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

The core

sometimes...days are lonely and
without reason sometimes days
are filled with a sadness you
never knew

but time will come and heal from
within its core as it should when
you're hurting way down deep
from within your core as it
weeps

(c) JR. 2018

It's been a long time

I am happy
since a long time
I am happy
one with the world
it's been a long time
I am happy
it's been a long time
I knew

a restless time
has come to an end
I am content
I'm ev'rything
I could ever be
it's been a long time
since I knew

I haven't changed
still the same
still that smile
It's been a while
since I knew
there was a you

I'll never know
who you are
a face in a frame
a face
without a name

it makes me happy
to look at you
one I never knew
but you're there
all I do is stare
at you
in that frame
without a name

(c) JR. 1985