Closer...

I am a writer, a communicator, I use words to make pictures and convey thoughts. Occasionally I will read something or hear a song by someone else that embodies a spirit of greatness that I wonder if I can attain to it. The magic thing about it is it usually creates a space in me where I know from my very core I can.

One of those songs is "Closer" by Goapele. Not only is she a beautiful woman, she has beautiful energy, and a beautiful voice. The lyrics,

Closer to my dreams
It's coming over me

I'm gettin' higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm getting higher and higher
Feel it in my sleep

Some times it feels like I'll never go pass here
Some times it feels like I'm stuck forever and ever

But, I'm going higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm goin' higher and higher
I can almost reach

Some times you just have to let it go (Let it go, let it go)
Leaving all my fears to burn down
Push them all away so I can move on
Closer to my dreams
Feel it all over my being
Close your eyes and see what you believe

I'm happy as long as we're apart
Then I'm moving on to my dreams

I'll be moving higher (Moving higher)
Closer to my dreams
And higher and higher, higher
Feel it in my being (I can feel it flow around me)
I know that I could not go alone (No, no)

I'm moving higher (Higher), oh...
I'm going higher and higher and higher (Higher and
Higher)
Closer to my dreams (Higher and higher, oh...oh...)
I'm moving upward and onward and beyond all I can see
(Stretching out my arms so I can reach)

Feels so close it's like i can just reach
I can feel my dreams (Closer to my dreams)
I'm moving closer to my dreams
I'm moving (Higher and higher) higher and higher
(Higher and higher)
Moving higher, oh...

Some times it feels like you never gon'change (Never gon'change)
But you never choose to walk away

Touch me so deeply in a place that is like sitting by a calm lake on a warm day and there is a gentle breeze blowing. I had those feelings before I saw the original video for the song,

and also before I saw it performed by one of my favorite couples on the first season of "So You Think You Can Dance" Musa and Natalie,

Take a moment and enjoy this flow...