A pain I can bear

she was one great woman
never said she'd leave kept
me satisfied in love with so
little I was pleased

now she's gone away feelin'
out of touch out of place never
broke the peace yet she never
left me

I decided to call it a day used
me as a puppet with whom she
would play a toy thrown into
its shade

I'm stuck with my love thought
she wouldn't leave my heart misses
its beat yet it won't bring her back
to me

so I'm sittin' here with a wasted life
with a pain I can bear it'll heal in time
packin' my suitcases

haven't got much left collecting
all my things don't think I'll be
back

(c)  JR. 2018

Wonder of it all

I can only dream
of what I've wanted
but have become

I can only see
all the work I did
and have done

I can see what
I've become and not
what was in my reach

my world broke away
when I was in need
my world didn't come through
my world left me

so now it's takin' chances
with what I've got and
the wonder of it is, it still
is enough

so I live on out of my league
but still, yes still I'm pleased
what's become of me


(c) JR. 2018