No man's land

No man's land 

no man's land
where no one is waiting
for you in forgotten silence

a hopeless night
nothing left to prove

again figured out
why 't began in dreams
with your travel

listen

without dreams
you become old
quickly

as much light
still in the dark.

Autumn in Amsterdam

Autumn in Amsterdam 

If you express an unhappy laugh
where a tear more in place is
it is you already forgiven
you are a young show
a new desire
I have all the while been kept secret
but you smell the autumn in Amsterdam
as a musical ally
the mists and the morning rain
the fresh bread at the channel
a wanderer on language Island
completed in own words phrases are you
uninhibited in my dreams

a new lover
an untamed animal
you would hide no secrets in Amsterdam
because it is thirsty in the city
full of silly dancing letters
that sing in your shivering body.


Henk van Dijk