Edwin Hofert Poet Rhyme

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Keeper of the Shadows

Keeper Of The Shadows

With aching in his body
aching in his heart and soul.
 A life that's been well lived
can start to take its toll.

The shadows always find him
no matter day or night.
Sitting in a darkened room
where he always goes to write.

They rise up before him
and clear for him a path.
Like a dog that knows his master
and knows his masters wrath.

Yet he's never angry
you never hear him rant or yell.
It seems almost like silence
is a gift he won in hell.

Tried by many fires
the shadows are the smoke.
There ain't nobody laughing
when the devil tells the joke.

They follow him from room to room
watching where he'll go.
The fact he will return again
the only thing they know.

But if the truth were really known
of the shadows mind in them.
He's not the keeper of the shadows
it's them controlling him.

Edwin C Hofert

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Ayesha Karim May 30, 2015 at 1:12 PM Awesome write! I have issues with fear and shadows myself in my personal life. Edwin Hofert May 30, 2015 at 1:46 PM The power of the shadows that come with dark of night. Etched so deeply in our hearts is absence of the light. Thank you Ayesha! God bless!

Tim Smith May 30, 2015 at 12:07 PM A very deep piece my friend. we aren't the keeper of the shadows but they do always tend to find us

Judy Konos May 30, 2015 at 11:57 AM Start Over: Oh what a lovely poem. The depth is mind blowing. The meaning is even deeper than the Sea... Edwin Hofert May 30, 2015 at 1:00 PM It's an older one that i sometimes go back to for reasons of reflection :) <)