by ninaeliseh | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Deep Thoughts, life, Lifestyle
“Snow drifts on a mountainside
Ready to fall
Icy roads
Unfit for walking
Always trusting the dark
The only constant
When the sun betrays
Hiding behind clouds
The challenge of life
Is finding your footing
When all steps seem to be hidden
Light your own fire
Keep it burning bright
Trust the path
Even when all blocks your way
There is nothing more inspiring
Than two feet that won’t stop walking
And a heart that burns with passion
All is ok.
All is ok.”
-Nina Elise, Secure & Steadfast
by ninaeliseh | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog, Deep Thoughts, Lifestyle
“The way your lips
Brush up against mine
Makes me feel
Alive again
Touching a side of me
No one has ever known
Gently kissing
Figuring me out
Piece by piece
I can’t explain how it feels
To be remembered
After so many years
Of being overlooked
Like the first gentle rain
After a harsh snowy winter
Or a light peeking in
Through a dewy cobweb
Whatever you do
Don’t stop
Look beyond my fears
And love what’s been lost
What’s been forgotten
Help me to remember
How much I’m loved”
– Nina Elise
by ninaeliseh | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Deep Thoughts
sometimes its easier
to look back
when things get tough
your legs stumbling
unable to bear
the burdens you carry
running back
to what feels easy
instead of being stuck
in the in-between place
of past loves
and could-have beens
don’t be scared, loves
your eyes shine brighter
than any star I’ve seen
and your heart loves deeper
than any canyon formed
and time moves slowly
not to cause you grief
but only to grab your hand
and tell you to live
here and now
-Nina Elise
When things get hard, I like to look back and grasp onto things from the past. Things that made me feel safe, wanted and secure. I always tell myself, “Nina – just because things get hard, doesn’t mean you should run back to what feels comfortable. Be here, and look forward – that is the only place you need to be going.” The future is uncertain, and things don’t always turn out the way you’d hope – but that’s no reason to take a step back. Keep your chin up – there are far better things ahead, better than you can even begin to imagine.
by ninaeliseh | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Deep Thoughts
Lose the mask
Your sadness speaks
in ways that words
Could never express
Show me your smile
It’s been too long
Since your heart
Has sung in tune
Drop your chains
And grab my rope
I’ll bring you up
To safe ground
Feel your heart
It beats with purpose
Don’t you dare forget
How much you are loved
-Nina Elise
by ninaeliseh | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Deep Thoughts
There once was a girl
Who had so much love to give
And when she lost the one whom she loved the most
She tried again to share her heart
But felt no one accepted her love
The way she thought they should
So she bottled up that love
And forgot what it meant
To smile
There came a day
She felt like she would burst
From her bottled up love
Going to waste
Not knowing who to give it to
Who would ever accept her love again?
When she realized
The person who needed it the most
Was herself
She looked inside
And accepted her own love
And only then
Could others begin to accept her, too
-Nina Elise
