Reaching Nowhere Else But Up

Rachel Daniels


When you figure out whats important
Everything becomes smaller including the sky
And sometimes you miss the times
When life just passed you by

Waiting for you alone
All the standards are set
There is no other choice, no other option
If the goals arent met

You feel the pressure of all the eyes
Seemingly focused on you
You swing and you miss
Theres nothing left to do

Except to keep swinging
And block out the world
To concentrate on that spot, the one right there
And to reach it, you must become a bird



Spreading your wings

Learning to fall

Feeling the air

And at last, you fly tall

Listen and Watch
Rachel Daniels

The thunder is deadly, they say
But I am not scared
This is the place where I love to be
Amid the chaos
Of a hundred drops of rain
Scattered around, as I try to figure out the pattern that they fall in
They twirl, they slide, they pour down around me
If you listen closely,
They sigh when they land on the pavement
Back where they were time after time
The clouds roll, calling winds to follow
Sometimes they listen
And they make their lazy way to another place
And sometimes they stay
Its like beautiful music to my eyes
A mix of chaotic, sweet, temperamental, tender, nervous, shy, unpredictable
Just how I like it