Why

when in the peace of your valley

all your dreams died, as they were satisfied

and loneliness became your friend

why, did you let her go

(c) JR. 2022

That Dream

 

I'm a writer, I write the dreams no one can see

so...I will write her into my poetry

she's that dream, a dream no one can see

coming down on the last train from London

coming to me promissing me the love I need

and I will live up to it, yes I will take her into my dreams

those dreams I write everyday, she's coming

she's one of those dreams that stays

and this poem sounds like an old familiar song

I somewhere lost long ago somewhere down

Calveston way

(c) JR.

Live and tell

all I wanted, were precious things
to put in my house, but they were
beyond my reach, beyond my dreams
beyond my means, beyond the style I
wanna live

now older, more mature, I now can buy
it is in my reach, now I find they're not
the things I need, through time I was
given things worth more than, style, house
way of life

can now enjoy a good wine, conversation
someones pleasant nature, well meant compliments
an evening well spent, the company of a well
spoken woman

live with her the good life, even if it means
living out of style, as long as the rent is paid
as long as the food is there to take,

I don't feel out of place, I feel I still did well
to live and tell

(c) JR.

Maybe now I can care or even love

coming from the past reaching
into my dreams, you've come to
me into the shadow of my thoughts

maybe now I can care or even
love

as long as you stay don't leave
me again, as you did when we
were kids took of an' you were
gone

you came into my thoughts
when I least expected it, in
my dreams you were caught

maybe now I can care or even
love

I do try to make you stay I want to
know where I can find you again
but my dreams are fading

not much time left now, so tell me
where are you 'cause I really care
I want you about

once you were in my world, something
I can't shake I shuffle my deck of cards
up comes the queen of hearts

you belong in my heart maybe now
I can care or even love, many do say
a dream's no fake

come back to me tonight and tell me
exactly where you hide 'cause I can
feel something's not right

once I know I'll come and take you
away from whatever it is that keeps
you caged

into the shade where we met and
laughed never realising what we
had after so much we shared

I think somehow now I can care
or even love

(c) JR. 1985 

The remains of the day

tired of the day to sleep I me lay
I take with me the remains of the day
some nice some sad dreams aren't that
bad

things linger on, bring on a restless night
broken moonlight invades my dreams givin'
me an unease

yet most of the time I'm allright, a first ray
of sunlight, up an' about, cryin' out loud ready
for a new day

it will make me sing, the remains of that day
I'll take with me when to sleep I me lay

(c) JR. 2013

At Dawn

I feel air 

touch my fingers 

spread over my body 

notice my age

blood rushin' 

through my veins 

almost awake
at dawn

my dreams 

fly away

respiration grows

I sense the world 

returnin' to me 

suddenly I move

open my eyes

commit my life 

to the world

at dawn

I'm yet 

unable to rise

night's 

clingin' like a cloak 

I shake it, shape it, fold it 

throw it away

I'm alive 

at dawn

I see the walls 

that surround me

so familiar
so trustin' 

in their need 

to protect me 

from reality 

closin' in 

at dawn

I bathe

water trickles 

down my spine 

it's pleasant 

a freshness within

dressin' with care

one glance 

in the mirror

it's all there

at dawn

ready for a new day
its challenges

its surprises

its disappointments,
its difficulties 

its beauty

born 

from the womb

dawn is

(c) JR. 2015