A darkness

over the road of darkness

travel those denied the light

they're spirits chained to their history

be it just or not

and they all have a tale to tell

how it came about in that pit they fell

where only a silence reigns

where cries are muffled and souls maimed

and a cold flame houses an evil way

it does not burn their flesh away

but still leaves a thousand pains

(c) JR. 2014

Time the wilderness

 

where are we

we are away from the distance we travelled in

and yes, we have reached our place of choosing

and yes, something is wrong...our future...its gone

we are stuck in the middle of time

and time, as always, has a mind of its own

it won't move, it won't move aside

so...do we know where to go

is it out there will we recognise it

when we come to that wilderness, time is

where our future lies, will we know

and yes, again we are on the road

walking through time

walking along its guiding light

we are out there with a purpose

we are out there with a goal

we are walking the road

where our fame and glory is waiting

but will it be our future when we reach it

will it be waiting

(c) JR. 2021

A life living worth while

she was fair
she was kind
she was all
those things
love can find
it was a life
living worth while

then she changed
a change came overnight
as a new morning
broke its light

she met me
coming up
with a cold stare
in her eyes
a winter had come
and crept inside
her mind

and all I could do
was wait for
a new summer
to arrive

I waited many a year
sometimes I almost
lost my mind
and yes
a miracle came
a new summer
did arrive

where she met me
coming up the way
with a smile
and a shine
in her eyes

and once again
life became
living worth while

(c) JR. 2020

Stones

powerfull, powerfull stones
precious, wonderfull stones
no strenght can ever match
showing their light instead

stones are my delight
cleansing my soul inside
soothing my weary mind
guaranteed is my life
so strong I'll survive
greatness never does die

stones to keep me company
stones that will support
stones won't get me lost
stones stay close to me
stones to keep me company

they'll always be there
they'll always take care
always share their [ower
stay with me ev'ry hour
ev'ry night into the day
stones will never go away

(c) JR. eightees

Life

I'm standing here
right out of the blue
in a ray of light
don't know what to do
don't believe in life anymore

but I've got to hang on
just for the sake of livin'
must get through this
it will cease to excist
but it'll take time
I flip a dime

time will be all mine
my life is like a shell
hollow and empty
getting drowned
by a sea of emotion
thrust upon a shore
barely alive

I will recover
I will crawl to freedom
and take it by its tail
I will shake it
be once more
in the running again
get rid of my pain
that grabs me
again and again
I want to get rid of
and be whole again

I'm downcast
thrown unto the ground
I crawl around
where is my way out
always in myself
got to do it myself
to be whole again

I'll take my stand
be back on the edge
work my way back
and ask myself
what do I want from this life
it's not much, some sanity
to live on in peace
and lie under the appletree
thinkin', this life
it is to be

(c) JR. eightees

Somebody, somewhere

I simply cannot stay
I've got to leave 'cause
somewhere, somebody's
waitin' for me

knows I'm comin' expects
me at a certain time I will
arrive

a shadow's runnin' into my light,
my arms unfurl, somebody somewhere
was waitin' allright I was right on time

somebody, somewhere will wait for me
ev'ryday, ev'ry hour 'till I come again,
a shadow will run to me all the same

a happy time a happy place, 'till
I have to go, it's hard to break away
somebody, somewhere, is waitin'
for me again

(c) JR. eightees

A thousand pains

over the road of darkness
travel those denied the light
spirits chained to a history
be it just or not

all have a tale to tell
how it came about in
the pit they fell where
only silence reigns

cries are muffled souls
are maimed where cold
flames house evil ways

yet do not burn flesh away
but still leave a thousand
pains

(c) JR. 2014

Growing old

looking up to the sky, where an odd star
casts its light my thoughts go back to
yesterday to what we lost to what we gained

memories of laughter, memories of the days
after whenever the time we'd celebrate with wine
the sound of little feet

the sound of crying in sleep, the happyness of
a bride in white children on my knee climbing
a tree

it all seems so long ago, slowly growing old
I smell the flowers of time that grow along the
line of life

the scent is growing stronger must I leave now
somebody's calling yonder walking towards me
he takes my arm

leads me up to the steps someone wept
I didn't look back

(c) JR. 1985

Solid ground

she was there an' she shook me
she was there an' she took me
she promissed me a gentle storm
she promissed me her smile
and swept away my solid ground

so when I left her for the breaking of light
I left her gentle darkness. I left her velvet
touch, and.. I knew I'd come again, maybe..
on solid ground I'd even stay

(c) JR. 2018