By Benjamin & Grace (Fearless Free Soul)
Write me a line I could never forget
Send me the heart of your mind
Open the rib cage of time
Unlock the why of you and I
Take me back to our before
Gift me a word layered like a rose
Look for me in every petal and thorn
Watch us wither or watch us soar
I wrote a line you could never forget
Spread my dreams without you, not one regret
You sent me the heart of your mind
I was most alive with a love so blind
I opened the rib cage of time
Found a heaven in every hemisphere
I unlocked the why of you and I
Saw my fears burn in our atmosphere
I took myself to our before
Lost and found the core
I discovered a word layered like a rose
Moments just become written prose
Looking in every petal and thorn
I watched us wither I watched us soar
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This was a fun collaboration with the multi-talented Grace (check out more of her work at Fearless Free Soul). It’s always exciting to see how the words will connect and come together. Lots to find between the lines here.
Benjamin Grossman 
This is incredible! I relate to your insights about a love lost yet it was worth living.
comment from Nicole Marie
Thanks! Hope you’re doing well! Always nice to see your words.
Wow I love it all Ben & Grace(hello sweetie nice to see you here:)
I think this is my favorite verse:
“Take me back to our before
Gift me a word layered like a rose
Look for me in every petal and thorn
Watch us wither or watch us soar”smiths
Oh yes and it’s up to us which way it goes!!
Congratulations you two…two of my favorite wordsmiths:)
Thanks a lot! It was Grace’s idea, and tt worked out pretty well.
I totally agree!!
How beautiful is this to read. Well done both of you!
Thanks for this! 😍
Wonderfully penned, the both of you! So glad to read from Grace after so long too!
Thanks. Lots of praise to Grace for getting this going in the right direction.
What a great piece of poetry. You have done it again! 💚💚
Thanks a ton; appreciate you. 💚💚💚
Thank you for creating this piece with me, Ben! Always a gift working with you and watching our flows collide. Appreciate you and our relationship always 💚💙
Welcome. And thank you! It’s nice we got the chance to create something new together. Let’s keep pushing to reach higher heights. Thanks for being there, too. 💙💚
Great collaboration! Really like this one, Ben and Grace👌🏼
Thanks, Sunra. I gotta see what you’ve been working on soon.
Well this is delightful. This is a wonderful collaboration Ben and Grace 💜
Thanks a lot, a lot! It came together over a few days. Your perspective carries a lot weight. 💜
Ben-graceful ontology of love. And yet spare ribs are saucy memories over time where the peddler pedals his bike full of tulips for two lips along tornado alley, spinning the meaning of whirlwind courtships and thunderlove storms with lachrymal drops eyeing a landing upon the face of good timing.
Thanks for this. And for dropping some great lines. All the best!
Enjoyed the beauty of both sides. Wither and Soar…fabulous weaving by both.
Thanks doubly!