Time
Time
So done with this
Time to walk away
Not worth the trouble
Ain’t worth the pain
Got places to go
Elsewhere to be
Waiting ain’t the thing
Time to run free
Forget this slow crawl
Take that fast train
Waiting won’t work it
Gotta fly that plane
Sing into cold silence
Fill emptiness with sound
Dance through still rooms
Ain’t worth hanging around
Chance given to fly
Just gotta take it
Don’t doubt or blink
Just can’t fake it
Suspended above the void
Gotta break that chain
Take that cosmic leap
Go against the grain
Rocket to the moon
Touch the suns face
Fly to the stars
Trip through outta space
Don’t need a leash
Get going get gone
Not time to hesitate
Time to move on
Rach
2006
CoNfuSEd
Confused
I’m lost in this weird place
With nowhere to go
Do you like me or hate me
Cos I really don’t know
I’ve never been so confused
So very frustrated
You got me pulling my hair out
So much tension created
One day we’re talking
The next you avoid me
On minute you’re a friend
The next you ignore me
I just don’t get it
Don’t understand why
Was it something I said?
Or did you tell the lie?
Are you listening to others
Instead of talking to me?
Do you think you know
When you don’t really see?
You seem to have these rules
I know nothing about
So why not talk to me
And take away all the doubt?
The way you’re acting
Was making me feel sad
But now when I think of it
It just makes me mad
It’s like you made a decision
Without telling me
Pulled the plug on our friendship
Decided it just couldn’t be
I thought you understood
That you really got me
That we were close
And would continue to be
I don’t know what’s changed
Cos I’m still the same
I’m just being myself
Not playing any game
So are you my friend?
Can we get back on track?
Can we go back to easy?
Can we go back?
Cos I miss your laugh
And I miss your smile
So come on over
And lets talk for a while
Lets remember this
Lets laugh about that
Lets be friends again
Lets get it back
Rach
2006
“I never knew
until that moment
how bad it could hurt
to lose something
you never really had”
– The Wonder Years
Supergirl
Supergirl
Don’t believe everything you see
Supergirl ain’t all she’s cracked up to be
Now that the sky has turned grey
She’s packed up her bags and flown away
She just discovered the painful truth
When she took a leap off that roof
She couldn’t fly to save the world
‘Cos after all – she’s just a girl
She couldn’t stop those things she fears
She shed her cape as she shed those tears
Looked in the Mirror and realised
She really shouldn’t have been surprised
This world ain’t fair and it ain’t kind
‘Cos it’s governed by an evil mind
This world is harsh and so wrong
A place the good just don’t belong
There’s only One who can change it
Take this planet and rearrange it
He’s definitely super – but not a man
He’s the One with the superior plan
She should have remembered – but she forgot
He’s the one who’ll fix the lot
He’ll save those who act on the belief
That it’s He who’ll bring relief
She never had to feel responsible
Saving the world is not humanly possible
She shouldn’t have tried to wear the cape
‘Cos all she has to do is wait
Just listen as He speaks the word
Act on all those things she’s heard
Take His hand as she walks that road
Share her heart and let Him take the load
‘Cos that One up above
Will send His help as He sent His Love
He’ll make everything right that was wrong
He’ll make this world a happy song
He’ll take all hurts and heal them
No one will mournfully cry again
The world will be the place it should be
Safe and sound and in security
‘Cos that One up above has things in hand
He’ll save the world – it’s in the plan
So Supergirl has gone for good
She’s hung up the cape and left the hood.
Rach
2006
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g200606/peace-on-earth-at-last/
Somewhere
Somewhere
I look out into the night
And I know there you are
Somewhere under the same moon
Somewhere under the same star
Light spills softly over water
Wind dances through the tree
I hope somewhere out there
You are thinking of me
You were a feeling
A breath, a wish
The answer to a broken prayer
I never expected this
A smile warms your eyes
Laughing at some view
I already love your face
I love you being you
You have been a friend
For the longest, shortest while
And whenever I think of you
It always makes me smile
You make me feel something
When before I felt so hollow
You make me feel alive
Give me a star to follow
You may be far away
And I can’t touch your face
But it feels like we’re close
Far above time and space
So when I’m lost in the night
Like some drifting cast away
I think of you out there
Just a thought away
Knowing with the sunrise
A new day will come
And you will be out there somewhere
Laughing under the same sun
Rach
2006
Invisible Threads
Invisible Threads
Pulled in
Tugged towards
So aware
Reeled in
Pushed along
So unfair
Tidal wave
Can’t breath
So dare
Sweet torment
Bitter joke
So bare
Moments frozen
Sincere silence
So rare
Will run
Hide away
So care
Heart leads
Will follow
So there
Rach
2005
An Ode to Thee Toilet
An Ode to Thee Toilet
Toilet bowl, O toilet bowl
Why art though over flowing?
Toilet bowl, O toilet bowl
Why is ye sewage not a-going?
I flushed ye once, I flushed ye twice
And lo! Yon water rises!
I flushed ye thrice, I flushed ye once more
And lo! Ye water is still a crisis!
Why have ye forsaken me
O stinky ceramic receptacle?
Why have ye betrayed me
O stench offensive spectacle?
O please – become that haven of repose once more
And never again for granted shall I take ye!
O please – become a fragrantly perfumed urn as before
And forever I shall shiny and clean keep ye!
O cistern of putrid muck
Please return to your fine flushing ways!
O cistern of gross disgusting stuff
How I dream of those clean flushing days!
Rach
2005
Love Sucks
Love Sucks
Broken and battered
Torn and tattered
Shaken and shattered
Head ache
Heart break
Love sucks
Opened and gutted
Closed and shuttered
Groanings unuttered
Half awake
Feelings forsake
Love sucks
Pain and tears
Hurt and fears
Memory that sears
Emotions rake
Can’t take
Love sucks
Wanting and needing
Weeping and bleeding
Heart not heeding
Big mistake
Won’t fake
Love sucks
Felt and denied
Run and hide
Smiled and lied
Earth quake
Gimme a break
Love sucks
Stirring and yearning
Hoping and burning
Still not learning
Blindly take
Heart ache
Love sucks
Rach
2005
“A true companion is loving all the time
and is a brother that is born
for when there is distress.”
– Proverbs 17:17
A Joke on Me
A Joke On Me
If love makes you a fool
Then I’m a joker
‘Cos I can’t play poker
Love sure played a joke on me
Love is dead
And I’m so sad
‘Cos I wanted it bad
Love sure played a joke on me
He touches me
But he can’t feel
So maybe I’m not real
Love sure played a joke on me
I’m talking loud
But he won’t hear
Which is my greatest fear
Love sure played a joke on me
He’s looking around
But he doesn’t see
‘Cos I’m the invisible me
Love sure played a joke on me
He set me loose
Says that I’m free
But I didn’t ask to be
Love sure played a joke on me
He pushed me off
Gave me some wings
But then attached strings
Love sure played a joke on me
Love is confusing
No rules to apply
It’s one and one equals five
Love sure played a joke on me
Rach
2004
“Emotional security is just as
important as financial security.”
– P. K. Shaw
Breathe & Burn 
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