February 2021 – Page 4 – George Ruddock

I Didn’t Know I Needed You

I didn’t know I needed you
Till the day you left
Now I am a lone pebble

I didn’t know I needed you
Till the … Read the rest

You asked me to go
And I did what you wanted
I should have stayed and said no
But you said I took you for … Read the rest

The rocky road to life
Dictates our journey
Through pain and strife
Sometimes it even means rising early

Rocky roads are part of us
We … Read the rest

The chariot of peace
Always searching for a home
Will its journey ever cease?
Or must it always roam

So many steps on its path… Read the rest

I know what I know
I know what I feel
The joy of being free
The joy of being me

I know what I know… Read the rest

I ran from the light
Into the dark of the night
No longer able to stay
I had to get away

Why did I go, … Read the rest

The carousel of pain
Holds us all on its wheel
Unable to leave, going insane
No one able not to feel

The carousel of pain… Read the rest

Candles light up my home
So many colours and scents
In rooms flickering shadows roam
Scents of the world don’t allow arguments

Candles are beacons … Read the rest

So cold and so lonely
My heart is frozen
Did you not know
You were my one and only

The cold winds of Winter
Are … Read the rest

Love lives in a space in time
Delicate and fragile
Reach out carefully
If you wish to grasp its wonder

Love lives in a space … Read the rest