Lullaby of Dreams

If cries of weeping sorrow, along with thoughts I hold for you
Could be put into a dream, as I fall into a trance

The joy of total bliss with you, would caress each night with lust
I think of you when you're away, unable to hear your voice

The lullabies I sing to you, in the fantasies of my dreams
Makes me think you'll soon return, and fill my nights with love

Since you've left to fight a war, which seems so far away
I feel the lonely void, that share the days with me

I know the job you chose, forces us apart at times
But I never thought the separation, would last this awful long

The days have changed to months, and the months has become a year
How I wish the honor you uphold, could be an afterthought

I pine each night when you're not their, to share this bed with me
The empty pillow where you once reclined, is what I face each night

While the war you fight so far away, brings grief to my aching heart
I know one day this will change, and we'll settle into a normal life

But until that time arrives, my dear
I'll pray God shields your every breath, and brings you safely home

For the illusions I'll have of you tonight
Will last till the dawning of the morn, as you fade into the dew

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 27, 2007

Skies of Montana

Dedicated To: Bill Blackwood

Embellished between the emptiness
Of the wild Montana skies

I hear the whispers, of a distant past
Which lies beneath my wings?

A calling I'm unable to deny
Is heard within the clouds, which dart in front of me

With only the hum of my twin engines, to keep me company
I steer this craft, with breathless thoughts, across the endless sky

I think back to younger days, in my dreams of yesteryear
Wishing I could go back, and begin all over again

Correcting mistakes made, in the years left to me
To change what was lost

In the harm, which I caused
To the ones that I love so much

If only this could be, before I'm laid to rest
As I climb atop the snow covered mountains

Heading west across the wilderness, which lie before my eyes
I search for grace, to heal the pain that remains inside of me

I hear the echoes of another voice
Towards the peace, where my soul longs to be

It calls me back, to where I belong
A wayward son returning, to the family he left behind

And a home, where my heart will never leave
As I carried along with the wind

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 09, 2007

Rainbow of Tears

There are rainbows in the sky
Which holds our hopes and dreams?

They come whenever God sheds his tears
For all that we have done

The pain and hurt we give each other
Is just a part of life?

For the very ones we love so much
Are the ones we hurt the most

Sometimes I wonder, why God allows
The anguish to be so rampant

But it's the free will, he gives to all
Which turn our hearts to stone?

I'll question not, what comes my way
But accept the fate, I'm handed

And pray for the rainbows, in the sky
To brighten up our days

So the tears from God, will not rain sadness
Upon our wretched souls

But bring the happiness, he meant to be
Upon this wayward child

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 3, 2007