Tag: Rashelle Reid
My Voice Will Go With You
This love that has connected us.
Means we can never be apart,
I will always walk with you,
Carried in your heart.
My voice will go with you
And when you need something dear to hold,
It will bring you comfort,
When the world feels sad and cold.
I hope you hear my laughter
In times it’s hard to smile,
And know that I’ll watch over you
When the road is filled with weary miles.
He called me home,
I’m sorry I had to go,
And for now, we must say goodbye.
Wipe your tears my child.
I’ve never wanted you to cry.
Don’t you remember?
All the laughs, we used to share.
All the silly songs I sang,
To show just how much I cared.
I planted the seed long ago,
So, you would always know.
Let me in and let me carry you
Although he’s called me home,
I’ll never stop loving you.
Someone Like You

A futile fantasy
or a grand design
To attempt to define
the undefinable,
To confine in words
The unconfinable.
An impossible dream,
It seems, to stream.
Into alphabetic reality
Without banality
And with originality
Letters posted to
Someone like you
Of a love so true.
I search my mind
Frantically to find
Something to enshrine,
to capture, to symbolise,
how my heart harmonises
as finally I recognise,
what you mean to me.
This stranger,
I’ve yet to meet.
Eye to eye,
to look, to see.
Is this real
or just a fantasy?
Call me Betty
Call me Betty
The victim blamed
Instead detained
Because I’m the one
enflamed dragon
Shining in the sun
Who raised my voice
And made some noise
Who danced outside
With a lion’s pride
I was shafted
In every way
Yet I’m still locked up
As others play
Come on tae feck
It’s time to play fair
I’ve done my bit
Now you do yours
I won’t be blamed
I won’t be shamed
My voice counts
Don’t let me down
As May Day drew near
I chose hope over fear
doc won’t show
So tell Al I’m calling
It’s time I went home
I’m done falling
The drugs were brutal
They fecked me up
the perceived power
An empty cup
Implied consent
A bullshit scene
I’m wide awake
And full of dreams
I won’t be sedated
Against my will
I won’t be threatened
I’ve been redeemed
So if you’re asleep
Wake from the dream
“Wake from your sleep or learn to love your sedation.” Gerry Cinnamon
She
She stood lonely on the mountain top, surveying all the World
She wandered back in time to when she was just a girl.
She looked over land and sea, her eyes wet with tears.
She searched for answers in the midst of her fears.
She walked the path back down, determined not to fall.
She answered the silent voice no-one but her could hear call.
She crumpled like a piece of paper, more than she’ll admit.
She moved forward step by step, determined not to quit.
She fell to her knees, laying broken on the floor.
She surrendered everything, leaving her baggage at the door.
She danced in the moonlight as the rain washed it all away.
She sings Halleluiah in praise each and every day.
She shines even brighter, now she walks The Way.
#TheWay #She #Halleluiah
You’re a riot, Alice.
“Hurry, Alice.” the white rabbit quipped, looking over his shoulder to make sure she was keeping up.

“I don’t feel too good, I think there must be something in the water I drank.” Alice replied. “I feel all floaty light, like I might fly away.”
“Oh good, hopefully you fly quicker than you walk.” Rabbit said, checking his watch impatiently.
Alice stopped, breathless. “Maybe I just need a good Earthing, I’ll take my shoes off and see if that helps.”
Frustrated, with the lack of action the white rabbit hopped from foot to foot, “You’re a riot, Alice. What are you going to do next? A sun dance?”
“Maybe, but only if you join me. Now, where is it we’re heading again?” Alice asked looking a little bewildered.
“Narnia or perhaps you would prefer Oz but then we’d miss the biggest party Womderland has ever seen, or have you forgot about that too? You really are away with the faeries today!”
“We couldn’t possibly go to Oz today, Mr. Rabbit. I’ve left Toto in the house.” She laughed, picking up her shoes and starting to skip barefoot beside him, “I feel much better now anyway. Let’s go have some fun”
#Mixedlit #Wonderland #Toto #Alice #WhiteRabbit #Narnia #Oz
To Tyranny, unjust
Celebrate if you must,
The demise of freedom,
To express, to trust,
The denial of liberty,
Of free will, of choice
To tyranny, unjust
Interventions, crazed
Inventions, manipulated,
Media stories, reliving
Past glories of freedom
Fought and died for
By the brave, to save
Us from being enslaved,
To the grave, dead
Inside, shriveled lives
Masked as news,
Propaganda fills the
Airwaves. The spaces
In between, unseen
I can’t breathe,
Nobody cares because
The papers don’t declare
A Classic Combination
The broken butterfly
And the rocking horse
A classic combination
Repeating through time
Castles and crescendos,
Saucy innuendos,
Rhythms and routines
Silent and secret screams
Super squirrels,
Saving the day
Bright lights
Leading the way.
Shared seasons,
Fated reasons,
Destiny revealed
Lips unsealed
Free, to love
To breathe
To fly
Semper Fidelis
Forgive me father for I have sinned.
but I won’t sit in a box with a human
to confess to a church that closed its doors
on me before I was even born.
I am too proud for that.
Forgive me father for I have sinned,
robbing Peter to pay Paul
l transformed the bombs to love
and protected innocent children
I done the best I could.
Forgive me father for I have sinned
I haven’t worshipped the temple
but instead choked it with smoke
until at times there was no air to breathe
I’m not perfect and I’m not meant to be.
Forgive me father, for I have sinned
My inherited guilt, crucified from birth
by a church that wanted me to live in fear
Chained me to the ground with a heavy load.
I’ve broken free now, redeem me.
Forgive me father, for I have sinned
Ignoring my truth, in favour of a story,
an idea, a vision I held of what must be
To give others something I didn’t have.
I’m here now and have improved my ways.
Forgive me father for I have sinned.
I doubted, but I didn’t close the door.
I trembled, thinking I was alone at times.
I feared, the dreams were just a tease
I’m now being carried and fly with ease.
Semper Fidelis, Rashelle
#Confessions #redemption #timetofly #SemperFidelis #RR
Athena

Athena is home
The temple alight
old structures in dust
at her feet. She raises
her head to the sky,
in thanks. She calls
the artists, the singers,
the peacemakers, the poets.
Come out to play,
it’s our time now
Sing, dance, rejoice
Warm your face
in the rays of the sun
Breathe deep, deeper,
And, deeper still.
Awaken
all of your senses
Let them lift you
higher and higher
and follow your heart
All the way
to Paradise.