May not be all that much

 

A face can only excist

with eyes that can  live and see inside

the thoughts they hide, the fear that's there

and the love it wants to share

the coldness it casts in despair

it may not be all that much

but it is all what they've got

yet eyes can be tamed, eyes can even destruct and maime

eyes can turn insane if jealousy is the name

eyes can scream wild for what they want and didn't get

and yess the eyes, they can be bad

it might not be all that much, but the eyes can make it a lot

eyes... are the face, they express anger and laughter

sadness and badness, almost any thing at will

love for life, the pain and the fear inside

its all in the eyes, it may not be all that much

but it is all what they've got

(c) JR. 80's

A new road

 when there's nothing left

and all your clouds come together

with the problems they bear

many as they are

brought on by all those wrong turns

in your life

waiting to be cast away

with all their sadness inside

a promise of a new tomorrow is waiting

where time will try to fit you in

at this stage in your life

as now you're walking  another road

with a changed mind

(c) JR. 2020

Satisfied

there are times, when my heart misses a beat
and hits a minor key, when I think of all those
yesterdays, dusty and grey and I'll be lost in my
sadness

of what might have been and just not turned out
to be, 'cause something a past will never do, is
change its taken course when it has been sung
out of tune

and I have so many a time and my rope was getting
shorter ev'rytime, but that's life, getting the wrong end
of the stick was getting to be a habbit to me, someone
told me I had to quit and just let it be

and I did, I managed to get back on track, getting more
and more satisfied, with what I had, more and more
responsible for what I did and getting into old age
gave me a break

I was satisfied, not yet old still alive inside, my thoughts
will always get the better of me, I'm just hoping time will
give me something more and not give up on me too soon
even now I'll always keep coming back, still satisfied
with what I have

(c) JR. 2019

The core

sometimes...days are lonely and
without reason sometimes days
are filled with a sadness you
never knew

but time will come and heal from
within its core as it should when
you're hurting way down deep
from within your core as it
weeps

(c) JR. 2018

Doesn't come easy

it doesn't come easy
it doesn't come easy
at all when you rise

buildin' your life
moldin' it to your style
with no place to fall

after all the madness
sadness, tears and cheers
it is a forever changin' wind

tryin' to make the most of it
tryin' to make it win, suddenly
you're there

you've found the chair that
fits you, with a wife, child,
dog and a house

you've arrived, you've done well
we;re proud, but the chair, it kicks
you out, into the street

makin' ends meet, sellin' house, car
sellin'it all, back to where it all began
startin' all over again

after all the madness, tears, all those
years, again you're there, a grey shade
crept into your hair

there's an acient look in your eyes, old,
the lies of life they hide, for the innocent
the children of your children

after all the madness, sadness, tears
and cheers, after all those years a long
day it was, lookin' up at the skies

it didn't come easy

(c) JR. 2016

Satisfied

there are the times my heart misses a beat
and hits a minor key, when I think of all those
yesterdays dusty an' grey, and I'll be lost in my
sadness

of what might have been, an' just turned out not to be,
'cause one thing a past will never do is, change its taken
course when is has been sung out of tune

and I have so many a time, and my rope was getting
shorter ev'rytime, but that's life, getting the wrong end
of the stick was getting to be a habit to me, someone told
me I had to quit and just let it be

and I did, I managed to get back on track, getting more
an' more satisfied with what I had, more an' more responsible
for what I did and said,, getting into old age gave me a break

I was satisfied, yet not old but still alive inside, my thoughts
will always get the better of me, just hoping time will give me
some more an' not give up too soon on me, even now, I'll always
be comin' back satisfied with what I have

(c) JR. 2018

Crossroad

well my friends, it's the parting time
remember us in the laughter the tears
and sadness we shared

all the colours of life we will miss
not forget, so will you 'till we meet
at a crossraod relivin' the past

(c) JR. 2014

Just a word

I find myself searchin'
walking through the sadness
of a weary night lookin' for answers

lookin' for the word
once whispered in my ear
and now so hard to find

an' I know it's out there somewhere
locked in the wings of time waitin'
hopin' some day somewhere

it will come to me
walking through the sadness
of a weary night

and yes, out of the sadness
came the word and darkness became
a cloak laying over my shoulders when
it told me

I would no longer
walk through the sadness
of a weary night


(c) JR. 2018