Sleep

when the night is lonely

and begs the morning to come in

is it only the sleep of the justified

that separates them

(c) JR. 2022

yesterdays

 when tomorrow has chosen no longer to be

and the night can't be bothered to show

and all you have is your yesterdays

it's good to know your yesterdays

will always show

(c) JR. 2022

Mistakes

when the night is lonely embracing its stars

when its dawn is breaking embracing the morning

with its scars

will we relive our mistakes as again the night

embraces its lonely stars

and when we do wil we meet the dawn and its morning

without its scars

(c) JR. 2022 (c) Photo

 

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

My Precious

she once was my dark angel whispering
throughout the night many words that were
a lie, leading me into a new morning

covered by a grey sky and then she
left me, with my precious one crossing
the waters where a sunset never dies

and I was lost for just that moment in time
'till I collected myself, I then boarded a ship
it too sailed at a sunset

where the waves were high, crossing
the waters, where she took my preciuos
one, to bring her home

I was there, ready to die so I did and
prepared myself to cast her aside, I now
was waging war on someone

who could make worlds collide I fought
a hell of a fight and yes I had to lay down
my life and I became that angel that rules
and knows...

the wrongs from the right

(c) JR. 2019

Time's on my side

as the night comes into sight
I turn to pour myself a drink, it's a precious moment
I know what I will see, the good times of my yesterday's
at the threshold of sleep

a drink does it all to me and yes life's been good to me
before I know it happens, all are in front of me smiling
sitting 'round the fire, burning lazily

remembering those years, I do recall, wish they'd come
come near, I can name ev'ry face, know all their tales
I put down my head and try to get a rest

and I'm so very happy, they're the memories I try to have
and stay, I;m not old yet not young, but got years enough
to have those dreams now and then and relive the good
times again

all my loves are there, so much we still share
they talk to me all night, so very happy to slip
back into time

it's what I live for, having those dreams, see them
all again, I know , can;t leave it, must see them
ev'ry time, they're my relatives, they keep me alive

and yes, it's been a good drink, have slept all night
I try to waken, yet there is no change, they're still
here, is this fiction, reality, am I still alive, actually
I don't care, I've got time on my side

(c) JR. eightees

It's all we have

I'm very at ease, always am
when darkness is in reach, gently
she is in the night, with you there
at my side

you don't say anything, nothing at all
you don't have to, I know it all, just
lying there with you in the depth of
the night

I know, very strongly, here's where I live
here's where I belong, you're allways there
with me to share, without any regrets

it's all we have

(c) JR. 2019

The remains of the day

tired of the day to sleep I me lay
I take with me the remains of the day
some nice some sad dreams aren't that
bad

things linger on, bring on a restless night
broken moonlight invades my dreams givin'
me an unease

yet most of the time I'm allright, a first ray
of sunlight, up an' about, cryin' out loud ready
for a new day

it will make me sing, the remains of that day
I'll take with me when to sleep I me lay

(c) JR. 2013

Belinda

Belinda lived her insane life
reachin' out to the naked skies
a wild cat, a queen of the night
time an' time again reachin' out
for that side where angels fly in
blindin' light

speed filled her days and nights
it was maddening, demanding an'
rough a bird tryin' to catch the sun
she got burned on her last run

Belinda, queen of birds, livin'
a long short life, tried to catch
the sun, never got close to that
light

and time was gettin' to be short
in supply, a line was cast to that
other side, booze was a torment
drugs a need, this lady coudn't
budge or leave, then...kicked it
aside for a clean life

Belinda, queen of birds, livin'
a long short life, tried to catch
the sun, she got burned

(c) JR.

That new morning

and I will stay as long as I can
slowly I will set the pace driftin'
into the wonders of the night

enjoying my stay feelin' so young
again and slowly, yes slowly goin'
through the motions

I will bring on that new morning
let it live again for yet another day
and I am... so very happy

(c) JR. 2018

Just another room

I'm travellin' down the road
sellin' my stuff wherever I go
I'm good at it somethin' I do well
takes me to remote places sometimes
that little out of the way

still I enjoy it, at the end of the road
just another room where I stay the
same girl with the same innocent eyes
asks me ' will I stay all night' yes it is

I know what to expect when I go up
she's lyin' in my bed in just another room
a new morning arrives she's gone happens
all the time, I pay my bill hoot my horn

leave the place another day on the road
another day of what I do well in the end
just another room where I rest well


(c) JR.