Aftermath

Aftermath

Music in the Making by Shawna Ray, today 5/7/14

You might have liked the young and pretty me

So full of armor, light and energy

Choices were made and now I’m living

Consequences of a worn down dream  

There’s a new growing grass

Flowers bloom again

All is well, no regrets

What remains intact?

Unbroken, unharmed, unscathed, complete

Untouched, uncut, undefiled, indiscrete

Is a good, good heart

With a love to laugh

There’s a free bird soul

With an olive branch

Coming back from the aftermath

I'm coming back from the aftermath

Some lessons we must learn the hard way

So we can help another someday

Divided we can fall and ruminate

Still love that penetrates is worth the wait

There’s a new growing grass

Flowers bloom again

All is well, no regrets

What remains intact?

Unbroken, unharmed, unscathed, complete

Untouched, uncut, undefiled, indiscrete

Is a good, good heart

With a love to laugh

There’s a free bird soul

With an olive branch

Coming back from the aftermath

I'm coming back from the aftermath

There's some things beyond our control
I'm ready to finally let go

With a good, good heart

And a love to laugh

There’s a free bird soul

With an olive branch

Coming back from the aftermath

I'm coming back from the aftermath

Around the Bend

Once I caught the vision, dream was deep inside
Somehow lost direction on this bumpy ride
Got a bowl of popcorn to keep me occupied
Tired of pretending that I'm satisfied

What looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend, just around the bend

Dragging all these worries, my "but" gets in the way
List of frazzled questions and wounds from yesterday
Help me claim the victory, fighting to revive
But I'm tired of being alone at night

What looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend, just around the bend

Around, around, around, around
Friends who do not understand
They try to keep you down with them
One climbs out, the crab effect
Don't go there, what's up with that?
Family they might mean well
Say work for retirement
I cannot wait I want to live
They fear you're falling off a cliff...

But what looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend

Don't give up! Don't you dare give up!
Tyler Perry Just said that
Thank you man, I needed it
You inspire me to live and keep going
Around the bend, just around the bend

shawna ray, today I found a sound I wrote in 2005. It has kept me going, and I can see everything I have been through as part of the process, while I still don't feel as if I will ever arrive.
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Song Inspired by 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies- In the Now, Shawna Ray

Watching the #Olympic opening ceremonies tonight I could feel this sentiment in the diverse faces of so many uniquely beautiful, hopeful athletes. It was interesting to see them holding cameras up to capture the moment while they too were being filmed.

I have been writing and sharing song lyrics in the moment for a few years now. Someday I will have the means to also record more music. For all of us who keep pushing through barriers to move one step further to realizing our dreams, day by day...Don't give up! Breathe...

IN THE NOW

Capture frames of what the eye sees
Energy that rises quickly
Walking steady, friends surrounding
Etching memories for reminding

This is the opportunity of a lifetime
Breathe it all in now
A new beginning to seize the moment
Breathe it all in the now, in the now

Every day that you've been moving
Every dream that you've been dreaming
Adding up and finally leading
Through the open door, revealing

This is the opportunity of a lifetime
Breathe it all in now
A new beginning to seize the moment
Breathe it all in the now, in the now

Feel the presence of your purpose
Move the will and make a way
There is more beyond the surface
Pushing past with all your strength

This is the opportunity of a lifetime
Breathe it all in now
A new awareness to seize the moment
Breathe it all in the now, in the now

by shawna ray, today 7/27/12 11:11pm

All are winners, 2012 Olympics 

Dry Dreams

All these dry dreams
In the land of bent bones
Simple is kind to me
But there's a craving t in my soul
Thirsty dry dreams
Longing to lap it up
I don't know what awaits me
All I know is I've got to go
From this silence
Calling in the distance
Waking up I listen
To the song bird sing
I am streaming
But the outlets are dammed up
I don't know what awaits me
All I know is here I've become
A heap of dry dreams
In the land of bent bones
Simple is killing me
There's a craving in my soul
With thirsty dry dreams
Longing to lap it up
I don't know what awaits me
All I know is I've got to go
I've spent years in this resistance
Hiding far from your rejection
Dodging claims and criticism
I have tried and I have failed
Still the voice inside reminding
There is more that is in store
Art is quenching, I am drinking
Lips are thirsty for some more
Nectar for dry dreams
Healing for bent bones
Simple is not me
There is music in my soul
With thirsty dry dreams
Longing to lap it up
I don't know what awaits me
All I know is I've got to go

shawna ray, today 2/7/12
www.shawnaray.com

Diving Into Daydreams

Walking on cloud nine
Swirling around
Catching my breath and
Feeling weightless
Will water hold me?
Well just relax
Enjoy the journey
To lala land...

I'm diving into daydreams
Cutting the slack
Caller asked for dreamer
Answer, "Yes I am"
Diving into daydreams
Well now what's next?
Lost and I'm finding
What I want to be when I grow up
Been there done that
So I grow on and live it up

I thought I would be
Somewhere by now
Bloom where I'm planted
Leaving the ground
What if I miss it?
Has that ship sailed?
I can't go back so
I'll start with now

I'm diving into daydreams
Cutting the slack
Caller asked for dreamer
Answer, "Yes I am"
Diving into daydreams
Well now what's next?
Hopeful I'm finding
What I want to be when I grow up
Been there done that
So I grow on and live it up

Every little peak and valley
There is more to see
Loving as I'm learning
How to follow God's lead
It's all about the flow
And counting blessings

While diving into daydreams
Cutting the slack
Caller asked for dreamer
Answer, "Yes I am"
Diving into daydreams
Well now what's next?
Free and I am finding
All I want to be when I grow up
I'm over that
Now I grow on and live it up
Still diving into daydreams
Falling in love
Are you coming with me?
Ah now grow on and live it up
Live it up, live it up, live it up!

Shawna Ray
www.rhythmray.com
www.shawnaray.com