2021 – Page 36 – George Ruddock

Bad Days Can Seem Like Years

I still remember that Summer
Twenty years have gone
But it remains a wonder

Our first kiss, so many since
Bound our hearts
And I … Read the rest

Can I stay in your life for a while?
So captivated by your smile
I was lost when I saw you
You were the one, … Read the rest

Snow is back outside my door
White crystals drifting slowly
Like waves on a shore

Snow whirling around my window
Gradually the world is turning … Read the rest

I live in the shadows of the light
In the corners no one sees
Always there in the dark of the night
The only place … Read the rest

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