I don’t need to see sunshine 
don’t need to touch a tree
don’t need to go outside when 
you’re my somewhere to be 

And if I did dare venture 
the wind would whisper to me 
to wander back inside 
and to watch you breathe 

I just checked the forecast
I hope you’ll ignore that 
time keeps passing by
my love, it’s raining again in Washington 
just you and I 

The sun is overrated
give me every cloud in the sky 
If summer never made it 
then you wouldn’t see me cry 

If I never picked a flower
if I never witnessed fall
if I only saw green in your eyes 
I wouldn’t complain at all

I just checked the forecast
I hope you’ll ignore that
time keeps passing by
my love, it’s raining again in Washington
just you and I 

Puddles form, lightning strikes
dreary days, dreary nights
only you and me

The sky still looks the same
my favorite color gray on gray
the way it’s supposed to be 

I just checked the forecast
I hope you’ll ignore that
time keeps passing by
my love, it’s raining again in Washington
just you and I

Washington

I changed my haircut again
Maybe now I’ll feel like me
I’m just trying to be at home
in this God-given body

I read my horoscope
It promised glitz and glam
Success is in the cards
I missed my rent again

I looked up to the sky
to tell me who to be
The sun looked down at me
and told me she was busy

Who am I, where are we?
Who listens when I pray?
I don’t think about it much
unless you count everyday 

I tried to be a runner
but I never got that far
I tried to write a book
it turns out it’s pretty hard

I tried the city life
tried living on the road
There’s not a number bigger
than the sum of my zip codes

I told my therapist
she couldn’t nail me down
You think that you know me? 
Wait til next week rolls around

Who am I, where are we?
Who listens when I pray?
I don’t think about it much
unless you count everyday 

I’m searching for the answers
in this ten by ten bedroom
I’m searching for some meaning
in the phases of the moon

Does my fate lie in numbers?
Will I ever find the words?
One day I’ll feel like me 
and that’s the day I’ll rule the world

Who am I, where are we?
Who listens when I pray?
Will I still change my haircut
when I’m old and when i’m gray

When my body’s underground
will I still feel the same?
Will I ever feel like me?
I think about this everyday

Feel Like Me

Hello to the three people who know me
I love you dearly 
Wanna hang?

I have a problem making new friends 
Who are you again?
Oh right… hey 

I’m better in a letter
than speaking face to face 
I just need some time
Do you have 90 days?

I’ve got nowhere to go
I’ve got no one to see 
I’m busy living
the introvert’s dream

Conversation is a sport
Eye contact makes me sweat
Did I say that out loud
or was that just in my head? 

My favorite kind of party
is a party of one
and my favorite place to be 
is at home watching reruns 

Cancel all of my plans
for the day and the week
I’m busy living 
the introvert’s dream 

Please don’t call my phone
unannounced
Give me some notice
3 weeks out 

I write words down
so effortlessly 
But I can’t say them
when you look at me 

I’m staying in tonight
I’ve got big plans with me 
I’m busy living 
the introvert’s dream

Introvert's Dream

It’s been so long, I feel so awful 
I’d pay to know your favorite novel 
My closest friend, now worlds apart  
Can’t bring myself to ask how you are 

Nothing happened, no tragedy
Time and space just did their thing 

Now I feel haunted on this two-way street 
I've hit a dead end, and I’m left here to think 
Do you drive the same car? 
Do you still hate the heat? 
And when you wake up, do you think of me? 

Those summer days, we spent together 
Tell me have you found something better?
A butterfly, I think of you 
Our dumb idea for matching tattoos 

I fill my days, and you fill yours 
We’re both so busy, I’m sure... I’m sure 

Now I feel haunted on this two-way street 
I've hit a dead end, and I’m left here to think 
Do we watch the same shows? 
Do you still like to sing?
And when you lie down, do you think of me? 

1,000 miles 
and I’m states away 
Another time zone
It's too late to say ‘hey” 

Years go by
What’s another fifteen?
I’m sure I’ll see you
in my memories 

Now I feel haunted on this two-way street 
I've hit a dead end, and I’m left here to think 
Will you ever call me? 
Would I just let it ring?
Will I always wonder if you think of me

Two-Way Street

I sit here with my dread 
dress it up like a friend 
hit the town in my head 
to kill some time 

I curl up with my words 
hold tight and make them hurt 
say it’s what I deserve
for all my crimes

My dad says i’m special 
i’m just like the others 
My mom says i’m glowing
i’ve lost all my color 
My friends say forever 
but they’ll end up leaving 
My boy says i’m pretty 
he has trouble seeing 
Will I ever believe it?

I live with resentment
 a freeloading tenant
was once just a visit
now I share my home  

I craft an excuse and  
water down the truth then
hope it goes down smooth
I’m sure they know  

My dad says i’m special 
i’m just like the others 
My mom says i’m glowing
i’ve lost all my color 
My friends say forever 
but they’ll end up leaving 
My boy says i’m pretty 
he has trouble seeing 
Will I ever believe it? 

I argue with myself 
but I never win
I say I’m doing good 
but the doubt’s creeping in
I try to drown it out
but these walls are thin
Now it’s in my room 
and it happens again

And it says...

My dad says i’m special 
i’m just like the others 
My mom says i’m glowing
i’ve lost all my color 
My friends say forever 
but they’ll end up leaving 
My boy says i’m pretty 
he has trouble seeing 
Will I ever believe it?

I sit here with my dread 
dress it up like a friend  
hit the town in my head 
to kill some time

My Dad Says I'm Special

The days are getting long
More time to think of what went wrong 
In this hot haze all I see 
is our legs sticking to leather seats 

Oh summer, what a bummer 
Give me spring or any other 

The rain sings me little songs
but the sun has only done me wrong
The green grass and clear blue skies
make me want to run and hide
I know that I’ll be fine
but I’m so sick of summertime 

The air is getting thick 
flashback to when it felt like this 
The distance between us
Our future plans collecting dust 

Oh summer, what a bummer 
Give me fall or any other 

The rain sings me little songs
but the sun has only done me wrong
The green grass and clear blue skies
make me want to run and hide
I know that I’ll be fine
but I’m so sick of summertime 

I don’t want a vacation 
I just want a conversation 
I wait for an explanation
on our one-season intoxication

How dare the sun still shine 
after losing you in summertime

Yeah, I know that I’ll be fine...
when it's no longer summertime

Sick Of Summertime

I write songs but no one listens 
I write poems no one reads 
A secret show with just one ticket 
these words are dancing just for me 

Oh, is this self doubt or sweet wisdom? 
to play for no one but the sun 
Don’t need the oohs and aahs of others 
at my eternal party of one 

My imperfect poetry,
I write you in invisible ink
My pitchy melodies,
I sing at the lowest frequency 
but if you can hear me…
thanks for listening 

The thrill of writing a new sentence 
dreaming up syllables that sing 
Don’t need a chorus line behind me 
I found a friend in all these keys 

Oh, is this self doubt or sweet wisdom? 
I tell myself don’t overthink
I pour out my soul to these four walls
give them all of my secrets to keep

My imperfect poetry,
I write you in invisible ink
My pitchy melodies,
I sing at the lowest frequency 
but if you can hear me…
thanks for listening 

Am I moving forward or standing still? 
Is this fear of failing or am I chill? 
I tell myself it’s not that deep 
so I play in secret just for me 

But if you can hear me…
Oh, if you can hear me…
If you can hear me…
thanks for listening

Rachel Meyer Block

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