His Shadow

Stood just outside

The light where

His legend could not

Be seen or heard

Accolades murmuring

Tributes echoing from

A Scrapbook offstage

Begging for more.

Landscape POV's
Stirring,  unfinished
Expecting closure
Resurrecting canvases
Whispering options
Redefining self-esteem

Giving rise to the Ghost

Behind the Legend.

Edwin James

 

Her Heart 

Held her shadows

Hostage, ambiguous

Daring light's solstice

Whispering promise

Her thoughts drifting

Sensing moon's waning

Light cloaked behind

Clouds seeding rain.

There was never a time

When she didn't believe

When she did not mind

Life's haunting reprieve.

Her darkness whispered

Solitude shouldering no

Blame or censure

Her heart consenting

Never forgetting taking

Those final steps

Against change into

A light without promise.

Edwin James

Thoughts Rushing

Moving past fatal attractions

Bridges too far, closed

Winter's face eroding, siphons

Memories curtailed, disposed

Darkness looming in her heart

Seeking refuge behind shadows

Remaining afloat, moving apart

Tossing aside mind-castles

Never wanting, caring not

Perhaps misjudged, not knowing

Appearing not so distraught

Misguided intentions, far reaching

Mind's quiver fading, unimpressed

Heart's thunder not to be outdone

No longer feeling quite obsessed

While lurking memories hearken.

Edwin James