Space an' peace

he sits in his chair in his silence

wondering what the world's about

to bring him in his solitude

he knows it might be very little

but in life it's the little things not

the grand gestures that count

they will take you further up your mountain

of progress than anything else in life that will be around

solitude is not an hindrance it is a way to grow in your

spiritual existence

it will bring and give you your so much needed

space an' peace a peace each and every man in

his life needs

(c) JR. 2024

Too soon to early too eagerly

she gave up on him too soon too early too eagerly

it was something that caught his eye, he saw a change

a challenge coming, colors of a mistake showing off

her lies

something that could go a long long way

in the shadows of her thoughts in the wings of her mind

and all he could do, was close the window to his soul

and close the window to his mind

so,...he thought about it long and hard

bought a ticket, boarded a flight, flew away

like a bird caught in a cage, leaving what could have been

leaving his breath in a sigh

(c) JR. 2024

  

Words

when friendships expire

as their words become a satisfied liar

they will drop you like a fly as their lies 

walk onto that road where their truth will die

(c) JR. 2024

The Fire

I've seen the fire

I've seen its rain

I've seen its death

I've seen the pain

I've seen it fade

(c) JR. 2024

My Rose, My Fire, My Desire

when the morning's coming down 

stumbling in

changing my world into a new future

a day of starting over again

and it feels so good, coming 'round

standing up, taking control

'cause I was the pain of my own sorrow

I was my own worst enemy

I was fighting to survive

I always will

and she will always be there

my rose, my fire, my desire

she'll never go, fly away

my rose, my fire, my desire

she always will

(c) JR. 2024

Devil's Door

in the still of the night

darkness will be about

and stay for a while

wondering what will happen

when the day arrives of what

I had seen in the still of the night

its eyes so dead

looking at me in amazement

it thought I didn't know, but I knew

where the night had been

knocking on 'Devil's Door'

something I had seen 

in the still of the night

still living, still alive

I made it through

the still of the night

(c) JR. 2024

Heaven on Earth

when you're not from this world

and your mind is dying on its own

from intellectual neglect

as it loves the sound of

a breaking glass

a sound that makes

Heaven on Earth

a special place to have

where Hell

in any form, shape or word

has to confess

Heaven on Earth is a place

where it has met its match

and Hell in any form, shape or word

has no verbal complaint to show

'cause Heaven on Earth

having a mind of its own

has no trouble showing it

where it has to go

(c) JR. 2024

Let it be the love

let the water come down from the rocks

let it run into the cracks of my heart

let it fill up the empty spaces

let it be the guide to something new

let it be the love I never knew

let it be just that

(c) JR.  2024

Wings

He will hold her, he will carry her

if he must and let her wings fly again as

death sometimes is a messenger of

peace and sometimes of grief

(c) JR. 2024

Times coming down

she will always be the woman for him

and the times will come down, raining on him

ever losing her

so when she leaves her image will always be there

staring him in the face, never forgetting her

knowing sometime in time she will come again

(c) JR. 2024

Whatever I do

I can read her like a book but

whatever I do, I keep reading her book

whatever I do

but lately, things have changed

words are dropping out, maimed

not to be replaced

and I wonder will will I ever 

read her book again, somehow, somewhere

the ending has changed,..

it's been a long time,...

but I noticed words are reappearing

I can read the ending again

it's been a long time,... whatever I do

I keep on reading her book

whatever I do

(c) JR. 2024

Happiness

love sometimes,...is the happiness you're not looking for

and sometimes love is the happiness you don't need, ' cause

when love's not happy it will leave

and the happiness you were looking for is a happiness

in the mind that does not exist and above all is not real.

(c) JR. 2024 

Cause love decided to leave

I've been in love with love so many times 

and how it's treated me, granting me wishes

I never thought and never knew of, but now

it's tearing me up and apart, taking down my 

very soul, taking down the very love I knew

taking down my believes, granting me no peace

' Cause love decided to leave, breaking up with me

this very morning, what can I say, she left me, taking down

my very soul, taking my reasons to believe

a wind of change is blowing them in different directions

blowing them to where I can't see, making me blind to what I feel

' cause love decided to leave this morning at 10.03

(c) JR. 2024

Waiting game

it was something she said 

on the day we met

'you're such a good friend'

and I thought

I will not be waiting

I will be gone

I know what you've done, 

it won't help

leaving this waiting game

I will be your yesterday

'cause your games will come 

and never end

your shadows will come 

and be your best friend

but I won't be around 

when the sun goes down

and it all comes to an end

(c) JR. 2024

Als een schaduw valt

als een schaduw valt

en de tijdgeest keert het zijn rug toe

laat de consequenties zich voltrekken

over de rug van velen, onschuldig als ze zijn

wiens leven er wel heel toevallig

schijnbaar niets meer toe doet

in een spel gespeeld door harteloze

geld, roem en macht beluste, bewuste

emotieloze elitaire geesten

die een beslissende factor zijn

in wie zijn leven nutteloos geeft

en,...

wiens leven nog een leven te gaan heeft

in een wereld 

waar de verzwakte mannelijke geest

niet meer de kracht heeft op te staan

tegen iets, dat na de geboorte

van een voltooid mentaal afbraak proces

zijn gevleugelde schaduw

over alles en iedereen kon uitspreiden

(c) JR. 2024

Verbal knife

a verbal knife 

needs no ammunition

it can be wielded

time an' time again

it can be wielded

every an' any given day

cut through

any layer of feeling

cut you down every single day

stab you in the back

at every chance it gets

with every word you say

a verbal knife 

needs no ammunition

it can be stopped with

a powerful word to word combat

it then,...

will never be wielded again

(c) JR. 2024

Oblivion

when the world

comes down upon its knees

praying for its rescue

and justice for all its lost souls

and fallen victims

it will only be

a matter of time

before it rises up again

but mankind will fall 

into its own oblivion until a new

civilization appears from

another world and thrives again

(c) JR. 2024 

Blijspel

als niemand kijkt

zingt verdriet zijn eigen melodie

emotioneel beladen en diep geraakt als het is

haalt het uit 

naar zijn verwrongen, verdraaide realiteit

in zijn negatieve verledentijd

waar het bedolven ligt

onder zwaar belaagde mineuren

gelardeerd met diep ontgronde roerselen

zonder enige beleving hoe om te gaan

met de in hun tijdloze setting gevatte

afgrijselijke majeuren, van vallen en opstaan

en,...

hun verwerkings methodiek

maar dan is het toch altijd weer

het positief goede

dat in al zijn vormen

aan de oppervlakte verschijnt

waar dramatische majeuren dan

eindelijk tot inkeer komen

en,...

weer het blijspel worden

dat het mineur 

zo verdient

(c) JR. 2024

Once a dream

when we don't forget

the love that has been

when we forget

the trouble it has seen

when we don't regret

a love that has been

when we know 

a decision to leave

should not have been

when we know yesterday

was a yesterday full of dreams

and our yesterday will always be

a yesterday of,...once a dream

(c) JR. 2024

Playground

when the day's done

an' love's back on the table

something's telling me

it's going to happen again

her eyes gaze at me speaking

of her desire for me again

so when the night falls

she takes my hand

leading me into temptation

something I find exciting

in so many ways

as we find ourselves in a world

where love's the name 

carrying us away

into its glorieus depths 

and turbulent high's

until we in a way 

are touching down

on earth again

where again

our bond's been strenghtend

coming into a new day

where the world is our playground

we've played in so many ways

and in the end,...its up-and-downs

are the name of the game

(c) JR. 2024