My Heart

it's hard to say
harder to hear
my heart it fell asleep
when you were lovin' me

nothin' to stop it
nothin' to wake it
you were tryin' so hard
it was painfull to see

yet my heart fell asleep
when you were lovin' me
breaking you into many pieces
'cause you tried too hard

casting a tightening grip
a suffocating hold over me
my heart fell asleep, you lost
needing it so much

my heart fell asleep, you left
it was not yours to keep, slowly
it rises from its sleep, breathin'
fresh air, a lot it will need

recovering in speed, rid of the grip
that held it down, reaching for the
freedom where it will live

my heart fell asleep
it was not yours to keep

(c) JR. eightees

That Survivor

when the sun comes down
the heat is out and the horizon
is in rest a swift breeze will find
me

life comes back to me lifts me up
puts me down back on my feet I wil
always try to be that survivor

and yet some of us will try but won't succeed
and life will always be that bit harder to live

                                                                                2017

2018

my ferns they didn't last 

(c) JR. 2018 photo's JR.

Only we know

words cannot say, what I feel
if this is love, heaven's real

you an' me we're almost there
a couple o' more steps touchin'
air

a strong breeze carries our feet
a lifetime away we talked in a
far away place

goin' back to the roots of our souls
we came so close, only we know

(c) JR.  1985