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


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