Shake Me True Blue

 

Aren’t we lucky

I was the one

to get a dose

of all you’ve said

so many times before?

I want to trust your heart,

stick by you,

whatever you do.

You, depending on me

to watch your back.

You really must decide.

One false move

can put us back,

square one looming.

Let your hope be reborn

at dawn or midnight.

Justice is coming,

you need only confide.

I’ll lead you to somewhere great.

Scan the heavens,

keep looking,

you will discover me.

I have a name.

It is loyalty.

 Linda Imbler

Linda Imbler is a Wichita, Kansas based author. 178 poetry publications have accepted work from this poet.  Linda has been nominated for 2 Pushcart Prizes and 7 Best Of The Nets.  In 2025, she was nominated and accepted into the Marquis Registry of Who’s Who In America for her work in poetry. She has self-published twelve poetry books.   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.