Not This Way
It just can’t be this way.
An earthquake here.
A tsunami there.
Fighting in Iraq.
Depression everywhere.
It just can’t be this way.
People murdered here.
Terrorist attacks there.
Lovers in the sack.
Infidelity in the air.
It just can’t be this way.
My one and only love.
Sent from God above.
Walking out the door.
Never to return anymore.
It just can’t be this way.
So, for what it’s worth.
There is no heaven on earth.
Something’s gone all wrong.
Life is not a song.
It just can’t be this way.———————-R. W. Johnson—–(2005)
The Way It’s Gotta Be
For me———-.
She must be free to think,
to do her will.
Whatever it may be.
She can come and she can go.
As long as she shares her very soul——–.
With me.
That’s the way it’s gotta be.
Can’t you see?
For her to ever be part of me.
She’ll be free as the wind.
Blowing here & there & back again.
She’ll share her every whim——-.
With me.
That’s the way it’s gotta be.
Can’t you see?
For her to be a part of me.——————-R. W. Johnson—–(2005)