CARRIER ©Rebecca Wave

When I go away tomorrow
    Will I stay here in my mind
I have had enough of looking back
    At what I've left behind
When the moment that I've longed for
    Is the moment I regret
Will I understand the reasons
    For the things I can't forget

When I think of all my dearest friends
    I feel them in my heart
Would we be so close I wonder
    If we weren't so far apart
At the peak of my desire
    I'm a million miles away
And its only when the flamed die down
    I know the words to say

Now the sun prepares the morning
    As the moon prepares the night
For the miracles that happen
    In our hearing and out sight
And if I could see and hear the pulse
    Of every night and day
Then I would not be concerned about
    This part I have to play

No I do not wish to let love pass
    Or turn it from my door
There is only one thing that I know
    I never can ignore
If I call your name in darkness
    Please remind me of the light
I will try to do the same for you
    With every word I write

LIGHT AGAIN ©Rebecca Wave

Have I lived in the shining place?
    Do I live in the shadow of the moon?
Do I dwell in abiding grace?
    Do I walk in the golden afternoon?

Pass through thunder, pass through rain,
    Hear the anguished voices howl.
In the morning, after all,
    We will see the light again.

I have watched the silence of the mountains,
    I have heard the sky grow calm.
Do I float in brooding ocean?
    Do I know where I was born?

Pass through anger, pass through pain,
    Breathe the air, so rare and pure.
Have I ever been so sure
    We will see the light again?

TAKE AWAY THE STING ©Rebecca Wave

Sometimes I try building some bridges,
    And they all fall down.
And sometimes I might try to
            wade right over,
    Headed for that golden, seven-gated town,
And lately I just keep on walking,
    Encouraged by some
            loving up ahead inside,
But mostly I let time take away the sting.

You know it really puzzles me
            now and then
    To see the way we all can be--
Wanting so much the kingdom
            and the power and the glory,
    But we're never willing to be free.
My mother always told me,
    "Everybody's got
            the same 24 hours in every day,"
But far as I can tell, Mom, it's just time
    Takes away the sting.

I never had much luck in love,
    I guess it must be in the stars,
But I've learned two things
             I thought I'd never learn--
    To play my music and to drive a car.
Eventually we all get exactly
            what we wanted,
    If not exactly what we think
            we may deserve,
But come what may,
     I let time take away the sting.

Little things, they come to mean a lot,
    Like waking with the one
             you loved the night before,
And little words make
            fairy tales and tragedies--
    I love you--I don't love you anymore,
And little places take up all my room,
    Like that place in your heart
            you filled with someone else,
But in a little while, I know
    Time will take away the sting.

Someday I want to break into
            a motion picture
    And be a moving picture of a star.
I'll cover Hollywood with a
            mist of honest starlight--
    I will go quite far.
I hear the big producers
            are upset by competition
    So I'll just say a few words and
            stumble home with my reward:
I'll just whisper
     "Time always
            takes away the sting."

And if someone should ever
            come to you in trouble,
    Crying for what the past
            did not and the
                future may not ever bring,
Just tell them--
            but not too soon--tell them
    Time will take away the sting.

HERE FOR THE BUFFET ©Rebecca Wave

His guide told Edgar Cayce,
    "Don't worry about the money,
Your family won't go hungry,
    Just do the work you came for."
Edgar said "OK,
     I'm in all the way--
        After all, I'm here for the buffet."

A cactus on the West Coast
    Blooms every 20 years
With a 20-foot erection
    Crowned in 30 creamy flowers.
Its head is in the sky,
    'Til it withers and dies
        That's OK, it came for the buffet.

If you're lucky,
    Someone meets you at the door,
    Smiles and invites you to stay.
If there's any trouble,
    Stand firm, don't squirm:
    It's not exclusive, don't be elusive.

I stand upon the precipice and
    Dive into the sea,
Close my eyes and feel the waves
    Swelling under me.
A phone rings, a thought clings,
    I'm back inside the day-anyway,
        I'm here for the buffet.

ANIMALANGEL ©Rebecca Wave

Where did you come from?
    I always knew you.
What could I run from?
    I can see through you.
Shadow and sun shimmer in one
    Animalangel.

Eyes of my lover,
    Sea-green and amber,
Reach in and touch me.
    I can remember
Water and earth sharing the birth
     of Animalangel.

Animalangel,
    Do you know where we go
        In our flight?
Animalangel,
    With our wings and our teeth
        And our light?

Can I control you?
    Have I the power?
I never sold you,
    Hour to hour,
Spirit and bone, never alone,
    Animalangel.

Passionate child, holy and wild,
    Animalangel, Animalangel.

DRAWN ©Rebecca Wave

Drawn into your eyes,
     I seldom wonder where I'm going,
No word to make me wise,
     Beyond the certainty of knowing,
Like water lilies rooted in the
    River swiftly flowing,
We're swept along with open arms,
    Embracing what we're
        Growing into.

Your wild hair above me
    Bbrushes softly on my shoulder,
Your mouth is full of gifts for me,
    My innocence unfolds you,
The years have shaped our bodies
    And our spirits, strong and able,
Have brought us here to serve and clear
    The feast upon our table.

