Smile and move forward.
Lost control can be regained.
Own all future steps.
– Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Take Control
Prioritize
One,
Two,
Three,
on your feet.
Stand upright,
share your light.
Hand out joys,
mute your voice.
Offer ears,
soothe their fears.
One,
Two,
Three,
aim to please.
Give your all,
capture falls.
Put them first,
feed their thirst.
Never fail,
help hopes sail.
One,
Two,
Three,
turn the key.
Make a change,
set the stage.
You count too,
make wants true.
Self esteem,
pushes dreams.
One,
Two,
Three,
set them free.
Let them go,
own your goals.
Do for you,
create views.
Take a spin,
love within.
– Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Unique
Irreplaceable
personal identity,
each distinctly built.
– Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Expend
Sacrifice can be okay
but should not rule every day.
Resentments will find their way,
at times they linger and stay.
Give to give, never to take,
do not make pure actions fake.
Hear silent cries as they shout,
fulfill needs without a doubt.
No one gives what they don’t have,
assisting, cutting in half.
Provide fully, then grant more,
selfless life or endless chore.
People do what one allows,
form boundaries, draw them out.
Take a stand, find inner voice,
proving acts come from free choice.
Search within, find the right words,
sing them loud, so they are heard.
Stand up straight to take a stand,
let heartbeats dictate commands.
Expose true self, feel secure,
self-acceptance is a cure.
Confidence makes each step sure,
deeds are clear, intentions pure.
– Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Self love
Self-preservation.
Self-care should not feel selfish.
It’s necessary.
– Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Reinvented
Yours truly made a change,
invented myself new.
Controlling my own stage,
to me, I will be true.
All energy within
wishes to shine brightly.
Now destined for the wins,
embracing joys tightly.
The new me always laughs,
likes to dance and enjoy.
No longer feels like half,
filled up every last void.
Some thunderstorms crash hard
to clear up hidden wounds.
Sometimes a single drop
can feed a whole commune.
Why cry and carry pain?
Instead, let go and heal.
Life should be filled with gain,
not problems and ordeals.
Each breath will come and go,
lifetimes can feel so brief.
Inner change helped me grow,
by turning a new leaf.
– Grace Y. Estevez- Reddy
Self-Acceptance
True self-assurance.
Assess your uniqueness,
then learn to love it.
– Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy
Hope
Swallow my sadness
like it is a pill.
Exposing my heart
I stumble, it spills.
Swift hollow dulled pain,
consuming my chest.
My smile shining bright,
inside I need rest.
Shadow of my soul
haunts me to the core.
The more I receive
further, I deplore.
Wallow in dim pride,
a well-disguised ploy.
To keep worries far,
behave like a toy.
Mirrored reflection,
intently I stare.
See my younger self,
then whisper I care.
Summon inner strength,
demand it to stay,
command it to grow,
with each passing day.
– Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy
Pearl
A muted voice sings in your head,
the opaque words can not be read.
Loud blurry scenes live in your mind,
imagined lines left undefined.
Stardust hues create happy thoughts,
blinding both eyes from wars once fought.
Comfort your skull on silky sheets,
while all you seek is what you meet.
A glowing beam sets on your face,
shining your skin each waking day.
Sliding on rafts through streams foreseen,
living so posh, feeling so clean.
Melting my face in your deep eyes,
I meet myself, what a surprise.
All that I know, at once I see,
finding the key that lives in me.
– Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy
Stand
Stand for your beliefs.
Do not allow others views,
to hide in your eyes.
– Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy