Archive for August, 2023

my happy and my hope

August 30, 2023

you're the pot of gold
at the end of my road
everything I never deserved

you're the dreamy and the cream
you're everything you seem
more than I could ever say with words

you're my happy and my hope
you're the only way I cope
a vision and an angel and a shrine

you're solid and you're sunny
you're beautiful and funny
you're a flower and a rainbow and a rhyme

by Richard W. Bray

rough edges

August 19, 2023

I drank up a brewery
I burned this city down
I don’t care about anything
Since you’re not around

Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery

Got a lot of rough edges
I’m bitter to the core
I’m mean and I’m dirty
I wake up on the floor

Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery

I hurt a lot of people
To get back at you
It don’t make no sense
But that’s what I do

Pain in action is a chain reaction
Destructing so busily, I pass along my misery


by Richard W. Bray

Superman Isn’t Gonna Save You

August 16, 2023

Superman isn't gonna save you
And Batman is too darn depressed
Hulk and Thor can smash things
What we really need is healing
We're gonna have to clean up
Our own mess

Wolverine cut himself shaving
Thing needs some lotion for his skin
Let's all increase the Peace
This fighting has to cease
Compassion and Love
Is how we win

Fantasy is fun and fascinatin'
Dreaming in the dark for a while
But in the light of day
Put those childish things away
Lend a hand and make
Somebody smile

by Richard W. Bray

Tomorrow I’m gonna have ONE day

August 9, 2023

87 days
I had 87 days
I threw it away
And fell back into
Hopeless helpless hell

I called up my sponsor
He sent over a guy
To fill me up with coffee
And take me to a meeting

I cried:
87 days
I had 87 days

He said:
Tomorrow, you’re gonna have one day

Thank God for my sponsor
Thank God I'm alive

Tomorrow I'm gonna have one day

by Richard W. Bray

Be Where You Are

August 5, 2023

Be where you are
Take a look around
Listen to the landscape
Cast your bucket down

Be where you are
Everything is close
The universe is everywhere
It's underneath your nose

Be where you are
Slow your body down
Matter is in motion
It's happy as a hound

Be where you are
Outside is in
Listen to the music
As your molecules spin

by Richard W. Bray