Darkness in the heart, a call
    To rise from the familiar,
You want me there; I share the grief
    And beauty we have spilled there,
The mystery you keep for me
     I harvest in my vineyard,
And pour the wine we drink in time
    To heal what doubt has injured.

You are cell to cell
    The touch I know so well,
The face of my delight,
    The flame that love ignites,
And I need you to see
    The truth inside of me,
The hero proud and free
    Who rides on fervently,
And you're my only-one,
    Knight of my rising sun,
My precious bird in hand,
    Released in love again.

SOLID CLOUDS ©Rebecca Wave

I wake to the flutter of
    Wings in my face,
Stirred by the wind of
    Amazing grace.
Each time I stumbled on every
    Root along the ground,
Now I catch the warmer currents
    'Til the cold air brings me down.

These solid clouds of love we are,
    Shifting in a constant sky,
Touching earth remind me that I know
    I've seen you in a crowded world before.

I read your body
    Like a history,
I've learned your ancient battles
    In the sailing of your seas.
Your words are artifacts,
    The culture of your soul,
Like poetry uncovered
    In a broken bowl.

So long,
     I'll be seeing you.
Dance forever in the
    Moment that we know,
Gesture to the stars and
    Home again we go.

I sleep in the hollow of your
    Shoulder and your breast,
Riding your heartbeat
    In the trough and crest.
The caring for the children
    And the bearing of the light
Carry us on
    Into the day and night.

These solid clouds…

BRIGHT DAYS ©Rebecca Wave

Bright, bright days of my
    Childhood shining,
Open up the window to a
    New world rising,
Reach for the sun on the
    Gold horizon,
        Oh, what a fine career!

Grab another year as it
    Waltzes by me,
Glide across the floor and let the
    Music guide me,
Future in my arms and the
    Past beside me,
        Holding the hands of time.

Bright, bright days,
    Looking in the eyes of love,
I can see the corner of a
     Silver lining shining
        Through the darkest clouds above.

Angel in the heart of a
    Child grown older,
Dancing in the embers of a
    Life grown colder,
Kicking off the chip that was
    On my shoulder,
        Kindling the flame again.

Bright, bright days….

YOU ©Rebecca Wave

I see you in the sunlight
    See you in the firelight
        See you in the dark when we touch
I feel you on the telephone
    Taste you in my daydreams
        Hear you in the songbirds' hush

You-- live in every part of me now
    I-- love you every way that I know

Take me with you downtown
    Take me with my guard down
        Take me where I want to go
I can feel your heartbeat
    Walking down a dark street
        Standing in the moonlight alone

You…

I can see you now
    With a furrowed brow
Staring at the story you're
    Spinning somehow;
Playing your guitar
    Giving me a star
Filling up my heart with the
     Miracle you are

You…

Father and a mother
    Caring for another
        Taking it a step at a time
Looking for the kind way
    Leave behind the blind way
        Clearing out a path we can climb

You…

CHANGE ©Rebecca Wave

Storm clouds shot through
    With new moon light--
I walk in solitude tonight.
Wild, heavy sky,
    I feel the wrench of losing
For the sake of getting clear,
    The discipline of choosing.

Change--the season of my discontent,
    New growth begun in
        Turbulence and tears,
Change--the leaving is the money spent.
    The children learn
        That love wins over fear.

Let the walls crumble,
    Let the floodwaters roll,
No time to be humble when we
    Need to be whole.
We found the source,
    Cascading through the dark,
We found each other,
    Stumbled on the mark.

Another storm waits still in the air,
Another morning
    And the day will be fair.
Wind shifting,
    Current running strong,
Hearts lifting,
    Yearning for the song.

Change …

ROAD ©Rebecca Wave

I feel like a road,
    Feel just like a road,
Solid earth and runnin'
    To the end.
It's been a long time,
    Feels like a long time,
I tried to go straight
    But it seems
        I always have to bend
There's somethin' I can do,
    Somethin' I can do,
Got to get on with the things I do.

I'm goin' back to my home town,
    Gonna settle down,
Gonna let some people have
    What I can give.
When I think about love I can
    Feel you around and it
Calls me to the river and the
    Will to live.
There's somethin' I can see,
    Somethin' I can feel,
Got to believe in the things I feel.

This world is like a oyster
    Workin' on a pearl:
Gotta take some aggravation
    Before it gets to shine.
I've seen so many colors
    On a mountainside
I've got to fill my heart up
    Just so i don't lose my mind.
I don't know where it goes,
    Don't know where it goes,
Just wanna hear it
    When it calls my name. (repeat)

I COME TO YOU ©Rebecca Wave

When I see you shining,
    Free love in your fine eyes
I come
    To you.
Pouring through the darkness,
    Swimming in the searchlight,
I come
    To you.

I come, To, You. (2x)

Call me when you want me,
    Anytime you need me,
I come
    To you.
Call me with a full heart,
    Come from where it all starts,
I come
    To you.

I come, To, You. (2x)

I come, To, You. (2x)

Show me what you brought me,
    Take the things you taught me,
I come
    To you.
Know me like your own mind,
    Knowing what we can find,
I come
    to you.

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