DEATH ON A ROAD WELL TRAVELED

So many are living
Who don't know what to give
So afraid of dying
And too afraid to live

Take a deep dive with me
Into my abyss
Somethings you never had
And some you will never miss

Come to the otherside
Where dreams are all faded
Nightmares are all the rage
And all the souls are naked
Life is not all fun and games
And now you feel jaded

Sanity is overrated
In a world that's gone insane
All that joy you had to have
And all you feel is pain
For once you must realize
Life is meaningless struggles
What brings it any joy
Is also its bane

M. N. R.
1 OCTOBER 2018

"We are all mad here"
Says the Cheshire cat

EMOTIONS

EMOTIONS

Fly high
You are an eagle
She said
And then I looked at the ground
So far below the clouds

She let go
And I started to fall
No help at all
Last thing I remember, alas
It was all
For nothing at all

I struggled hard
Learning to fly
As I fell
I didn't wish to die again
Still I had a story to tell

This is the life of Sisyphus
Everday is struggle
Some tricks and cheating death
I live in my own bubble

A mind full of emotions
Living it large across the grid
Like a cupboard full of spices
Open jars without a lid

(M. N. R.)
25 JULY 2018

WHAT THE HELL DO I KNOW

When you fall
It's your call
Take another step
A delicious wraith
A leap of faith

True love is not for a life
It is for that moment
And when the time is right
Let your whimsy take control
Let your senses take a flight

True love is not a lifetime
Where all else is forsaken
It's a moment that hangs in time
A stolen kiss
A breath not taken

True love is only
In that glance
Fingers touch as you pass the glass
When you take that chance
It's a total romance

True love always
It will comsume you all
When you fall
It is your call

M. N. R.
19 JULY 2018

CHANCES ARE

CHANCES ARE

And so it begins the nightmare
You wouldn't know and you wouldn't care
All your walls when they start to crumble
And the dreams they start to tumble

Winds of change never started to blow
As your countenance loses its glow
You start to question all that you know
River of life starts a backwards flow

Who will be there to hold your hand
There for you to help you stand
Passage of life is such a savage
When each breath itself becomes a ravage

You lie alone there next to your lover
All those nightmares you kept undercover
Come out to play in the room that is dark
Empty walls of a house that is stark

Dream of the chances that never were taken
What you thought was true love has now been forsaken
An empty nest that never got finished
What life doesn't give, has all to be taken

M. N. R.
27 JUNE 2018

SORRY, NO SORRY

SORRY, NO SORRY

It is just me being me
I offer no appolgise

What if I didn't know
Sometimes you too must lose
What if I didn't have
The powers I shouldn't use

No I mustn't do what I know
I'll try and be at my best
May be somewhere where again
We'll meet, and you will pass the test

It is all those gods there in heavens
That have their eyes full of tears
It is their powers that have been taken
That render their hearts full of fears

M. N. R.
23 JUNE 2018

PICTURE SHOW

PICTURE SHOW

This man has two faces
As he lies here dead
Life is hard to put back together
Once you have broken every thread

At the end of his journey
Of a life spent always lost
Only those can win at this game
That aren't afraid to pay the cost

Who he was, what he was
We will never know
We are just playing our part
And this life is but a picture show

Some may put down the anchor
He was just as happy adrift
Some are just part of the cast
He always wrote his own script

Fast cars, fast women
Fast realtions that don't last
In the fast lane sometimes
You try to get away from your past

M. N. R.
16 JUNE 2018

TO PAY THE FERRYMAN
TO PAY THE FERRYMAN

Let me be the color in your eyes
And let me be the sunshine in your skies
Let me be your stardust on a moonlit night
And to love you to your heart's delight

So let me be the smile on your face
Hold my hand if you feel somewhere out of place
And when if you ever feel tired or lonely
You will always have my shoulder to brace

All I need is to spend sometime with you
A day or two or may be until this life is through
And if I had only one wish that were ever granted
I will wish I would die in your embrace

But nothing in life is sure or as promised
So I carry my two coins just in case

M. N. R.
10 JUNE 2018