Barrage

she's leaving

he sees the signs and he knows

her words spoken of love leave her lips

in complete emptiness

she thinks

he still believes them but he doesn't

as he hears her words hollow and bleek

disappearing into their loneliness of meaning

trying to reason with no reason

he knows he won't succeed

so he cuts his losses, coming out on top

stopping her barrage of words

with a promise in the end to be again

the person he used to be

(c) JR. 2023

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