Als de regen

soms, als de regen, niet wetend waarom, neerdaalt in een leven en,...

een verloren volle maan zijn donkere kant laat zien, in de duisternis van

een turbulente nacht

is het toch weer het stralend geboren licht van een nieuwe dag dat,...

alles en iedereen wakker schudt en het leven van alle dag opnieuw

op pakt 

waar elke sterveling, om welke reden dan ook, altijd op wacht

als de regen wijkt, voor het licht van een zon overgoten dag

(c) JR. 2024

Sounds of silence

coming home, closing the door

nothing moves, nothing stirs

only a lonely house sighs

he knows, his once and only happiness went

without regret, through that same, now closed door

leaving only sounds of silence, sounds that should be heard

but she's gone, gone, gone, a harsh verbal exchange,... gone

shattering his believe in vows, once spoken once so true

now swiftly have forgotten every word

and in a sense, this now quiet is actually not a disturbance

but a blessing, as a cloaked certain peace is descending on him

soothing his weary mind

he knows the times, they will be tough, but honestly, to be true

he now has a peace of mind, he has not had, for a very long, long time.

(c) JR. 2024

Endgame

there's a longin, but I don't want

to feel the pain again, resting on my soul

moving forward every day, in the endgame

promising my self

one day it will get better an' fade

into the emptiness of a yesterday

leaving me a reason, maybe, to try again

in the aftermath where only delusion was

a game on my mind

a game, lost in my mistake

but still remains in the emptiness

of a yesterday

(c) JR. 2024

Lost in their tracks

when the morning's coming down 

in all its glory

I wonder,..what the day will bring

as the world is breaking up

and its pieces are falling down

one by one

in their disgust of failure

in to their waiting emptiness

hitting the ground 

at a breath taking speed

dying in their decline

as again a civilisation is coming to an end

vanishing from its own created history

lost in their disturbed tracks,...

still wondering why

(c) JR. 2024

This road of old and wise

when your road has been too long 

and too long to walk back on as you're biting in its dust

going back might 'cause a stir, 'cause trouble

as it might repeat itself

so I wonder, what price do I have to pay

if I would try, to get it changed, get it straight

before it was history that got my name

well,.. I realised, whatever road you take

it will always be crooked, narrow or straight 

and sometimes travelled on hard, again and again

but then,...thinking, I will take this road anytime

this road of  experience and sacrifice, it made me who I am

and what I am, sometimes this road of old,...

can be wise

(c) JR. 2024

The days of your yesterdays

when the days of your yesterdays are gone

and your life's only filled with your new found tomorrows

where's the chance, happiness is one of them too

as yesterdays, all of your yesterdays, have a habit

of catching up with you

will then, your new found tomorrows be strong enough

and sent them back to where they belong, as yesterdays

all of your yesterdays, have no business, haunting you

they should stay silent, as that is what yesterdays

all of your yesterdays do, but sometimes they break the rule

sometimes they do break the rule and bring you your truth

of your once broken rule, when they have a reason to.

(c) JR. 2024

Turn of the weather

so,...I'm walking down this road

sun's shining, biting in my back

breaking me into a sweat

as my heart's pounding at its best

and I'm waiting for this girl I just met

she's out there, somewhere in the shade

I wonder, will I find and meet her again

so this road's kicking me in the guts

is, something on this road I can trust

in the distance there's a stir

clouds are getting together

a turn of the weather, then near the road

I see something move, is this true

It's true,...

she steps out of the green

all smiles when she sees me

we're hugging and kissing

as the rain pours down on us

we don't care,...

at the turn of the weather

we found something

so much better.

(c)  JR.  2024