love

Choosing

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 7 Comments

You chose me

when I couldn’t choose myself.

When I was swimming in  darkness,

awash in ink,

blocking out the love.

You remained beside me

when my words didn’t make sense.

You stayed. Listening.

Seeing who I would become

and already was in the moment.

You opened up a new vista

where we stood together,

our backs to the past.

© Ali Grimshaw

 

 

 

By Myself

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 3 Comments

Alone is different

than loneliness.

connection, a link, from one to the other.

not trusting, disbelief, an arm’s length away.

impenetrable invisible cushion

keeps me hidden even

when you think I am there.

Will I let you know me?

The jury is still out.

© Ali Grimshaw

 

 

 

 

Hello?

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 4 Comments

Without you

he will be an island that I cannot reach

an evolving door

a language untranslatable.

You are the bridge, an extension

carrying my voice to him.

Without you

will the connection be severed?

Just a recorded message

at the other end.

This line is now disconnected.

© Ali Grimshaw

Discovery Challenge – Connection

 

 

Regretting

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 5 Comments

sometimes a regret comes back to life

emerging as a poem.

morphing as it translates into words

pain blossoming

on a single stem

each petal overlapping

some parts me

some parts you

forming an image fixed in time

an elixir of us

I drink in

to set us both free.

© Ali Grimshaw

Discovery Challenge – Shared Journeys

Walking into the Future

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 7 Comments

“Let yourself be silently drawn
by the deeper pull of what you
truly love.” – Rumi

 

What is calling you forth?

If you cannot see that vision of your future self

follow that which brings you to life

where tears of feeling pool in your eyes

your heart so full that

even the water from the faucet

flows out in slow motion.

© Ali Grimshaw

 

What is Left of You

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 17 Comments

The running shoes you left behind
positioned like you evaporated from them
angled as if deserted mid-step
have me wondering
were you ready
to move on to an unknown life

stuffing skills and memories in a backpack
experiences overflowing from unzipped pockets
your back receding into the distance
I have learned the answer to
Are you ever ready?

© Ali Grimshaw

Leadership from the Heart

~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 2 Comments

Step away from this dark corner
let your heart lead the way.
Thinking in a box of fearful thoughts
afraid of the other,
leads to imprisonment with defined edges,
slashing at silhouettes that only appear
as the enemy.
Walk away from this shadow
follow the music of trust in love.
What you think is the opposition
is only just another
scared and searching
no different than the face in
your bathroom mirror each morning.

© Ali Grimshaw

Open-minded – Discovery Challenge