Under a burning sky

when I walk through the fields of my memories

wondering if still there's something I missed, knowing time

can manipulate places, where dreams reside

leaving you with dreams constructed out of pieces

never real, never there, a myth buried in a corner

of your mind

so,...walking through those fields of truth and trust

memories lying by its side, picking them up, one by one

I am surprised

when time's giving me dreams and memories in real time

leaving me with a truth, I never realised, as the skies, they can be lonely

walking under its burning sky

(c) JR. 2026

Love once real

so, honestly I was thinking about us,  

about me, about us a love so tender

lying in our fields of trust, leaving as summer left

and a love once so real settling for dust

remember the valleys we walked through

the fields of roses, that covered us, we were so in love

do you remember us the way it was

a love so tender, lying in our fields of trust

leaving as summer left, settling for dust

so, honestly be real,...do you remember us

(c) JR. 2026

Sadness

there's no coming back from a sadness

once a laugh of silence crosses your mind

when its drift of pure emotion is a wreckingball

playing for time

time it doesn't have when emotions

are on a demolition course and its feelings

are closed off as its accountabillity becomes

a negative price in its day and time

when a laugh of sadness disappears

(c) JR. 2026

A man rose

someone was lying wasted in the shadows

of life, his head was down as he felt there

was no more surprise

feeling empty feeling sad inside his mind

tired of every ounce of strenght he gave,...

there was no more reason to try

quiet and of the grit, no interest in anyone

as he thought,...'Lord don't give them praise

let your wisdom seal their fate in time'

as he was chasing away a storm to whom

he did not commit or aligne , days came and went by

catching his breath as again he decided to try

he rose standing up from his ashes

as disbelief was their price, a man was

found again, they saw him arrive

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Finding my way home

the road can be narrow

the road can be long

finding your way back 

is where you belong

cutting losses where I have been 

finding my way back

leaving behind eve's of destruction

on this road, so narrow, so long

living one day at a time

living like a ghost through

every nightmare's sunrise

'cause the road can be narrow

the road can be long, no matter what

finding your way back

is where you belong

(c) JR. 2026

When reality hits

when the door shuts, you know it's over

a calm is settling in after the storm

peace an' quiet fill my mind

a mind that was shattered in disbelief

of what happened

as loyalty has become something you have to buy

and now your last payment has been met, sometimes

a closed door, a closed mind, a closed life, brings peace 

in the valley of a weary mind

I found my peace, I found my freedom, I still hurt sometimes

but then again, I don't mind, not any more, I've reached

the end of the line, I'm feelin' fine

peace in the valley feels so just, feels so fine, feels so right

reality hit me , even more than that, I have survived

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Love has come to call

when the night's still young and emotions run high

love comes to call, but love cannot be when we lay

in deceit in the arms of a new morning

so my sweet love, we have to realise, it was the wrong place

the wrong time, we crossed a line, how much the want, how

much the need, we cannot be

a train's leaving taking me away, I will think of you with no regret

each an' every day, yet our lives have to be lived in seperate ways

(c) JR. 2026