Twilight

Wavering, trembling

Tenuously between

The dark and the light

Painting coral auroras

And sinking crimsons

Abducting moods

Lost in daylight's 

Rush

Waking

Night's dream

Vulnerable perilous

Unable to choose

Between night's cavity

And day's fervor

Sometimes cloaked

In ebony clouds

Bursting

With life, turmoil

Dusk and Dawn

Gauging day's promise

Whispering night's hollow

Twinning adversaries

Raising our hopes

Sealing our fates.

Edwin James

...

A Sudden Burst

Of cold air

Raising the hairs

On on the back of my neck

Goose bumps run down

My tingling arms 

An orb appears drifting

Across my bedroom wall

Unannounced unexpected 
Casting a shift-changing
Eerie dark shadow
Blocking my window's
Flickering moon-lit sky
 
Could be a departed
Loving family member or
An old dear friend
I once knew, loved
Just checking in 
Saying hello, goodbye
Remembering, missing
Our time shared
Warning me of danger
Still protecting me

Is it a lost soul
Haunted trapped 
By spirit's gravity
Unable to crossover 
Its consciousness
Lost
Unwilling
To forget, forgive
Wanting to be more
Than just a memory.

Edwin James


...

 

Shattered

Unable to comprehend

Why your dreams

Could not come true

Running out of steam

Still unable to let go

Only wanting to believe

Fighting minds undertow

Facing the night all alone

Unable to sleep under
Timeless shadows weight
Ashamed, undressed
No longer able to cheat

Her reality trapped, exposed
Her mind drugged, swimming
Her feelings drained, spent
Her breath short, congested
Her heart sinking, bleeding
Her faith unwrapped, exposed

Dreams swallowed, spitting
Out hope's light.

Edwin James

...

Indigo

Wouldn't admit goodbye

That night whispering

Only goodnight

With one last kiss

One trembling embrace

Her eyes looking down

She closed the door

Leaving me behind

In hallways sorry light

It was time for her

To leave, forget

And  simply move on

Boarding a Dash 9

At morning's early light

Heading back to Saskatoon

 Leaving our skies far
Behind, never again to
Hold, feel or imagine
That what could have been
Could never truly have been
So long ago.

Edwin James

...

Nowhere To Turn

The sun's last rays

Could not have seen

Her tears or sorrow

Nor her emptiness

Her loss beyond

Heart's comprehension

Her faith shattered

Unable to understand

Why a God believed

So loving so caring

Did not hear her prayers

Wondering why

This almighty God

Needs so many more

Souls to comfort His

Desires.

Edwin James

...

Without Tomorrow

Relaxed at ease

Trusting her instinct

Forgiving at peace

Fully complete

Stealing the night

Without any fear

Or daunting fright

Her mind clear

Pleasantly numb

Her heart aglow

No longer a victim

Of sorrow.

Edwin James

...