Sunday, August 31, 2025

MEMORY

 

MEMORY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WHEN ITS GOODBYE 

THERE'S NO MORE

GOOD TIMES

TO BE HAD 

AFTER THE TEARS

TO WHERE THIS LED

BROKEN HEARTS  

NEVER MEND

THE PLACES

THAT THEY SEND YOU

A VOID

 

A SMILE A VEIL

FOR SOMETHING DEEPER

HIDDEN JUST INSIDE

 AND ALL THE YEARS

THAT YOU PASSED

NEVER LEFT BEHIND 

EACH ONE DEFINING  

A PIECE OF WHO YOU ARE

 

I LOOKED FOR YOU

BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE

MET BY EMPTY SILENCE 

CLIMBED UP

CLIMBED OUT

THE SADNESS

LEFT IT BEHIND

BUT YOUR MEMORY

IS STILL FADING  

Saturday, August 16, 2025

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON

 


ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

IS THERE SOMETHING 

I'M NOT SEEING

A WAY THAT

I'M NOT BEING 

TRUE TO MYSELF

MAYBE TRUER TO YOU.

BY THE SIDE

THAT I ALWAYS TAKE 

THE DAY IS NEVER MORE

THAN WHAT YOU MAKE

 

IN THE MORNING SUN

WITH SO MUCH

MORE TO KNOW

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

IS THE SIDE YOU SHOW

GIVE ME SOMETHING

I CAN WORK WITH

SOMETHING I CAN HOLD

IF I CAN'T

CARRY IT IN MY HEART

THERE'S MY SOUL

COME ON

I'VE BEEN READY

LET'S GO 

 

YOU AND I

HAVE GOT THE RIGHT

KIND OF JAM

I REST MY CASE

YOU'VE SEEN IT

FIRST HAND  

YOU WATCHED IT

TAKE OFF

YOU SAW IT LAND 

 

 

 

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Off The Page

 

OFF THE PAGE

 

WRITTEN BY 

JEFF R HILTON 

2025

 

 

EVERYTHING POINTS 

TO THE SKY

NEVER FALLING

THOUGH IT SEEMS TO SAG

TIME GOES ON

BUT SOMETIMES DRAGS

A MILLION THINGS TO DO

A MILLION PLACES TO GO

THE ONES I REALLY

WANT TO SEE

SOMEHOW YOU JUST KNOW

 

THE TRUTH IS

MORE THAN SKEWED 

THE BOTTOM LINE

HAS BEEN MOVED 

WE'RE DRIFTING

OFF THE PAGE

SEEMS LIKE ALL

 THE PROGRESS  WE MADE

IS GONE

WE MAY AS WELL

GO HOME

 

MILLIONS OF STARS

BURNING TURNING

KEEPING PACE

KEEP ON LEARNING 

WILL IT BE

WHISKY OR WINE 

WAITING FOR 

THE SUN TO SHINE 

 

 

  

MEMORY

  MEMORY   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   2025   WHEN ITS GOODBYE  THERE'S NO MORE GOOD TIMES TO BE HAD  AFTER THE TEARS TO WHERE THIS LED...