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

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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

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Where did it go wrong

he didn't know, but he had the feeling

he saw it come to light, when he saw

her words and read her lies

looking up to a pale blue sky, he knew

she thought he'd never know, it was time

to go, leaving an empty house

where love had gone blind, she thought

she could lie, out on the road, under a blue sky

he's wondering where did it go wrong, in this life

she made a choice, she thought she could lie

but choices, choices they come at a price

now he's wondering, was it all just a waste

of time

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Gift of no return

so,...after walking through all the rain in your life

here's something I have to say, but most times you

do not listen

silence comes as a gift of no return, where words of love

never mentioned, are coming your way, speaking louder

than any silence ever could

'cause noise is a sound, always around always ppenetrating

your mind, with words  chasing approval for a lie and noise

will always fade and leave behind an empty soul no one can

find

(c) JR. 2026