deep end of the pool.

To understand the unknown but only till moments pass and knowing grows.

To give yourself grace is to give your mind a vacation.

Stop thoughts in their tracks.

Far they roam without direction until you call them back.

To break free you find the shutoff valve.

It's hidden in the chest.

So look no further and think no more.

It's time for a mind full to take a little rest.

To give yourself grace is to let yourself be fragile.

To look through the crystal prism and see the rainbows hidden.

To touch lightly the inner chambers as facets do unfold.

Light casts a different hue and you can see true and steady.

Blue and bold.

To give yourself grace is to forgive yourself.

Like you do a cherished friend who's overstepped.

You coax them off the ledge and back into your arms.

Bare hugs.

A mighty container.

Because friends will do what friendship does.

And grace will do what grace can do.

She'll prop you up.

Give you her hand.

She'll find a sweetness like ripe plums and mangoes and juicy peaches.

Oh grace will come if you open the door.

For grace is there with you all along.

Turn the knob.

Open the door.

Reach out and grasp it.

Reviews

I enjoyed this so much, thank you for sharing your creation. The words made me tear up, and the beat uplifted my soul.