Clearing Skies

Creep into her mind

Clouded in disdain and

Hopelessness, as light

Begins permeating, breaking

Apart her darkened 

Thoughts consumed by

Shadows foul playfulness

Unaware at the time of

Its intended misdirection

She allows her mind
To open, it has been a
Long time, having followed

For so, so long down
Ego's illusive alleyways
Standing naked, alone

Locked in a key-less

Harrowing darkness left

To forever bleed

She inhales the light

And escapes.

Edwin James

...

 

An Early Winter Storm

Rages unabated

Trumpeted by relentless,

Prodding northern winds

Unforgiving, impervious

To the damage, havoc

And harm it will

Inflict

Mother Nature's callous
Greek daughter Morea cares

Not about her Mother's fruition's
And begins thrusting heavy
Wet blowing snow onto the

Backs of helpless tree limbs

Breaking

A heartless daughter

Unsatisfied, exhales her

Frozen lungs over roads

And walkways  leaving behind

Chaos and death, a rebellious
Spiteful sibling having no

Equal.

Edwin James

... 

Morning Light

Unassuming

Full of promise

Harbouring

No contempt

Anxious

Unaware of the

Day's

Dream or

Fate

Offering only

Hope

A morning's

Faith

Disdaining any

Prejudice

Over what may

Come

In the after

Glow

Of mornings

Yielding

Burning compass.

Edwin James

...

 

I Have Felt The World Burning

In the creases of my palm

My fists having turned callous

Fingers tingling no longer calm

Afraid, unnerved, cautious

A reality turned begging

Suspended by eternity's

Light, hovering, arching

Against all enemies

Harbouring no fears

Or contempt for mankind

Drenched in a world full of tears

Hungry, out of focus, blind

Seemingly lost by gods

Offering promise and hope
Contradicting, always at odds
A slithering unyielding tightrope

Suspended without a safety net
Egging on our souls purpose
Rinsing away our guilt and debt
Always there illuminating, animus .

Edwin James



...


 

Exhausted

Dazed, drained by

Conversant words
Shaping verse while

Lines mingle with one

Another, passions thirsting
Never the same twice 
Dreams apprehended by

By Nostalgia's fleeting arm

Seeking shallower waters
Bypassing undertow's
Hold,searching for
Rhymes tattooed on
Soul's heavy heart.

Edwin James


...

A Songwriter 

Writing under dawn's early light

Immersed in lighthearted folly

An overture sound almost right

Taking him back to his beach colony

His line surfing under rhyme

A verse is flushed, realized

Windward, sailing back in time

Approaching green seas fantasized

Courting in D, F and G

An ensuing harmonic rhapsody

Launches his song out to sea

A melody flows naturally

Navigated by memories

Winged by sailor's brawn

Waters without boundaries
Sailing across lights earlier dawn.

Edwin James

...

Two Hearts

Escaping 

Winter's bite

Sharing a love

Maybe for the

Last time

Sensing

Their fires

Burning desire

Never wanting their

Love to fade or

Turn to ash

Another log is

Added to the fire

Maybe for the

Last time

Two hearts

Beating as one

Against all odds
Unable to keep
Their song's heart

Free, never wanting

Anything more.

Edwin James


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