No matter what

a rose is a rose

no matter what

she will always give

het heart

she can laugh

cry in the shade

she can be vulnerable

shy away

but...

she will always care

always share

the love she has

'cause a rose is a rose

and it's all she got

no matter, no matter

no matter...

what.

(c) JR. 2023

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

Lost in a smile

an' I see her comin' with a smile
on her face a laugh in her eyes
and I, I was lost inside

so when she left I was lost, lost
in a smile I knew never would be
mine now it's been many years
an' ev'ry mornin'

standin' on the porch I see her
comin'  hear her laugh in the wind
see that smile on her face

stoppin' right in front of me lookin'
at me with her famous laugh an' smile
sayin' to me

'I've come to see you again' and
she sees me smile but that's just
me dreamin'

starin' into the distance lookin'
for something that will not be
an' ev'ry mornin'

I see her comin' hear her laugh
see that smile upon her face and
yes I know I'm only dreamin' lost
in a smile

(c) JR. 2019

We don't touch

we look, an' see what we haven't got
we laugh, but there's no smile in our
laugh 'cause...we don't touch

our days are empty, nights shortly lived
and a lot, we cannot fill them with what
we haven't got...we don't touch

and ev'ry morning is not a new day 'cause
our yesterdays are gone and won't come
again

and when we talk our words are caught
in their hollow silence 'cause... we don't
touch...we're not in love


(c) JR. 2018