Turn of the weather

so,...I'm walking down this road

sun's shining, biting in my back

breaking me into a sweat

as my heart's pounding at its best

and I'm waiting for this girl I just met

she's out there, somewhere in the shade

I wonder, will I find and meet her again

so this road's kicking me in the guts

is, something on this road I can trust

in the distance there's a stir

clouds are getting together

a turn of the weather, then near the road

I see something move, is this true

It's true,...

she steps out of the green

all smiles when she sees me

we're hugging and kissing

as the rain pours down on us

we don't care,...

at the turn of the weather

we found something

so much better.

(c)  JR.  2024

Sad sad world

 a sad sad world

with its lonely tears

waiting... 

'till the morning comes

(c) JR. 2023

Maybe

maybe, love saw me coming from afar

maybe, love thought I was too strong

and did not need to find her love

but love, she was waiting, kept me waiting

sleeping, dusty, sometimes hollow and grey

where the sand tells you his tale

covered with grain, covered with rain

maybe, she saw me coming from afar

maybe, but then I found her

and love's love was mine to take away

and maybe, maybe she will stay

maybe...

with love...who's to say

(c) JR. 2022

When Love's

when love's a whisper in my heart

will it find your spirit waiting

will you let me know you're engaging

will you let me know when it's breathtaking

when love's a whisper in my heart

(c) JR> 2022

Time the wilderness

 

where are we

we are away from the distance we travelled in

and yes, we have reached our place of choosing

and yes, something is wrong...our future...its gone

we are stuck in the middle of time

and time, as always, has a mind of its own

it won't move, it won't move aside

so...do we know where to go

is it out there will we recognise it

when we come to that wilderness, time is

where our future lies, will we know

and yes, again we are on the road

walking through time

walking along its guiding light

we are out there with a purpose

we are out there with a goal

we are walking the road

where our fame and glory is waiting

but will it be our future when we reach it

will it be waiting

(c) JR. 2021

Driftin'

not knowing where I'm going
not knowing where I'll be is the road
I don't see unwinding ahead of me

and I'm counting the people
as I'm going by not knowing
where they're  going
no name comes to my mind

and I'm drifting as I always do
to the end of this road
where no one is waiting for me
or maybe they're just the ones
I don't recognise or see
as I'm drifting by to the end
of a new road into my life

(c) JR. 2020

Love's the name

sometimes
it can be found a moment away
into the distance where a new morning
is waiting, 'cause it likes to play
this ancient game and love's the name

where it is a search into time as nothing is certain
and nothing else remains but the riscs you have to try
in comes that moment of love as it is ready for the taking
and then again sometimes it just won't come out to play

(c) JR. 2020

With me

wherever you go
wherever you are
I'll be there
you'll be there
waiting for me
waiting for it to happen
to bring us together
to go all the way
not to hesitate
yet never to hate

but keep it all in the heart
in the mind, in the soul
we were whole
nothing can take away
nothing can change the day
I met you, cherished you
envied you
for the beauty you had
all of it you shared
with me

with me
only with me
you shared
all you had
without regret
your soul lay bare
for me to care
and keep always
you never questioned me
you trusted me
you were a leaf
floating on the wind
carried to me
to find
to bring home
with me

and you stayed
never complained
never could I fail
in your eyes I was great
we had a lifelong date
I'm so glad for what we have
what we've got
seems to be enough for us
not to be blown away
not to float away
to another place
you stayed
found your tree agian
to celebrate
our union
that took place
and you stayed
never complained
you stayed
with me

(c) JR. eightees-ninetees l

Pieces

waitin' at the threshold of time
as life leaves us lookin' out over
a field where a late season dies

my life is as that season, lookin'
over its shoulder, lookin' at what
it leaves behind maybe with some
of those lost pieces it just can't find

sometimes you're collecting those
pieces remains of what once was
until they al come together as it was

I spend a lifetime collecting those pieces
and they almost have come together still
a couple are left, I myself am the last piece
to collect

that's what life is collecting pieces
until they all come together at a window
in time giving us a chance to see what lies
ahead on the other side

(c) JR. 2019

Fame and glory

being young an' naive 

I was waiting

for my future's promised seeds 

not knowin'

where or when they would fall 

I wondered

would they ever fall at all

I was cast down 

yet getting stronger feelin'  stronger 

I was peakin' 

almost ready for any challenge

in my reach 

it was my seeds I was needin' 

they were nowhere in sight 

I decided I would be the seeds of my life

almost too late I thought 

I let them fall 

and when they were grown 

I harvested them 

day by day one by one

and they gave me what I had waited for

I rose to fame an' glory 

somethin' now

I can hardly understand 

I was needin'

at 

all

(c) JR. 2018