Cherry Blossoms 

Booming, celebrating

Generating new life

Native to nature

Innate to humankind

Inner inhibitions

Motivating, reborn

Horizons painted

Warm winds softening

Winter's hold, melting

Frigid thoughts

Embracing westerly

Winds kiss.

Edwin James


...

Echoing Winds

Enter in another
Day holding no
Promise, offering
Little insight

Morning clouds
Move in earnest
Without concern
His breath unsure

Drifting in time,
Chinook winds
Arching, giving way
To cumulus cloud

Starving his sunlight
A dubious wandering soul
Easily distracted, misled
An impetuous dreamer

Unable to separate
Truth from reality.

Edwin James

...

Lost

Tattered in faded blue

Waves running through

Her mind, drifting

Weaving, jousting

Memories fleeing without

Promise, only doubt
Remains, twisted
In a world pitted

Against her heart
Unwilling to restart
Her will drifting
Hate always looming

Mocking her androgynous
Ways, her luminous
Fading declared sinner
Her soul left in cinders.

Edwin James


...








 

Overwhelmed 

By her

Easing radiance

Touching his soul

Captivating his heart

Allowing himself to

Forget what was

Never meant to

Be, no longer

Fueling his mind

He begins to trust

Believing in her

Song a ballad

Trumpeting sorrow

Offering hope where

There was none

Allowing his dreams

To become again
His.

Edwin James

...

Waves

Crashing hard

Pounding endlessly

Drowning his confidence

Immersing his soul

Stormy seas

Rising, surging

Against his will
Choking, smothering

Having believed in 

Ego's promise
Now swimming in

Skepticism, apathy

Rising currents churning

His dream adventures

Feverishly drowning in

Fate's undertow

His nightmare continues

Arresting morning light

Eclipsing his courage

Holding back his tears.

Edwin James

...

Swept

Off her feet

Held breathless by his

 Open gentle touch

Captivated by his charm

Her heart swimming

His radiance relentless

A glimmer of hope

Capturing her heart's

Desires and needs

A subtle mind-meld

Willingly engaged

His unspoken word

Unleashing her willingness
Yearning, craving for more

Wanton wavelengths
Streaming, perspiring

Cradled in his afterglows

Promise.

Edwin James


...

Taken Back

He tried not to care

Fighting off memories

Running widely

Throbbing so deep

Best to move on

He whispered turning

His heart away

From his loss

He raises

His heavy heart

Skyward realizing

For the first time

His feelings though

Broken by her

Heartless inaction's

Was really just an

Ineptness on her

Part unable to

Care or see beyond

Her own light.

Edwin James

...