Charmed Chaos

There was a time we were all
Living a life of clouded illusion,
Believing we were invincible super humans
Where nothing could touch us or alter our existence
Now in this age of Corona, that life seems so far away
For this vicious disease infects us all in unique ways
Yet from this horror, nature has been
Given a reprieve from our constant destruction
And our life of illusion is shattered
Along with our rose colored glasses

©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: April 2020 Days 26-30 This is (almost) The End

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” ― Harper Lee,To Kill a Mockingbird

I hear you singing spreading joy
Even in these worst of pandemic times
When my heart is heavy and full of grief
For those who are fallen and gone
This world around me, so filled with pain
Is sometimes more than my soul can bear

Yet here you are every sunlit morning
Singing even if no one is listening
A joyous melody dancing on spring air
So little grey mockingbird I hope you see
As you lift your voice in lilting song
You make this earth a happier place to be

©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: April 2020 Days 26-30 Harper Lee

Time slips away
With each passing day
As the aloneness grows
My dreams fill with yesterdays
For I seldom remember today
My life, reduced to
A container of contents packed
Within one suitcase tucked away
Under the dusty cobweb eaves,
Forgotten like me
Will no one ever know
Or care who I am or who I was?

©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: April 2020 Days 21-25 Artistic Interpretations: Willard Asylum

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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, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. 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

Here among the wildflowers I sit and ponder life
Listening to the buzzing bees as the world goes by

In this place there is no disease, only sacred peace
Where nature and its creatures are at playful ease

Lizards leap from stone to stone chasing gnats in the air
Butterflies sip sweet nectar without any pressing care

So I and my little dog bask in the warm spring sun
Lifted up by healing light until sundown colors come

Then we will wander in from this garden of quiet peace
Lay our heads upon the pillow and dream of wild things

©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: April 2020 Days 21-25 Wild Woman Natural Wonders

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, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. 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