Charmed Chaos
Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
If You Go
If you go I’ll be wondering
What might have been had you stayed,
This lonely heart, thrown asunder
From emptiness created
My lips, missing your tender kisses
My skin, yearning for your caress
My eyes, blinded by glorious moments
Gazing upon your handsome face
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: Going Going Gone Poeming Quadrille #122 De is hosting today at dVerse- come join us! Pub opens at 3PM EST.
Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 24 years. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories. You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
and purchase anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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There is so much longing here, Linda. So well done.
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Thank you De!
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This is a beautiful love poem Linda. I love the painting too!
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Thank you Ingrid.
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A lovely pondering on the road that might yet be taken – so much to miss as the 2nd verse shows
P.S. Is the painting by Schiel – his passion always looks carnal to the point of carnivorous
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Yes, it is! I need to add that, so others will know. Thank you Laura
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You have my heart with this stunning love poem, Linda! 💝💝 I especially adore the image; “My lips, missing your tender kisses,”… that is a gradual path toward intimacy.
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I think we had similar sentiments in our poems… love the longing, and maybe a hope of someone really staying
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Yes, thank you Bjorn.
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Love gone awry followed by love gone away, leaving behind a trail of what ifs. So sad.
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Thank you Beverly.
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Great print. Your quadrille really captures yearning and the artwork sets a great mood for the reader.
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Thanks so much.
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So much longing here. A lovely love poem. I also like the image.
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Thanks Merril.
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Linda I love this poem. It reminded me of this song by Glen Campbell:
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What a tender poem, Linda! Beautifully expresses the vulnerability of love.
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Thank you!
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I misread wondering as wandering at first, which would be quite a different poem. There’s such a bittersweet ache to this piece.
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Thank you Carol.
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A beautiful love quadrille, Linda, and you’ve complemented it with an image by one of my favourite artists, Egon Schiele! I’ve seen his work close up and personal in Vienna and, some years ago, I attended an exhibition of his erotica in London – incredible!
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Thank you Kim. How wonderful!
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Linda, wow. You packed a lot of desire into 44 words.
Sincerely,
David
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Thank you David!
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A lovely piece – I particularly liked the triplet – my lips…, my skin…, my eyes… – all the senses working.
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Thank you Peter!
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This explicates the contemplation of the void perfectly, Linda. Congrats. Very successful verse.
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Thank you Ron.
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sensually sizzling Linda … you captured the mood, the nuances so well
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Thank you Kate.
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a pleasure Linda
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Very nicely done Linda… I think you will be missing more that a gaze into his handsome face! :>)
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Yes! Thank you Dwight.
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:>)
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Damn…
Everything is in synergy… I love.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Oh those what-ifs. They can be such a misery to the mind.
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Lovely poem and perfect painting to accompany it.
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