Choices

when they are

the wrong choices you make

their consequences you will await

so,... 

if you behave like an animal

you will be treated like 

an animal

(c) JR. 2023

Onvoorwaardelijk

Ruw

als een ongeslepen

diamant

voltrok

zich de geboorte

van een engel

fluisterend

zocht zich

een onvoorwaardelijke

liefde

een weg 

naar zijn hart

(c) JR. 2014

Overleven

pas in slechte tijden

is het dat

de mens zichzelf kent

als

hij wordt uitgedaagd

van zichzelf versteld 

staat

de kracht

die hij dan opbrengt

is niet die van een mens

wanneer

zijn woede brult door

het heelal

wanneer

zijn beschaving afvalt

wanneer

hij weer wordt het dier

wanneer

zijn instinct zegeviert

wanneer

hij moet overleven

om

weer mens te wezen

(c) JR. 2015

Smile

Sometimes all you have to do is smile

to make someone else's life worthwhile.

(c) JR. 2023

Yet, another day

I hear the sound

of a new morning

reaching out for me

with no knowledge

of what it will bring,...

another sacrifice

or 

just a day like

any other day

I open up my eyes

as

the horizon 

of my thoughts

is slowly disappearing

into this new day

I welcome the sun

like a long lost friend

shining outside as

it is coming back

into my life

I then

have to acknowledge

how lucky I am to yet

add another day

to my life

and I know

there will be days

with

another sunrise

but all of them

in a way

are special to me

as this day will be

when again I will rise 

against the odds of time

and enjoy the goodness

of

yet another day

(c) JR. 2023

Libido

Ik kom een vriend tegen

zo van, hoe gaat het 

en ik , ja... met mij gaat het goed

maar wat kijk je somber,

 ja ik heb een hoog libido

OK....

ben je dan niet bang 

dat je er van af valt

dat kan verkeerd uitpakken

 

't is vreemd maar 

ik heb hem de laatste tijd 

niet veel meer gezien

(c) JR. 2023

Halfstok

wanneer een vlag 

in zijn halfstok bestaan is gehesen

en zijn reden dan ook 

evident zichtbaar is

zullen zijn agressors diens waarheid 

maar al te graag

onder het tapijt willen vegen

(c) JR. 2023

Waarde

Verlies is het verlies

van een verloren gegane waarde

in het leven

(c) JR. 2023

Good Times

You will never know when the good times end

but you will always know when they did start

(c) JR. 2023

True friend

Silence is a true friend 

who never betrays.

(c) JR. 2023

someone

someone 

once very wise said

'we don't need no man'

they heard you

most men 

are now going their own way

MGTOW.

Verbal warrior.

Consequences

the ones you voted for

are the consequences you chose for

(c) JR. 2023

Time

life will only last

as 

long as life will

until then

time 

will be on our side

(c) JR. 2023

Resign

we're tired 

just plain tired

of

all their lies

of 

all their double talk

emptiness

doubtful richness

lack

of

integrity

lack

of 

intelligence

asking

for money

money you don't have

money

they want to possess

preaching

norms and values

not there

ruling with disguised 

political ties

paying for their

deplorable lifestyle

with

endless made up lies

paying for habits

no law would satisfy

asking for a support

no one will support

where they will stay 

and be rich

throughout their lives

they're the rulers 

the 

ones we chose

'cause  

the truth was unknown

they were not 

made this way 

by how they lived life

they 

were born this way

born this way

each an' every time

all the time

seeing us as a sacrifice

to keep them satisfied

we're just plain tired

of 

keeping them in line

the ones 

to whom this applies

should be forced 

to resign

and

do time

(c) JR. 2023

 

A promise

I met her once

maybe twice

somewhere far away

in a land of courage

and 

fallen souls

she was

a mysterie to me

and somehow

she knew me

from a far away place

where she used to stay

of which

I couldn't recollect 

its name

talking to me

taking care of me

in a pleasant way

nourishing my soul

taking away

my weariness

of my battles 

of every day

I felt so at ease

her taking care of me

she whispered me 

her name

I couldn't 

hear it too well

but understood

by the expression 

on her face

she was 

promising me

if I wanted

she would stay

be my queen

my support

in every way

I knew 

I had found the one

I was looking for

the one 

that would remain

her speech

was getting softer

her face was starting

to fade

there was 

a ring in the air

I looked around,...

it was 

a Sunday morning

as my dream

slowly disappeared

into the business

of

a new born day

(c) JR. 2023

but her speech

A man of her own

he misses what he feels

and

feels what he misses

a woman of his own

out there somewhere

to have an' to hold

and she's waiting

she's out there waiting

wondering

where could he be

didn't he see

she misses him 

completely

she misses him

as she feels

what he feels

a man

to have an' to hold

and she's waiting

(c) JR. 2020