Lost once, twice

I was standin' standin' there

in the darkest hour of my life

with the eyes of age starin' at me

she looked at me once 

she looked at me twice

wondering what she could do

to cure my achin' mind

she knew I was lost once 

now twice she knew I had lost more

than I could ever wish for or find

and the hurt it had never died

yes I was lost inside, inside my mind

and the eyes of age were starin' at me

wondering what time could do 

for a lost an' weary mind

(c) JR. 2018

So tender so cruel

as the dream of my youth, where I found love
so real, yet never knew, is fadin', it leads me into
a new mornin'

where my heart's achin' as I'm wakin', bringin' me
back the only realty it ever knew, somethin' there
in my mind

chose to be tender, yet so cruel, as it brought  up
all my yesterdays with you, where I was full of
the tenderness and love

the ones, you never knew of, it then comes to my mind,
how tender, yet so cruel, a dream can be when it is
overruled by all those yesterdays

in an attempt to please, but leaves you behind in its
wake, so tender, so cruel, an dreams, ...
do they ever come true

(c) JR. 2018