Taboe

de dagen van weleer

ze waren er

maar zijn niet meer

de dagen van weleer

zijn de dagen

waar we niet meer

over praten

gevangen zitten 

in hun eigen taboe

de dagen van weleer

zijn de verloren dagen

de dagen

waar we aan voorbij gaan

deze dagen van weleer

dagen eens vol emoties

zijn nu gevuld

met een verdwenen lach

gelardeerd met

tranen vol ongeloof

begraven

in het losse zand 

van hun verlies

door een toekomst

die nooit werd verwacht

maar toch kwam

edoch

breekt er altijd weer 

een dag, tijd en plaats aan

met een toekomst

waar we wel

verder mee kunnen gaan

en het taboe

na veel verzet

zijn eigen ondergang

is in gegaan

(c) JR. 2022

Maybe

maybe, love saw me coming from afar

maybe, love thought I was too strong

and did not need to find her love

but love, she was waiting, kept me waiting

sleeping, dusty, sometimes hollow and grey

where the sand tells you his tale

covered with grain, covered with rain

maybe, she saw me coming from afar

maybe, but then I found her

and love's love was mine to take away

and maybe, maybe she will stay

maybe...

with love...who's to say

(c) JR. 2022

Your world

when I am in my world

I can never be in yours

holding on to something

I can never possess

never feel its richness

never feel your soul

so much I want to have

and when I go, leave and turn away

I know I will never come back to stay

and my heart will die every moment

every day

so when I am in my world

I can never be in yours

holding on to something

I can never possess

never feel its richness

never feel your soul

so much I want to have

(c) JR. 2022

Outcome

a pain has come to haunt me

there being no escape 

and it feeling so wrong

when hate has become 

the love, you need

I don't know where to leave it

but then again, 

when hate is thrown 

into a pit of fire

it will be the only outcome 

love will ever need

to rise again

a pain has gone and left me

(c) JR. 2022

Why

when in the peace of your valley

all your dreams died, as they were satisfied

and loneliness became your friend

why, did you let her go

(c) JR. 2022

Sleep

when the night is lonely

and begs the morning to come in

is it only the sleep of the justified

that separates them

(c) JR. 2022