The Decision
THE DECISION
No.
No more.
Never again.
I’m making a choice.
I’ve made the decision.
I’m taking back control.
I’m taking back my life.
I’m shutting you out.
I’m done letting you in.
In my life.
In my head.
Casting doubt.
Stabbing my heart.
Taking my sleep.
Stealing my smile.
Shaking my confidence.
Destroying my dignity.
Breaking me down.
Who are you to do that to me?
What am I if I let you?
You’re dust on a mantle.
You’re a gust of hot wind.
You’re a bad day.
And you’re done.
You’re gone.
No more.
No.
Rach
2015
“Look! The nations are like a drop from a bucket, and as a film of dust on the scales they are regarded. Look! He lifts up the islands like fine dust…
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
There is one who dwells above the circle of the earth, and it’s inhabitants are like grasshoppers… He reduces high officials to nothing and makes the judges of the earth an unreality…
“To whom can you liken me to make me his equal?” says the Holy One. “Lift up your eyes and see. Who has created these things? It is the One who brings out their army by number; He calls them all by name. Because of his vast dynamic energy and his awe-inspiring power, not one of them is missing…
Why do you say, O Jacob… ‘My way is hidden from Jehovah, and I receive no justice from God’?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, is a God for all eternity. He never tires out or grows weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the tired one and full might to those lacking strength. Boys will tire out and grow weary, and young men will stumble and fall.
But those hoping in Jehovah will regain power. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary; They will walk and not tire out.”
– Isaiah 44:15-31
I Don’t Have a Penny
I don’t have a penny
I don’t have a dime
I don’t have a great big house
The marble floored kind
I don’t own designer labels
I don’t have anything Chanel
I don’t own a pair of Louboutin’s
Although I’m sure they’d rock my world
I don’t drive a brand new car
I don’t drive a Merc
In fact I don’t drive a car at all
Unless it’s already had a lot of work
I don’t take expensive vacations
I don’t stay in five star hotels
I don’t travel very often
Although I’d love to see the whole world
I didn’t go to Uni
I didn’t get a P. H. D.
I didn’t aim for lots of money
Or to be secure financially
I don’t want fame
I don’t want prestige
I don’t want a spotlight
I’m very content wearing beige
I don’t need approval
I don’t need applause
I don’t need recognition
To hold and stay true to my cause
For I have something solid
I have something real
I have something that’s forever
That no one can destroy or steal
I own a rare Treasure
I own a priceless Pearl
I own a wealth of Talents
Worth more than the whole entire world
I know a shining truth
I know the thoughts of God
I know the news that must be spread
And so with that my feet are shod
This world is an awful mess
This world is on fire
This world is ruled by a betrayer
A killer, and a liar
He offers shiny things
He offers things that appear to be fun
He offers things soon to perish
Things that fade, disappear and run
You can see his mind in the air
You can see the propaganda
You can see the all-pervasive filth
The fake, and the slander
This world is a testimony to his rule
This world has nothing of lasting gain
This world offers naught but heartache
Hard-heartedness and pain
But I know something important
I know the truth
I know this world will soon disappear
There’s a mountain of proof
Soon all the pain will be gone
And all hurts will be healed
All people will live as one
With all their dearest desires filled
The earth will be transformed
The earth will recover
The earth will be populated
With people that truly love one another
Meantime we must endure
We must find a way
We must keep seeking
Keep striving, to listen and obey
There is a secure anchor
There is a trusted guide
There is a guaranteed promise
He will always provide
Jehovah is my confidence
Jehovah is my friend
Jehovah is my shining hope
My towering refuge to the end
Now is the time to focus on the Kingdom’s work
Time to keep a simple eye
Now is the time to support our friends
As shoulder to shoulder we strive
We are proud to be his Witnesses
We are proud to sing his praise
We are proud to bear his name
As we proclaim his loving ways
This is his work
This is his creation
This is his will
To gather together people from every nation
So as we endure
As we obey
As we do the work
We must not listen to anything the world has to say
We listen to Jehovah
Listen to his faithful slave
Listen to his words
His words light the way
So we do our part
We do our best
We do our utmost
Always trusting that Jehovah will do the rest
Just wait
You will see
Just test him out
Jehovah will provide super-abundantly
You don’t need a penny
You don’t need a dime
You don’t need to worry
Jehovah will never, ever, leave you behind!
Rach
2014
“Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his Righteousness,
and all these other things will be added to you.”
– Matthew 6:33
“May people know that you,
whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High
over all the earth.”
