Survival

sitting here in this field

where the green has no say

wondering why the sun

is shining

in its deplorable grey

guessing midday will come

soon

as my morning

is still so far away

I will walk

of into its dessert

where life

can be a living hell

in decay

knowing it will be a while

and I won't give in

'cause 

life again has come out

and invited me to play

as I am

only one day away

from starting out

for that new life

that's waiting outside

this world of violence

I will always be

the one

that will take on

the odds

so

when you see me

walking down that road

of survival

almost dead to the world

with a smile on my face

you will know

what I've done

and

when called upon

will do again

(c) JR. 2023

 

Pieces

waitin' at the threshold of time
as life leaves us lookin' out over
a field where a late season dies

my life is as that season, lookin'
over its shoulder, lookin' at what
it leaves behind maybe with some
of those lost pieces it just can't find

sometimes you're collecting those
pieces remains of what once was
until they al come together as it was

I spend a lifetime collecting those pieces
and they almost have come together still
a couple are left, I myself am the last piece
to collect

that's what life is collecting pieces
until they all come together at a window
in time giving us a chance to see what lies
ahead on the other side

(c) JR. 2019