Somewhere out there

as a feast finds it self in its ending
and a silence takes its rightfull place
in a room lost for words

a man's resting his eyes on the now
empty chairs, trying to recollect the
image of the person that sat there
 
it is then, a door finds its lock an'
key and a room somewhere, out there
is cast into the loneliness of...

the lost word again

(c) JR. 2018

And I know you do

and again you've gone leaving me
all the good things inside of you yet
the best thing in you, you didn't leave
the best thing in you is you and me

and you must go, as you must, you must
go, you have my trust, go to that place in
time, live there for a while spend some
time on yourself, resting your weary mind

as I know you worry a lot, to where we are
and...are not, and you will be gone for some
time, walking the earth somewhere, with me
wondering , what you're doing so far away
in exile

and I'll never know the reason 'why' and yet...
I'll never need to, 'cause you're coming back
all smiles, having made up your mind, about
all that it is you desire

'cause whatever you do, I will always be
that what it is you need and...
I know you do




(c) JR. 2018

The last image autumn left behind

it's just a weeds flower 

in the bud and doen't she look sweet 

when summer leaves and autum gives us

 that last sacred look of that flower tryin' to survive

its ... 

autumn  in the bud

(c) JR photo JR. autumn 2018

My Place

I know, this is where I'll die
somethin' tells me, this place
I found

will be where I'll end my life
it's a beautifull place, so peacefull
it has no lies

as far as I can see, this place, it will
be true to me, it's what I want this
place

is something, like a fantasy or more
a wish to rest my weary bones, to get
away from the world

let it leave me, near a dyin' fire, wine
flowin' close to an early morning where
birds can sing

an' noise is in retreat, my place as it is
is not much but mine to live, as long
as I can

it will protect me, shelter me from an
aging storm, that will get to me when
I'm ready

yet, 'till I die, I will live in such a way
it will drive 'Man' insane, in a surge
I will take it all

an' finally when I drop, I will whisper
under my breath: 'it wasn't all that bad'
in a beautifull place

so peacfull it has no lies, this place
true to me, is what I wanted, my need
to have

where I took a last stand, I did it well
nobody knew, 'till I fell, in this beautifull
place

so true to me, and under my breath I'll
whisper, ' it was my need to  have those
walls around me

'My Place', as it stands

(c) JR. 1985

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

Trophy

as

the

pain

reaches

its

outer

limits

I

still

think

I

can

take

the

trophy

life

is

(c) JR. 2015

A Silence

all I wanted was to think come
to terms with my surroundings
where

I didn't find a will to listen to
the silence I bear, a silence is
in me

keeps me out of touch, out of
reach, guarding my secrets a
silence is in me

so I struggle on, fighting
contradiction in a process of
regaining

a balance in my soul, I need
'cause a silence is in me regaining
my security

is all I need to get by, this silence
will leave me in its retreat, free, on
the mend

I'll step into life again, a silence is
in me, keeps me out of touch out of
reach

it will always leave, a silence is in
me

(c) JR. lyrics eightees