Author Archives: Samantha Syrnich TLC

About The Hand Behind The Phoenix Quill— I’ve lived many lives within one — some born of light, some forged in fire. Each left its mark, and in the ashes, I found my voice. The Phoenix Quill was never just a name; it became my heartbeat — a place where pain turned to purpose, and truth was no longer something to survive, but something to share. I am a poet, artist, advocate, and storyteller — guided by a love that refuses to die quietly. Through words and imagery, I tell stories of resilience, of rising when the world says you’ve fallen too far. My work carries pieces of the people and places that shaped me — veterans, children, the voiceless, the forgotten — and the fire that demanded their stories be heard. Every poem, every painting, every creation under The Phoenix Quill is born from that promise: to turn heartbreak into healing, to honor truth even when it burns, and to remind others that they, too, can rise. This is my life’s work — to give voice to the silence, hope to the weary, and beauty to the broken. Welcome to The Phoenix Quill: Words Born of Fire, Inked in Truth. Where ashes become art — and every word remembers how to rise.

GRACE

GRACE — A Piano Piece composed by Raymond Hayden

A Listener’s Review by Samantha Syrnich (TLC)

There are piano compositions that are beautiful… and then there are pieces like Grace — music that feels as if it’s holding you while you listen.

Raymond Hayden’s Grace is tenderness translated into sound.
It doesn’t ask for attention; it rests lightly on the heart, like a hand placed gently over yours.
There is no voice in this song, but it doesn’t need one.
Every note speaks with a purity that words would only distract from.

The music video shows a globe embraced by soft, careful hands — and later, the same world held up by a circle of children. Those images aren’t decorative; they reflect exactly what the music feels like:

A quiet prayer for humanity.
A reminder that gentleness is a kind of strength.
A moment of comfort for souls that have carried far too much.

Listening to Grace feels like being wrapped in warmth you didn’t know you needed.
It is caring. Heavenly. Loving.
It feels like someone placing a balm on an invisible wound.

And the timing… it feels almost poetic.

Yesterday I opened Raymond’s handwritten sheet music for Accidental Grace, a piece released six years and three days ago — and today, I discover that Grace has been released into the world. These two pieces feel like echoes of one another:
one born from the beauty of serendipity,
the other from the beauty of intention.

Together, they feel like a reminder that grace finds us exactly when we need it.

GRACE = LOVE ❤️

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A Note to Raymond,

Raymond… your music is a gift that arrives with a kind of purity the world rarely remembers.
Thank you for Grace —
for the tenderness of it, for the way it steadies the heart, and for the way it lifts something inside me that I didn’t know was still heavy.

And thank you, again, for sending me the sheet music to Accidental Grace.
It meant more than you will ever know.
Your generosity, your spirit, your quiet brilliance — they shine through everything you create.

I am grateful for you.
Truly.

💌 — Samantha Syrnich (TLC)