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

'POOR-city'

Poor-city has poor people no
haystack, no needle, Poor-city
only fot the needy

from all over the land, 'the poor'
come to a city in the sand, city
without a name

crowded in the shade, crowded
in the park, city without any larcs
where wooden birds

are carved, city without any tears
any fears, any faith, any shame, any
aim

where pride has no place, POOR-city
has only one kind, poorest people alive
where stealin'

is a way of life, with nothin' rich in
this life, this city is a 'POOR-sight'
at night

Come to a rest

I have to live this life one thing
I must do, I don't why, somethin'
you get born into

I feel like floatin' down a stream
don't know where it leads me I just
can't see

it's like a dream floatin' in
different directions, all of them
new

it's all a surprise what I find
it's called life, it's a sunrise a
new dawn

I'm floatin' down a stream can't
see it comin' to an end, somewhere
somehow

I believe, there's a place, where I'll
stay, an... come to a rest

(c) JR. 2018

Shadow of our desire

she's lyin' there, lyin' in wait
her seductive smile passin' behind
the darkness of her eyes

and her moist an' tender lips are
waitin', to unleash her passion on
my mind

as I know she will, as I am waitin'
stirrin' my fire with her emotion,
showin' me the flesh

of her history inside my time and her life,
where we are waitin' playin' an' teasin'
as she's pleadin'

closin' in as slowly as she can into
somethin' we both know all too well
yet it has to be played

along the lines of that shadow of desire,
that had remained when we first met and
only time

can reveal or tell, how long we will play
this game, how long we will go on, it will
be untill

our history is satisfied and has nothin' more
to burn then it will become the lie of our
thruth

cast aside, by the shadow of our desire
when... it fell

(c) JR. 2018

'Voor wat het is'

'voor wat  het is' en dat is soms al het is,
leven door geven, leven laten passeren en...
zonder jouw stof, doen voort leven

het is zoals men zegt: ' de zin van het leven'
die ultieme vorm van dankbaarheid, die alleen
het leven geven kan geven

maar soms passeert het gaat er iets mis,
op die tocht, gaat het aan je voorbij, blijf
je achter in die stof niet jouw stof

van onvoorziene haat en nijd, die onvermijdbaar
hangen blijft, het is die liefde, die liefde voor het
leven uit jouw leven

dat aan je ontvliedt, aan je ontstijgt, je laat
'voor wat het is', maar jouw liefde voor de liefde
uit jouw leven is

'voor wat het is', iets dat niet aan jou ontstijgt,
omdat liefde iets universeels is en iets niet
laat..'voor wat het is'

(c) JR. 2018

Dark glasses

when I slide 

my dark glasses on
in my bright lit room

everything

seems to change 

into 

a warm old
friendly brown

there are many 

shades of light 

mine
to be shade of twilight 

when I leave
my bright lit surroundings

I return to

that old friendly 

brown world,
and running 

like a mad dog

I slide them on
those dark brown 

shades

they will take me 

into that new world
where music

women an' wine 

are 

the benefitting trade

stay there a while 

if you like 

enjoy it to the most 

if you know how 

make
yourself at home

stay awake 

in the midst of night 

hear
the sound of laughter 

caress the walls
of 

your surroundings

your the talk

of the town 

many faces
wear a frown 

of what you might 

be doing
in the little hours 

of the tranquil night

you're invited to take 

a deeper insight
they all  wear 

the same glasses 

they're all hear 

for a good time

they don't expect you 

to go 

before daylight 

so sing a little, talk a little
kiss a little

and do take 

your time 

in the zone 

of twilight 

and when you go home 

take of the shades

it'll take you back 

to the room you
came from

it'll take you back 

to
your reality again

(c) JR. 2018

Words

not a word will I breathe
to another, not a moment
will I be a bother

not a moment will I speak
before my turn, 'cause there's
so much grief in this world

so I'll keep my big mouth
shut, words that leave my
lips, must be a support

to others, never a bother to
my brothers never spill grief
onto my love

'cause she's more precious
than a gem found in a cave
for she's never late

to tell me why she's my mate
and kisses me in the shades she
will not breathe

a word to another of the truth
we've discovered, she wil not
talk about

the experience, the gem, we
found in our hearts, it will
allways shine

play its part, that's why I don't
speak words that maime or kill
that's why

I don''t speak words, that will
impose my will, that's why I don't
speak words

that will lead into deceit, that's
why I don't speak words that
will leave you beat

(c) JR.  1990