– Psalm 83:18
JW.org
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/meaning-of-life/
“Live simply that others might simply live.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton
“It’s not that successful people are givers; it is that givers are successful people.” – Patti Thor
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history”. – Mahatma Gandhi
“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.” – Wilfred Grenfell
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” – Joseph Addison
“Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others.
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
– Walt Whitman
“We ought to change the legend on our money from “In God We Trust” to “In Money We Trust.” Because, as a nation, we’ve got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.”
– Arthur Hoppe, 1963
“Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.” – Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
“Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism, 1891
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael Leboeuf
“Your money, or your life.” We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966
“There are people who have money and people who are rich.” – Coco Chanel
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. – Henrik Ibsen
Trust
Trust
Much more observant than I seem
I see all the in between
I know what lies behind the words
I see the nouns in the verbs
I’ve seen the signs and heard the tales
I know how the wind can fill those sails
When gossip blows no anchor can hold and stay
And a reputation is simply blown away
Critical tongues cut and rake
As their pound of flesh they take
They don’t regard the pain they cause
As salt they pour on still festering sores
Trying to prove superior by critical talk
Is like trying to carve a stone with chalk
It’s pointless and useless and it doesn’t work
All it ever achieves is hurt
Jealousy is a devouring beast
When it finds a target, it finds a feast
It picks and pokes and whips, until it draws blood
And what begins as a trickle, all too soon becomes a flood
So I look and listen and I take note
And I don’t jump on just any boat
I don’t give my trust to those without heart
If I see them coming, I depart
For I’m not as young as you might think
I’ve stood upon hell’s fiery brink
I’ve been to the war and seen the slain
I’ve seen how lies kill and maim
Deep as a well inside this skin
The clown facade is light and thin
Serious lurks just beneath
A vigilant warrior against any fickle thief
The vague is just a disguise I wear
A shield against what I cannot bear
Knowledge burns behind tired eyes
Experience has left them worldly wise
Seeing things that most would miss
Always expecting the Judas kiss
Hoping over and over to be wrong
Even as sound the first notes of that familiar song
Trust is given at great risk and cost
And trust is never ever simply lost
It departs like fireworks on a new years day
It bursts without warning and then fades away
As wreaths of sorrow for innocence we lay
It takes an odyssey to regain something still in decay
Born from the ashes of loss and grief
A shrewd phoenix rises from the fire with new belief
When the price of gaining wisdom has been betrayal
Born from life’s stinging hail
It’s difficult to let another in
It takes time to learn how to believe again
All too clearly you can see the coming pain
So you withdraw early from the game
You hide, you run, you disappear
You cloak yourself with a fake veneer
Sometimes you wish you didn’t know
You couldn’t see how things will go
That you were stupid and thick and dumb
That you hadn’t had to learn to run
That experience hadn’t given you new eyes
That you still believed all the lies
That you hadn’t lost those rose coloured glasses
That you still saw over every fence, greener grasses
Because although you have learnt to let go and forgive
To simply live and let live
You don’t expect anything from anyone anymore
Self sufficiency keeps the cold from the door
But when amongst the rocks you do find a gem
You treasure it for always, just as you did back then
The diamonds in your life are brighter than before
Because they’ve been through the fire and the war
The most beautiful diamond sparkling bright
Is the one you found on the deepest, darkest night
It’s the most valuable treasure of your life
Made indestructible through all the strife
A shiny new trust that will never fade
Born from standing beneath the blade
Faith and trust in your Father above
Hope, strong and solid in the God of all love
He’s there to carry you where you can’t walk
All the things He says are more than just talk
He’s shown you over and over, He will always be there
He will always come through, He will always care
Someday soon He will bring an end
To all the sorrow and grief, and the need to pretend
His world will bring a paradise of truth
Where you will be able to trust without proof
Where friends are real in word and deed
Where words are meant and can be believed
Where you never need fear to let yourself be known
For genuine people will be where ever you roam
Walls will come apart brick by brick
No matter how long they’ve been up, no matter how thick
A healing of souls long torn to shreds
As flowers bloom in what were once thorny beds
Tired eyes will smile on that day
I’ll open the doors and let the vigilance blow away
The clown will dance for real and not for fake
A heart free to love, without fearing to break
Trust will be reborn never to fade
No more wreaths will need ever more be laid
Jehovah will see and smile down from up above
As like mirrors we reflect his trust and indestructible love
Rach
2010
“Do not put your trust in princes. Nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation.”
– Ps 146:3
“Trust in Jehovah forever.”
– Isaiah 26:4
“Those knowing your name will trust in you; You will never abandon those seeking you, O Jehovah.”
