Gold

 

somewhere 

somewhere out there 

at a certain space in time

boundries were brought down

our emotions were a loose cannon

firing up and down the line

connecting our souls something rare

with commom sense out of controll

and yes we did commit

our pledge became our union our beginning 

and then something went amiss

coming out of a nothingness

being caught up in its emotions

beyond any controll

and beyond any understanding

cost me more than I could ever know

it cost me my happiness 

a promiss, it was rejected by the fool in me

laying her and my existence on the line 

and yes I did pay the price 

for letting it slide 

many years now have gone by

I lost her not only then but my entire life

and when I retreaved my steps I realised 

there was no going back she had gone 

she was out of my day and time

she was out of my life

and our pledge our reason to be

now a little old will still be there

when times come and we again do collide

maybe then...

 maybe then I will find my  peace of mind

(c) JR.

That Dream

 

I'm a writer, I write the dreams no one can see

so...I will write her into my poetry

she's that dream, a dream no one can see

coming down on the last train from London

coming to me promissing me the love I need

and I will live up to it, yes I will take her into my dreams

those dreams I write everyday, she's coming

she's one of those dreams that stays

and this poem sounds like an old familiar song

I somewhere lost long ago somewhere down

Calveston way

(c) JR.

It never is

 

it never is easy

when a storm comes down with its rain

fighting a fire with its pain

it never is

and I know I'm going to miss you

hanging on somewhere in my mind

telling me your lies were my truth everytime

it never is easy

changing ways you once knew

it never is

(c) JR. 2016

Wondering

we miss what we feel
and feel what we miss
it is out there somewhere

can we have it can we hold it
can we wonder where we are
or...might be

it's something we miss
and we miss what we feel
we know what it is
this what we think is it real
we wonder

and if we would find each other
would we be complete
we wonder

our wondering is complete

(c) JR. 2020

A lonely road

somewhere, out there someone's waiting
walking down a lonely road he has never
seen or known

and he's looking about him waiting not
seeing the richness in his life, he thinks
it's only pain and sorrow that have arrived

now looking ahead into the distance he sees
something out there, a stir on that lonely road
it's that light of fortune coming his way

it has come to take his pains and sorrows
and turn them away

(c) JR. 2019

It never is

it never is easy, it never is
when a storm comes down
with its rain

it never is, fighting a fire
with its pain, an' I know I'm
gonna miss you

hangin' on somewhere in my mind
tellin' me your lies were my truth
ev'ry time an' all the time

it never is easy, changin' ways you
once knew it never is an' I know I'm
gonna miss you

hangin' on  somewhere in my mind
tellin' me your lies were my truth
ev'ry time

it never is easy changin' ways you
knew it never is, an' I know I'm gonna
miss you

I know I will

(c) JR 2018

Going somewhere

somehow we're goin' somewhere
meeting the winter with care
treating my mind with care
longin' for the sun not there

how come it's not there
not shining through my hair
it's frozen me into a deep sleep
hibernation time is here

has come out of nowhere
nature's little timebomb has gone off
bringin rain, cloudy days, stormy nights
blindin' light snow an' ice

right at your doorstep
another try to get through
thawing out the ice takin' what's mine
takin' what's there

it's been years, where's that smile
it was wiped out when I came back
from that long ride at the edge of life

(c) JR. eightees

Your smile

timeless it seems

I hear your voice 

comin' through

 cryin' its pain

an' yes, 

I can hear it when

you're lookin' for shelter 

in a dark cloud when there's 

none to find

an' I know where you are

somewhere waitin' for me

with those cries

and I'll hunt them down 

set you free 'cause 

I wanna make you smile 

givin' you shelter peace o' mind

and you, you'll give me your smile

(c) JR. 

My share

it's tearing at me 

a lot of hurt inside

all the love I miss 

sensation you find

I don't have much 

not much to give

just the life I live 

it ain't much

it's all I got

it takes time 

I calm down 

take my drink

down it 

love I just can't find 

out there
somewhere in a nowhere

somethin's got to give

somethin's got to excist 

somethin's got to be 

way down deep

it takes time to find 

but it's out  there somewhere 

my soul's searchin' there 

searchin' for my share 

(c) JR. 1985

Committed

somewhere at a certain space in time
walls were brought down and its emotions
became loose cannons firing all up and down
the line

they were connecting souls, something rare
with commom sense out of controll, and yet...
we did commit, we became a union a beginning

stretching as far as we would see fit, what we
didn't know, didn't need was I coming back out
of a nothingness, in trouble knee deep

it cost me my happiness, she wanted me to leave but
in the end she made me a promise I couldn't keep
my hurt was that deep

and the fool in me rejected her last plea, laying
her and mine excistence on the line and yes I
payed the price for letting it slide,

many years now have gone by I not lost her only
then but my entire life, I've looked for her, I tried
and what I found made me realise

there was no going back, she'd gone out of my
days and time but my commitment is still there
is all I've left

and will still be there when times collide

(c) JR. 2018

Nowhere

sittin' here waitin' on a train
goin' somewhere into nowhere
'cause goin' nowhere is the only
place left for me to try

memorisin' the good life I had gone
somewhere out there without givin' me
a reason without explainin'

the 'don't knows' or the 'why's I'm lost
in a situation where you're waitin' on a
train goin' into nowhere

'cause  nowhere is the only place left
to go


(c) JR. 2018

See reason

I know, yes I know, my flame falters an' will come to heel,
so I sent you my confession not a confession, knowing you're
out there somewhere with an anger allways on the rise,

to show me somehow, somewhere there's somthing of me inside,
so pick up your fight, bring it home to me an' I will guarantee
you an' I will find a reason to see reason an' we will be allright

an' yes I know my flame falters an' will come to heel so I sent
you my confession not a confession, with a reason, for time
in time wil will come to be in short supply but there's no pity
here

It wouldn't be right, so put aside you're anger and come along side
an' I think you an' I will find a reason to see reason for longer than
a while


(c) JR. 2018