So tender so cruel

as the dream of my youth, where I found love
so real, yet never knew, is fadin', it leads me into
a new mornin'

where my heart's achin' as I'm wakin', bringin' me
back the only realty it ever knew, somethin' there
in my mind

chose to be tender, yet so cruel, as it brought  up
all my yesterdays with you, where I was full of
the tenderness and love

the ones, you never knew of, it then comes to my mind,
how tender, yet so cruel, a dream can be when it is
overruled by all those yesterdays

in an attempt to please, but leaves you behind in its
wake, so tender, so cruel, an dreams, ...
do they ever come true

(c) JR. 2018