– Ps 9:10
“The last thing we expect others to do, it’s the last thing they do before we learn we cannot trust them.”
― Lauren Kate, Teardrop
“Ultimately, there can be no complete healing until we have restored our primal trust in life.”
― Georg Feuerstein
“Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father’s head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”
― George MacDonald
“In God we trust, all others we virus scan.”
– Anon
“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.”
― John Boyle O’Reilly, Life of John Boyle O’Reilly
“We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday
“But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,’ said Frodo.
Sam looked at him unhappily. ‘It all depends on what you want,’ put in Merry. ‘You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.”
― Cicero, De Senectute De Amicitia
“Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.”
― Jane Austen, Emma
“In those days we did not trust anyone who had not been in the war, but we did not
completely trust anyone.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
“I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I’ve never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.”
― Shania Twain
“Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic,” Richard told me. “And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious.”
― John Irving, In One Person
“Kids are trusting and wise and I cannot think of a less useful combination to be born with. The wisdom lets children know who they are. And then the trust lets everyone else take that knowledge away.”
― Sean Wilsey, Oh the Glory of it All
“I resolved to tell my guardian that I doubted Orlick being the right sort of man to fill a post of trust at Miss Havisham’s. ‘Why of course he is not the right sort of man, Pip,’ said my guardian, comfortably satisfied beforehand on the general head, ‘because the man who fills the post of trust never is the right sort of man.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.”
― Ryan Winfield, South of Bixby Bridge
“Me, I’m dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it’s the honest ones you have to watch out for.”
― Johnny Depp
“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.”
― Steve Wozniak
“I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn’t end, I’ll go to a French movie. That’s a betrayal of trust to me. A movie has to be complete within itself; it can’t just build off the first one or play variations.”
― Joss Whedon
“Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosy… doesn’t try it on.”
― Billy Connolly
“I’ve always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.”
― Claire Danes
(Yep. Went a bit nuts with the quotes on this poem – 😛 There are just so many great ones. I guess trust is a common issue – making it a reoccurring theme through out history. ~ R )
Summer Cloud
Summer Cloud
At times you just don’t know
How you’re gonna take another step
You feel like you’re drowning
You’re so outta your depth
The burden on your back
Seems to weigh a hundred tons
You can barely put one foot in front of the other
Let alone run
The words that fill your ears
Make you feel sick
The masks and the play acting
And the sharp eyes that pick
Faces turned away
So blind eyes can’t see
Tongues wagging ferociously
In some repellent symphony
On and on the wounded stumble
Up their private unseen thorny hills
Taking lashing after lashing
Choking down still more bitter pills
Bowed down by heavy loads
An unbearable weight
With no hand offered
Left alone to meet whatever fate
No healing warmth radiates
From cold hearts without care
There is no shelter, no shade
No resting place there
We are your haven
The cry goes up in that hour
We are your safety
Your strong signal tower
But actions speak louder
Than any boastful cry ever will
Actions prove or make a liar
Out of every loud shrill
If only they listened
If only they tried
If only they understood
With hearts opened wide
Love is the answer
To every crying hearts question
Love draws and invites
Another’s hurt tries to lessen
Love doesn’t need to shout
It is quiet and clear
Bring enveloping warmth
Cotton wool cozy, soft and sincere
Love asks and then listens
It gives of its time
Bestowing dignity and power
It uplifts, makes sublime
Love views weakness
As opportunity knocking at the door
Filling all the cracks with gold
Until what was broken becomes beautiful once more
Pride will crow loudly
With many an arrogant demand
But love keeps softly whispering
It keeps holding out a hand
Hope fans the life
In a broken hearts dying embers
And when words of love whisper
A flame flares in those cinders
Words of love were written
As a promise, a guarantee
Love put into action
That all can feel, all can see
Such love is our strength
Our strong signal tower
It shows us the way
No matter how late, how dark the hour
We see where we are headed
Though in the depths of an impenetrable night
Though lost on a stormy sea
Though in a seemingly hopeless plight
Love in action has power
To move, to lift, to inspire
Giving power to the weary
Rekindling their zeal, their fire
Hills are flattened
Mountains crumble and cave
Burdens are lightened
Until they almost float away
So when you just don’t know
How you’re gonna take another step
When you feel the sea rising
When you feel outta your depth
When loud voices are harsh
When faces turn away
When you feel all alone
And you just can’t see the way
Stop where you are
Where ever you are
Listen carefully
Listen hard
There is a voice whispering
Soft, quiet, gentle and low
This way, this way,
This is the way to go
Whatever you need
I’m here by your side
Take my hand
I’ll be your friend; I’ll be your sure guide
I wrote you a letter
Because I just wanted to say
I see what’s happening, but don’t fret too much
Everything’s going to be ok
I see you there
Fighting the good fight
I see all your efforts
I see your troublesome plight
I see your heart
So broken, but so full of love
I see that you always look to me
Up here, up above
I hear your words of thanks
I hear you speak my name
I hear your tearful prayers
So full of pain
So I wanted to say
I want you to know
I’ve counted every hair on your head
I won’t let you go
I am your strong tower
I won’t turn you away
I’ve been here forever
And I’m here to stay
I’m right beside you
Just a thought’s breadth away
So be at peace now
As you go on your way
Then as the voice fades to wind
A soft whisper dropping away
The words will linger on
An endless echo lighting the way
You’ll breathe in deep
Peace settling in warm and calm
A healing rest
A soothing balm
You’ll feel the warm sun on your face
You’ll look up to the sky
Then you’ll start a moment
You’ll stare at what you see passing on by
Then you’ll throw your head back
You’ll laugh out loud
For way, way up
Your burdens are floating away like a high summer cloud
Rach
2014
“It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky.
Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.”
– Helen Keller
“But those hoping in Jehovah will regain power
They will soar on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not tire out.”
– Isaiah 40:31
By The Sea
By The Sea
We went for a walk
You and me, you and me
We had a little talk
By the sea, by the sea
Bare toes in the sand
You and me, you and me
Hand in hand
By the sea, by the sea
Side by side
You and me, you and me
As seagulls cried
By the sea, by the sea
We heard bells tolling
You and me, you and me
Wild waves rolling
By the sea, by the sea
We dreamed dreams
You and me, you and me
Through sun shine streams
By the sea, by the sea
Cares we shared
You and me, you and me
Kites over head
By the sea, by the sea
We laughed at fear
You and me, you and me
Then drank our beer
By the sea, by the sea
A shared moment
You and me, you and me
It’s ours we own it
By the sea, by the sea
Thought of our maker
You and me, you and me
He’s a giver not a taker
By the sea, by the sea
He’ll help us stand
You and me, you and me
Sure as water laps land
By the sea, by the sea
So we need not fuss
You and me, you and me
He’ll not leave us
By the sea, by the sea
So let’s take his hand
You and me, you and me
As we walk in the sand
By the sea, by the sea
Someday we’ll look back
You and me, you and me
And see a single set of tracks
By the sea, by the sea
Cos when we gave our trust
You and me, you and me
Is when he carried us
By the sea, by the sea
Rach
2010
“Throw your burden upon Jehovah himself’
And he himself will sustain you”
– Psalm 55:22
Gentle
Gentle
Gentle blows the wind
gentle is the sea
gentle are the thoughts
that bring you to me
Gentle is the setting sun
gentle warmth does seep
gentle smile on my lips
as I fall asleep
Gentle are those eyes
gentle is that smile
gentle is the hand
that holds mine a while
Gentle words spoken
Gentle in the night
Gentle hearts take them in
and hold on to them tight
Gentle comes the feeling
gentle as a kiss
gentle like the rolling mist
that you just can’t miss
Gentle is the realisation
gentle the dawning thought
gentle comes the knowledge
that your heart is caught
Gentle are the wishes
gentle are the dreams
gentle is the hope
it’s all closer than it seems
Gentle stars twinkle above
gentle moon sitting low
gentle breezes whispering
all the truths they know
Gentle days drifting by
gentle souls that wait
gentle is their trust
happiness never comes too late
Rach
2007
“Humble yourselves therefore,
Under the mighty hand of God,
That he may exalt you in due time”
– 1 Peter 5:6
Nights End
Nights End
A sunny day comes to an end and then
Creeping comes the night
But at nights end
There will come again brand new light
So when fear murmurs that it’s all over
Look inside your tattered heart
You’ll discover there a flame still smoulders
In the cold and the dark
For the richest prizes are the ones
For which we have to wait
And when forever is your hope
Happiness can never come too late
On the winds of night there wafts the sound
Of singing in soft undertone
And suddenly you look up and realise
You’re not so all alone
Time whispers of a place not far
so very different from now
A place that’s warm and bright and free
Although it can’t say when or where or how
But once there you’ll see a life to cherish
Through patient eyes born of wisdom
And you’ll have advice to pass on
To your children should they choose to listen
Hope has been painted warm and bright
For those with faith it’s real and true
Because there is one who never lies
Promising to see you through
He is always there beside us
Our friend there, up above
He won’t ever leave or desert us
We live forever in the warmth of his love
So believe the word and take my hand
And to them both hold on
And with his help we will wake at nights end
To hear dawn birds sing their happy song
Rach
2007
~ written for the best vriend
& nicest person a girl never met ~
“Jehovah is giving support to all who are falling,
And is raising up all who are bowed down…
You are opening your hand
And satisfying the desire of every living thing.
