Barrage

she's leaving

he sees the signs and he knows

her words spoken of love leave her lips

in complete emptiness

she thinks

he still believes them but he doesn't

as he hears her words hollow and bleek

disappearing into their loneliness of meaning

trying to reason with no reason

he knows he won't succeed

so he cuts his losses, coming out on top

stopping her barrage of words

with a promise in the end to be again

the person he used to be

(c) JR. 2023

Pleasant ways

 on a day of pleasant ways

I will drink your tea of happiness

an' its leafs will tell me how much

you're caught up in my sea of

tranquillity

(c) JR. 2023

Once a love

he's sitting there

in the aftermath 

of his thoughts

thinking about her

as her memory

mature like a fine wine

comes to mind

drinking

and tasting her lost bouquet

drowning his sorrow

into reminiscing

a love that once was

and never came again

and 

he knows there's nothing

he can do nothing to keep

these memories away

tasting them

every time 

time after time

again and again

of once a love

that never came again

(c) JR. 2023

Promise

she's all he wants

his woman, his love

his confident

she will show him

what her love's made of

when she makes her move

giving him all she got

and his soul reaches out for her

showing her what he's made of

giving her all he's got

promising her even more...

than his love

(c) JR. 2023

Wereld van stilte

Een stem zwijgt...

een wereld van stilte begint

Celine Dion sings no more.

(c) JR. 2023

Geestelijke Omslag

als de reden 

geen reden meer heeft

zichzelf

na een vastgelopen vertrouwen

opnieuw te vinden

in het geschonden, braakliggend land

achter de horizon

van een door

een geestelijke omslag

verloren hart

is het beter

het emotionele slagveld

te verlaten

en

de rust van een nieuwe 

gecreëerde Status Quo

op te zoeken

om dan op een opnieuw

geplaveide opgebroken weg

naar zijn einde toe te gaan

zodat ook de toekomst

weer een kans krijgt zich

na verloop van tijd

met een hoopvolle glimlach

te kunnen presenteren

(c) JR. 2023

Chasing time

he's chasing time

just a game, trying out life

wondering where she is

when it all comes down

to his best days leaving town

and he's waiting for her

taking chances he hasn't got

asking questions

where answers are not

and when the silence comes

he knows what he has lost

and all the new tomorrows

cannot bring her back

and all his yesterdays have

come to a past disappearing

into a late afternoon's sun

going down where they said

their goodbye's

still chasing time

(c) 2023

Confessed

when the sun's down

and night breezes in

he thinks of her, the one he knew

still admiring whom she was

how it went down and did end

as it took so long to build

and then faded so fast, when he confessed

what he felt, in his heart, soul and thoughts

as he knew she could never stay

and yes, she turned away

to where she should be and remain

it was the road he had chosen to take

being able to move on, as he should

but never leaving behind the love

he cherished, confessed and knew

(c) 12 juni 2023

The dancer

when life's the dance you've always wanted

and the melody of its steps, 

step in,  and take control of your heart

there's nothing so fulfilling 

when you're in full swing that life's the dancer 

who will never part while you're in charge

(c) JR. 2023

Fall back

young, starting out

not knowing life

what it is

and is not about

he fell, face down

life changed

and taught him

a valuable lesson

he would never forget

when you're weary

and down on your luck

'fall back, regroup

start over again'

so he stepped up

looking towards

a future

in which he would

not prosper as he should

his goals

now different

were still goals

he was aiming for

he knew

when you're weary

and down on your luck

it never is too late

to fall back, regroup

and start over again

following a path

not

necessarily celebrated

by the happy few

who couldn't see past

their limited notion

of what it means

to succeed

and he did succeed

in many ways

and it has brought him

where he is today

fulfilled

in everything he has done

yet

willpower is the key

to everything

so...

when you're weary

and down on your luck

it never is too late

to fall back, regroup

and start over again

(c) JR. 2023

Sad sad world

 a sad sad world

with its lonely tears

waiting... 

'till the morning comes

(c) JR. 2023