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#2grace oh grace.mp3

I have something I want to say,
but my mouth refuses to listen.
I have something I want to scream,
yet the sound comes out fragile—
soft as a song.
If I put it nicely,
maybe it’s just ego.
The sky keeps drifting,
and sooner or later
my time runs out.
Lotus leaves tremble in the rain.
A frog leaps into the water.
Higher, higher—
higher than usual.
Someday, surely,
I’ll fumble with my shoelaces,
undoing them out of order—
whether I’m walking a red carpet
or walking on needles.
So—take the next step.
Little by little,
turn your thoughts into words.
Even if your feelings
and your voice don’t align,
speak anyway.
Lotus leaves tremble in the rain.
A frog leaps into the water.
Higher, higher—
higher than usual.
This heaviness won’t lift
until dusk—
it won’t.
But when it finally does,
I’m sure I’ll have repaired
my broken compass.
One step at a time,
I’ll change.
Lotus leaves tremble in the rain.
A frog leaps into the water.
Higher, higher—
higher than usual.
Lotus leaves tremble in the rain.
A frog leaps into the water.
Higher, higher—
higher than usual.
Even a little—
even a little,
higher.
Higher.
Higher.
Now—

Higher My Self

Just when I think
I’m making progress
Why does it feel
As if I sink
Back
To what was before
How many times
Do I have to go
Through the same door
Before
It’s all behind me
Is it karma
That blinds me
To what I need
To see
To how I need to be
Or do I have to go back
To before
Yeah, before
Is repeating
What life is for
Is there a list
Where someone
Is keeping score
You know
You’re doing great
Or sorry
You’re doing poor
So go back to
Before
And start again
But this time
Make amends
For before
And before
You do more
Of the same
Like some 
Repeating game
Where by now
They know
Your name
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