Jehovah is righteous in all his ways
And loyal in all his works.
Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him,
To all those who call upon him in trueness.
The desire of those fearing him he will perform,
And their cry for help he will hear,
and he will save them.”
– Psalm 145:14-19
I’m The Girl
I’m The Girl
I’m the girl with the tired grin
The one still fighting not to give in
The one who sees rainbow skies
Even when that sun doesn’t rise
I’m the girl with broken dreams
The one much smaller than she seems
The one who just cannot see
Where the joy is in being set free
I’m the girl whose heart was pulled out through her lungs
The one who screams though no one comes
The one who’s strong because she’s had to be
A vagrant no one seems to see
I’m the girl who trusts him still
The one who feels and knows his love is real
The one without a doubt
He’ll hear her call and answer her shout
I’m the girl searching to belong
The one playing a newly discovered song
The one who thought she knew it all
Until the day she took that fall
I’m the girl who learnt the truth
The one who couldn’t ignore the proof
The one who cried and ran away
Until she saw that love just couldn’t stay
I’m the girl with wisdom born of fears
The one older than her years
The one who knows what it takes
To beat a heart until it breaks
I’m the girl without a reflection
The one left without any protection
The one who was forced to grow
A thickened skin to weather the blow
I’m the girl who hopes no one will ever know
The one who hopes the failure does not show
The one who prays that one shiny day,
Someone will see it but choose to love her anyway
I’m the girl carrying the load
The one walking wounded along that narrow road
The one negotiating rock and thorn
Waiting for a life to be reborn
I’m the girl with the lingering fear
The one who loses all those she holds dear
The one who refuses to let it beat her down
So she painted her face and became a clown
I’m the girl singing in the rain
The one rising above all the pain
The one who will always believe
That there is another out there just like me
I’m the girl refusing to be defeated
The one whose life has not yet been completed
The one bruised but not scarred by all the strife
Still seeing joy and color in this incredible life
I’m the girl with the happy feet
The one dancing all alone to a different beat
The one who’ll love you even when
You’re about to hurt her all over again
I’m the girl sleeping through the night
The one tunneling towards the light
The one holding while others flee
Facing realities too difficult for most to see
I’m the girl who’ll stand by your side
The one whose eyes have never lied
Enamored of that moonlit path in the night
Always following the silvery light
I’m the girl who will take you in
The one who’s the same as she’s always been
The one who knows the hidden you
And will still be there when it’s all through
I’m the girl who won’t let go
The one who loves even so
The one who will not give up
Still seeing that half filled cup
I’m the girl who still looks for the good
The one who believes you can and should
The one smiling in the dark and cold
Whose love cannot be bought or sold
I’m the girl wearing her heart on her sleeve
The one who will always grieve
The one who still thinks of his face
One who no other can replace
I’m the girl still striving for a way
The one who wants love and laughter every day
The one who wants forever and the universe
Believing in life beyond the curse
I’m the girl who sees beneath your skin
The one who knows where you fit in
The one longing for the day
She doesn’t have to hide her heart away
I’m the girl without a clue
The one no one ever knew
The one wanting to be seen
For the good, the bad and everything in between
I’m the girl smiling now
The one laughing because you showed her how
The one sleeping under a peaceful star
Because contentment is wherever you are
I’m the girl and you know its true
The one whose dreams are just of you
The one searching to find
That other soul with the same mind
I’m the girl with a glowing vision
The one reborn after the collision
The one sparkling beneath the grime
Just waiting for a true heart to find
Rach
2007
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves – such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time and time given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been: Truth Goodness and Beauty.”
– Albert Einstein
Hearts Home
Hearts Home
Darkness holds my troubled heart
In the chill of winters pale room
But it can’t bind unceasingly
As candle warmth softens gloom
Lights flickering over darkened waters
Like memories from days long gone
That with the break of a new day
Drift away like the last notes of a song
Frozen moments on the wall reflect
The changing tides of my life
Music strains wafting low and long
Take gentle care of pain and strife
A true heart may beat in pain a while
But it will never truly break
While hope and faith entertain
And bread with peace I’ll partake
So in halls of hope and rooms of faith
Is where I’ll rest and roam
I’ll never want for anything
While love warms this hearts home
Rach
2006
Breathe & Burn 
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