Breathless

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

34 Comments

“I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.”― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

In these dreams, I write in colors I’ve always known
for in my very breath flows shades of indigo
that at times catch, leaving me breathless
searching, always searching for more.

Born in fall’s waiting air, trees dressed in leaves
of scarlet and gamboge I entered the world
with barely a cry, such a solemn child
searching, searching for an eternal home.

And in her sweet eyes I peered,
seeing my own odd reflection
naught but a new helpless babe
with a shock of burnished red-golden
fine hair, nary a thought or care
of how I came to be there,
drowning in her indigo eyes
searching for home nevermore.

©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg

dVerse Poetics: Less is More, More or Less

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Words to Live By

Category: PoetryTags: , , ,

34 Comments on “Breathless”

  2. That first stanza is the one I found most powerful. It’s breathtaking! I like the way you circle back to indigo from a stanza with a sense of yearning to one with a sense of completion.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  3. The last verse impressed with the searching eyes of the babe reflected in other/mother

    This was charming
    “ entered the world
    with barely a cry, such a solemn child
    searching, searching for an eternal home”

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  5. I like the magical, almost mythical feel of this piece. There is comfort in knowing that you are truly where you are meant to be.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  7. (Thank you for gamboge-new to me)

    I love the second stanza and this “nary a thought or care
    of how I came to be there,
    drowning in her indigo eyes
    searching for home nevermore.” Beautiful

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  11. Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite novels and this quote is particularly relevant and true. I love how it took you to writing in dreams and colours, Linda, and the lines:
    ‘…in my very breath flows shades of indigo
    that at times catch, leaving me breathless’.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  13. What an absolutely beautiful quote, Linda. Catherine remains one of my all-time favourite heroines.
    Such fine descriptive writing, I held my breath as I read your words.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 7,329 other subscribers
Follow Charmed Chaos on WordPress.com
JUST RELEASED!
JUST RELEASED!
Bartender at
Barista at Go Dog Go Cafe
Archives
Awards Top 20 Short Story Blog
POETS CORNER
Translate
Read the Printed Word!
Copyright©2017-2025

© Linda Lee Lyberg and Charmed Chaos. 2017-2025. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Linda Lee Lyberg and Charmed Chaos with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

The Write Idea, LLC  DBA Charmed Chaos- Mesa, AZ USA