I’ll Carry Your Ghost. By Linda Imbler

I shall open all envelopes of complaint,

accept denunciation

by those passionate

in their stinging rebukes.

I’ll take the blame

for your past actions

having caused the current reproach.

I shall pocket your thirty pieces of silver

because you left me

in command of the purse strings.

My contribution,

however unknown to me at the time,

and however undeserved

demands I must now own your shadow.

You had so many rooms

with tightly locked doors,

but the key is now in my possession.

I’ll wipe down your walls,

and let my mind gather the webs and mold.

We have the blessing or the curse 

of the invisible thread.

I’ll not fight the old,

will work to construct the new,

and, in the process, protect your legacy.

And, when I am done making your excuses,

I will find time to finally make things right.

Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include three published works by Amazon, “Big Questions, Little Sleep,” 

“Lost and Found,”  and “Red Is The Sunrise.”  

Soma Publishing has published her two e-book collections, 

“The Sea’s Secret Song,” and “Pairings,” a hybrid of short fiction and poetry.  A new e-book from Soma Publishing 

entitled “That Fifth Element” is due out in late 2019.  Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be 

found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.