Walkin' the dog

walkin' the dog
with the two of us we
still differ of opinion
we've looked at ev'ry angle
he's sweet, nice, kids love 'em

gettin' old
havin' trouble and the dog
it knows, we reached home
with not a blister between us

we telephoned, tomorrow will
be fine, and the dog it knows,
'why it asks I can still walk home',
he doesn't want to know he doen't
want to believe tomorrow's not
gonna be

(c) JR 2018

Dark glasses

when I slide 

my dark glasses on
in my bright lit room

everything

seems to change 

into 

a warm old
friendly brown

there are many 

shades of light 

mine
to be shade of twilight 

when I leave
my bright lit surroundings

I return to

that old friendly 

brown world,
and running 

like a mad dog

I slide them on
those dark brown 

shades

they will take me 

into that new world
where music

women an' wine 

are 

the benefitting trade

stay there a while 

if you like 

enjoy it to the most 

if you know how 

make
yourself at home

stay awake 

in the midst of night 

hear
the sound of laughter 

caress the walls
of 

your surroundings

your the talk

of the town 

many faces
wear a frown 

of what you might 

be doing
in the little hours 

of the tranquil night

you're invited to take 

a deeper insight
they all  wear 

the same glasses 

they're all hear 

for a good time

they don't expect you 

to go 

before daylight 

so sing a little, talk a little
kiss a little

and do take 

your time 

in the zone 

of twilight 

and when you go home 

take of the shades

it'll take you back 

to the room you
came from

it'll take you back 

to
your reality again

(c) JR. 2018

Less pain-painless

walkin' down the streets of my youth
lookin' here' an' there for somethin'
old not new

its laughter an' its pain come to my mind
yesterday's not always a good thing to
look for and find

'cause your pain will always become
more than you'd ever left behind

so now I'm wandering through my
past an' its pieces an' still I miss
that light I then had

it disappeared an' left me over night
never to reclaim its right to shine again
never that very bright

a thing of the past a lot of pain of what
I never had, but now shiftin' through the
leafs of my time

now I find my pain has become more or
less, painless, now I can shine again that
very bright maybe somewhere in time

(c) JR. 2018