09/06/2025
He said his name was Edward
by
Poetry by Neenathedreamer
Sooo, I met this beautiful man.
He was of the brightest shade.
Hews of marble in his hair; shaded the truest colors of his heart.
“The world will pick you apart”, he said.
Told me to play my part; and I did, gladly.
I got a closer look, as I tiptoed towards him; reeling in joy, yet shy and blissful.
He said “Hell…ohhh.., Ms.?” Smirking and jerking..
He said his name was Edward.
I told him mine, and just like that we were in a swirling of soft and beautiful; fine even.
I marveled at the way his face would turn up at the ideas I came up with; was astonished at his creations; never asking, truly, where they’d came from.
He said.. “his name is Edward…”
And that’s when I saw it. One night, while thinking of ways to part the sky for him. One night. He was carving his ideals into what seemed to be the face of another; woman? Man, I was Blinded, so I couldn’t see, quite honestly, and dismissed it until the next mourn (morn..) static over breakfast, running thru the visions of my dreams or so I thought; he seems… “BRIGHTER”. Hmm. The subtle joy of his posture over oatmeal left me askew. And then…
He said his NAME WAS EDWARD.
A piece of me had a minor inkling, remembering what I saw and kept in stock in the basement. I took the journey, found a red box inside a glass encasement. I broke that outer; in case; and like overcast, read the long list of “arrangements”. Jade to Jude, Maribel, Ruth, and even some dude that told him NO one time to his many faces.
No longer blind folded; not seeing my name, realized my escape; of course, to his crimes. The woman I saw’s eye ball’s were in that box; staring back at all of the times…
I never took to see his hands….
He said his name was Edward.