The
Power of Hope
Do not become the
penitent butterfly that changed its form too soon.
It’s better to
picture the fulfillment of dreams
before taking that
first flight.
Use the beneficial
impulse to smile
to prop up our
fragile fate.
Trusting the why
of things once started rough.
Weed-filled ground
can become
a tidy
distribution of fresh flowers, sun-kissed and high.
Embracing the
positive turn,
the ready truth of
the plenty release of love.
Choosing the
greatest option,
from all choices
of good, better, best,
with nothing
lower.
We too can manage
the soar.
The power of hope,
make it infinite,
make it
passionate,
and then give
great thanks for your transformation.
Linda
Imbler
Linda Imbler is an internationally published poet, an avid reader, classical guitar player, and a practitioner of both Yoga and Tai Chi. In, addition, she helps her husband, a Luthier, build acoustic guitars. She lives in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. where she enjoys her 200-gallon saltwater reef tank wherein resides her 24 year old yellow tang. Linda’s poetry collections include eight published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep First Edition, Big Questions, Little Sleep Second Edition; Lost and Found; Red Is The Sunrise; Bus Lights; Travel Sight; Spica’s Frequency; Doubt and Truth; A Mad Dance and Twelvemonth. Soma Publishing has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song; Pairings, a hybrid of short fiction and poetry; That Fifth Element; and Per Quindecim. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. Linda has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and six Best Of The Nets. v