Charmed Chaos
Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
Episodic Memory
Heartbeats pounding, echoing in my ear
tha-bump, tha-bump, tha-bump, pause, pause, pause —
tha-tha-tha bump, tha-tha-bump, tha-bump ——–
Mouth fills with the metallic taste of fear
Arms heavy, heavy, heavy, legs trembling, buckling
head aching, blurry vision, mind wandering
down dark alleys to somewhere, anywhere to escape the sound
Deep breaths in, deep breaths out, still black before my eyes
darting, racing, fluttering
nowhere to run from the incessant beat, beat, beating
of my unpredictable heart, is this the end?
No, no, no it can’t be, so many poems still inside me.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: This comes close to describing my recent health episode.
dVerse Poets Pub: Poetics Echo Echo Echo
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Winter Introspection
“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Winter’s peaceful reflection a slowing of the seasons,
when time pauses in the frigid cold
while we ponder where the year has gone
contemplating our life with introspection
having no regrets so much for things we’ve done
But rather what we have not dared to endeavor.
And it’s in these moments we realize that life is but a game
a toss of the ivory dice, a thrilling gamble we brave to play
if we heed those tempting calls, answer with a resounding yes
with certainty thus, when we give our all
Will our life then be forever blessed?
©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg
Alone
The brilliant sun was showing signs of setting when Leona eased into her rocking chair. Her bones groaned and creaked; much like the chair who has been her only companion for many years. From the porch, she can see all the way to the craggy mountains breaking the horizon. A cow is screaming across the arroyo; she wonders if it’s the one she lost from her dwindling herd. Well, there’s nothing she can do now. Once the sun sets in the desert, biting cold comes and darkness is blacker than coal. If the cow survives the night and is still bellowing in the morning, she’ll saddle up and ride. Leona is not hopeful; most likely the coyotes or wolves will have taken the cow down. She takes a deep drink from her whiskey glass, closes her eyes and listens to the cow’s mournful song.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
I’m hosting today at dVerse Poets Pub: Prosery #7 Jim Harrison Come join in!
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For Eternity
I want to gaze for eternity
upon your molten copper eyes under pale moonlight.
I want to hear your lion’s heart beat
calming the thump, thump, thumping of my fractured heart’s song.
I want to feel the heat of your hands
warming my frightened body, burning fire in my soul.
I want to taste my tears as they fall
while we drown in tempestuous impassioned love-waves.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: May the Fire in our hearts keep burning as if there is no end
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#Sedoka: Be Still 2
Be still and listen
There are secrets in silence
Illumination will come.
Oh my soul, breathe calm
with solitude comes guidance
tranquil as praying mantis.
©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: A re-working of a poem from 2017.
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
Promote Yourself Monday, December 9, 2019
Hello everyone- It’s Promote Yourself Monday at the Go Dog Go Cafe. Come share your latest, and read other’s works. Have a fabulous week- Linda
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
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#Silent Sunday
Mesa, AZ
©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg
“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.”- Kahlil Gibran
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
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