Beat of a drum

when I hear your song, coming in from so very afar 

it astounds and strikes me, when at the beat of a drum

I can hear the sound of breaking glass, breaking

my heart

                                                                         (c) JR. 2022

Shaken

 when there's nothing to see or hear

when all your clouds come together

they will stay

pouring out their  rain on all the misfortune you bear

and they are many

hanging on while you live your life

waiting to be shaken, folded and put away

as one angry moment in time

and all those clouds will drift away 

but your anger

will not, it will not fade

people say,: that anger should be put away

in the graveyard of your mind

and time

time will find a way to ease your aching mind

but be aware, it will always try to shake

and break away from

its shackles and rise up to haunt you again

so let your sanity come inside, it will strenghten

your weary soul and keep your mind open to an attack

of any kind and your counter attack will always be formidable

each and ev'rytime

as you learn to deal with it trying to survive

(c) JR. 2020

Whispering

and sometimes I hear her
when she comes to me in my sleep
and into the restlesness of my thoughts
whispering to me her words as melodies of love
and I wonder will she come and visit me again
as the night closes in where she's my hunger and pain
knowing she will whisper but never come again

(c) JR. 2020

One sweet day

she was the one
I had touched
she was the one
with my laugh
she was the one
that went away
it was her laugh
that didn't stay

and I knew
some sweet day
I'd hear
that laugh again
yet
years went
and passed by
something told me
I was telling myself
a lie

just
I wouldn't feel the pain
'cause I knew
I wouldn't
hear that laugh again

I still can see her smile
but all this time I knew
this laugh
it wasn't mine

so some sweet day
I decided
this laugh was not for me
to have or stay

(c) JR. 2020

Your smile

timeless it seems

I hear your voice 

comin' through

 cryin' its pain

an' yes, 

I can hear it when

you're lookin' for shelter 

in a dark cloud when there's 

none to find

an' I know where you are

somewhere waitin' for me

with those cries

and I'll hunt them down 

set you free 'cause 

I wanna make you smile 

givin' you shelter peace o' mind

and you, you'll give me your smile

(c) JR. 

A place to live

I can still hear that violin play
it was across the road in the inn's
attick it stayed had a lonely sound
the cry of a lost hound

it stuck with me for a long time actually
for more than a while, I travelled along
on a road more than long

'till at the end of the line I reached my
home town with all the pines where patiently
waited my bride

at my wedding night it played  for me
for the last time it was never heard of
again only when my first child came

its tune now a happy one it played at the
beginng of dawn shimmering lights wandered
across the fields after that the violin's tune ceased
to be

now an' then I try to whistle it again how much
I wish, it doesn't come to me again it must
have as I did found its place to live


(c) JR. 2015