Pieces of the unknown

a tear was blocking my view into her heart

as I felt it break into its pieces of the unknown

making me wonder, what happened to cause those  tears

to be shed as they were never shed before, there was no story, memory

or even recollection, as the origin of those tears, was never known

she only looked at me with her eyes in accuse, no words

only silence leaving her breath, still,...

I wonder why she left, in her quiet with drawl

I saw her walking away into ever greener pastures

then,...

I deep down in my heart,...knew 

(c) JR. 2025 

A tear in her eye

the first time we met

I was speechless an ache in progress

consuming, no free surrender

addiction calling for its numbers

so,...we knew, we knew, yet we carried on

holding on to something, we could only lose

so intens, burning inside and out,...

as long as we possibly could

and we did,... a whistle blew

leaving us with only one more last move

her eyes locked into mine

we kissed, a soft goodbye, a tear in her eye

a ship sailed into its own stormy weather

yet love prevailed, it would transcend time

(c) JR. 2025

Noise

there's a room I go and talk to

as the walls of my past listen to the secrets that lie hidden

until a silence falls my speech falters and fails

there is no reason, no reason why I should lose myself

in the noise and earthquakes of the words of my mistakes

as I don't care about any word that leaves my breath

travels through those walls and be heard,...over and over again

it will be my yesterdays words that will fall in ruin

as their dust settles down, covering those words once spoken

burying their sound in not a shy way

slowly I am getting up, starting over knowing mistakes 

have a reason of learning as they always do, over and over again.

 

(c) JR. 2025

Somewhere between Dawn and Midnight

So,...I rounded a corner or two

never looking back, movin' on

remisniscing not my style

I'm out for forever time

said, "you'll be sorry'

somewhere down the line

a smile said, 'NO'

so sorry I was right

somewhere down the line

again I made my mark

earned my place in life

killin' time

so now I'm just killin' time

a Scotch on the rocks

feelin' so right

do I think about her

sometimes, somewhere

between Dawn and Midnight

not often

there were the good times

(c) JR. 2025 

Elke keer als ik val, gedicht naar het muziek nummer You raise me up

daar staat zij dan

mijn steun mijn toeverlaat

immer sterk, immer stavast

wanneer het leven mij ontglipt

is zij mijn stuwende kracht

ook als het mij weer vast pakt

zij beurt mij elke keer op als ik val

omvat mij met haar liefde

die mij altijd weer verrast

en mij,...

dan ook weer terugzet op het pad

dat het leven 

voor mij uitgetekend had

mijn steun mijn toeverlaat

immer sterk, immer stavast

ik zing haar mijn waardering

voor de waarde

die zij in mijn leven bracht

zij beurt mij op, elke keer als ik val,...

elke keer als ik val

(c) JR. 2025

Het zoet van de overwinning

als dan het donker 

van de wolken zich samenpakt

zijn donderslagen zich uitrollen 

en de bliksem inslaat

de regen jouw toekomst kastijd

lijf en leden ranselt

en,...daarin voluit gaat

zelfs de adem

van jouw zelfvertrouwen even stokt

maar,...

ondanks alles

de bliksem en de donderslagen

achter zich laat

hoe zoet is dan, na de pijn,...

de overwinning

als

uiteindelijk het leven

toch weer voor jou kiest

en,...

met jou verder gaat

(c) JR. 2025

When the love's gone

as the morning's coming down on me

love's gone past its point of no return

and never made it into the day of light

the night has played out the words not said

and a decision has arrived

(c) JR. 2025