First Light

the first rays of light
are climbin' over the rooftops
they're hardly seen
but my eye catches them

I think it's time to go
time to call it a day put
my soul to rest and lay
just call it a day

get the night of my chest
give my heart a rest just
call it a day

mornin' comes in to the day
mornin' comes without rain
I'm restless so very restless

can't put down my head
so much goes on in me head
can't lay it to rest

I'm driftin' in to the mornin'
driftin' in to a new day
got to give it my attention
before it slips away

before it slips away must
capture that light capture
it in my heart

let it live on in my body
let it live for a new start
I'm at ease now, lay to rest

where my head's lying
a light is shining, growing
it gives energy to my body

it will need to rise again
eager to challenge a new day
to live through it all the way

capture the light for all times
keep it day by day, 'till
the light grows dimmer
and...
I won't need it again

(c) JR.

At ease

I'm very at ease
always am
with darkness in reach
gentle in the night
with you by my side

you don't say anything
nothing at all
you don't have to
I know it all

just lying with you
in the depth of the night
I know very strongly
here's where I live
here's where I belong

you're always there
with me to share
share is all we have
without any regrets
It's all we have

(c) JR.  Eightees

your song

 

 

 

 

night and day I hear your song

 

it is not that far away must come from a distant sea

 

an' I miss the song you whisper to me

 

it contains a promise I will see you again

 

but I have to wait it's been a long time

 

since you've gone away

 

 

an' I miss the song you whisper to me

 

those words keep floating to me

 

it makes me feel you're still with me

 

where ever you are it thrills me

 

 

I know some day I'll hear them again

 

I'll be there whispering the same words

 

you whispered to me and I'll be with you

 

as

 

always

 

 

(c) JR. 2017

 

 

 



Heaven

Heaven

 

 

on a lazy Sunday afternoon

 

as I was walking along the river

 

I noticed the sun low in the sky

 

getting near the end of the day

 

 

so peacefully, gracefully dying

 

at that moment I became restful

 

burdens carried on my shoulder

 

seemed to leave me for a while

 

 

I sensed suddenly, nature took a rest

 

it took its time, leisurely came the night

 

and I melted down with the Universe

 

exploring the stars lighting up the sky

 

 

a calm had fallen upon me at midnight

 

I was alone, at peace down by the riverside

 

I realised, this was really the way to live

 

took a deep breath, feeling so right

 

 

 

the water calmly broke on the banks

 

heard the cricket play its song

 

a rowboat was there lying on its side

 

I rolled it over and set out on the river

 

 

I never felt so at ease rowing the boat

 

my worries had dropped in to the river

 

slowly I was getting there, to my litle heaven

 

and when I reached it, I recognised it

 

 

it was early in the morning at dawn

 

I returened  to the bank of the river

 

left the boat in the place where it belonged

 

walked back the path through the village

 

 

I had changed in to another man

 

finally I had found the pace of life

 

I was never to carry burdens again

 

they

 

had vanished at midnight on the river

 

 

(c)  JR.   2013