Love's the name

sometimes
it can be found a moment away
into the distance where a new morning
is waiting, 'cause it likes to play
this ancient game and love's the name

where it is a search into time as nothing is certain
and nothing else remains but the riscs you have to try
in comes that moment of love as it is ready for the taking
and then again sometimes it just won't come out to play

(c) JR. 2020

My Place

I know, this is where I'll die
somethin' tells me, this place
I found

will be where I'll end my life
it's a beautifull place, so peacefull
it has no lies

as far as I can see, this place, it will
be true to me, it's what I want this
place

is something, like a fantasy or more
a wish to rest my weary bones, to get
away from the world

let it leave me, near a dyin' fire, wine
flowin' close to an early morning where
birds can sing

an' noise is in retreat, my place as it is
is not much but mine to live, as long
as I can

it will protect me, shelter me from an
aging storm, that will get to me when
I'm ready

yet, 'till I die, I will live in such a way
it will drive 'Man' insane, in a surge
I will take it all

an' finally when I drop, I will whisper
under my breath: 'it wasn't all that bad'
in a beautifull place

so peacfull it has no lies, this place
true to me, is what I wanted, my need
to have

where I took a last stand, I did it well
nobody knew, 'till I fell, in this beautifull
place

so true to me, and under my breath I'll
whisper, ' it was my need to  have those
walls around me

'My Place', as it stands

(c) JR. 1985

Blessed

I found her by the side of the road waitin',
givin' me the eye wondering what life with
or without me would be like, she then offered
me her lips offered me her soul with...a promise
inside

now she's my heaven, its angel eyes leavin' me no
other option but to smile, an' yes I've been around
for many a while doin' things even angel eyes wouldn't
like but when I met her a change came overnight

an' now I'm wondering why I'm so blessed with this
woman offering me her lips  offering me her soul, as
did I, an' yes she's my heaven, its angel eyes, I found
her waitin' for me, wondering what life with or without
me would be like


(c) JR. 2018

Love can hurt

it's been a while love found me and
left me behind, years have come and
passed me by, it's been a while love
found me and gave me its smile

sometimes, sweet an' kind, rough
or smooth 'round the edges an' then
again maybe just a smile

love can hurt an' leave over night,
it's been some time love found me
and gave me its smile

it's been a while, love came to town and
spend with me some time, then leaves,
its time over due, lost inside, it's been
a while, love smiled and gave me some
of its time


(c)  JR. 2018

The rules

there's nothin' I can do, nothin' I can say,
there's nothin' here for you to want me again,
an' you leavin' wasn't on my mind,

when your  love came to town, it was found,
then just died...leavin me no reason,
just a "why',

but there it is your love didn't stay it was just
a game, you love to play without warnin' you
went and took it all away

leavin' me your empty name, you layed down
the rules, you played the game, and all it did was ...
take



(c) JR.  2018