Back On the Polychromatic Drip-Dry Flying Carpet

 

 

Back On The Polychromatic Drip-Dry Flying Carpet

 

So quickly, the roots of a legacy stalled.

 

I considered it highly unlikely

that my deepest soul song

could anytime soon again be translated.

 

But, a friend told me

to listen to my instincts,

and that I would eventually acquire

that special moment when the veil lifts,

and gradually all shades of color

would come back into the light.

 

He said I would relearn

how to succumb to the temptation of being offered many chances

of feeling what once felt so inaccessible.

That I would be able to shake off my reservations,

and be able to offer a bold new voice to match the old.

 

Back then, the painful sea of love was just too deep.

Now, no longer drowning, 

I do remain wet, (for the time being,)

but my weeks of having no plans,

and a questionable future have passed,

and with so little to lose and so much to gain,

I’m again able to express those thoughts so difficult to say aloud,

and therein lies the magic.

 

 

Linda Imbler

 

Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include five published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep, Big Questions, Little Sleep” second edition (expanded with 66 additional poems), Lost and Found, Red Is The Sunrise, and Bus Lights, Travel Sights.  Soma Publishing has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song, Pairings, a hybrid of short fiction and poetry, and That Fifth Element, and Per Quindecim. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.  In addition to writing, she helps her husband, a Luthier, build acoustic guitars in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.