A life living worth while

she was fair
she was kind
she was all
those things
love can find
it was a life
living worth while

then she changed
a change came overnight
as a new morning
broke its light

she met me
coming up
with a cold stare
in her eyes
a winter had come
and crept inside
her mind

and all I could do
was wait for
a new summer
to arrive

I waited many a year
sometimes I almost
lost my mind
and yes
a miracle came
a new summer
did arrive

where she met me
coming up the way
with a smile
and a shine
in her eyes

and once again
life became
living worth while

(c) JR. 2020

A fairytale

once upon a time there were
those happy people who cared
for each other

for their values and rules that
were fair, they lived the good
life

where the young took care of
the old and the old shared the
knowledge of life they had

now a change had come to them
where the old were just old and
the young they didn't care

and yet didn't see or did see but
this change had come to be
complete

still thinkin' it was the best they
had its foundation crumpled and
left them livin' the lie

of a fairytale, livin' the life of
something that was no longer
there

actually this fairytale it has no
happy end their civilization
it died overnight

sadly there is no one left to
know it was even ...there !


(c) JR. 2018