Ever The Same - I Tell You - Commutate - The Divine Aligned - Please Take Flight

Energy Joins All

Original Artwork by - Amber Morgaine Bougie
Acrylic Paint on Canvas - November 2012

The symbol which makes the focal point on this piece I first drew one night over 10 years ago and have come to call Eidjah. It means to me something akin to my view on God. My belief is that everything in existence is energy- all that is, was and will be. This energy which is everlasting, is ever evolving and is something of which we are all equal parts of.  This energy is divine, it flows from the source within us all and is joined together inextricably in what we call the cosmos.

I shortened this meaning to make the title of my 2nd collection of poetry-     "Energy Joins All"

Here is a 5 poem sampler from "Energy Joins All" I find poignant for the spirit of the journeys I see being tread today...

Ever the Same

Wanting more

I saw less

Advancing ideas

Erupting from your mind

Stagnation and denial

Centers of comfort

Blanket your ambition

To grow

For it is easier 

Not to know

Than give in

To the wonder

Of mysteries

Beyond ourselves

Or pre-conceptions

On the depth

Of the well

And your inept ability

To see

Spectrums unfathomed

Unfolding within

Your sub-conscious untold

Fragments forming

A fragile pile

Of excuses

Probable explanations

Reasons to remain

Undeveloped, and

Ever the same

(2010)

I Tell You

I tell you it’s

Unwise

Living these

Half-hearted

Lives

I tell you I

Despise

Seeing those

Half-open

Eyes

I tell you to

Wake-up

There’s no chance

No time to

Make-up

Any chances you

Pass-by

So be

Alive

Fully open your

Half-shut

Eyes

I tell you now

That everything

Relies

Depends on your

Perspective

I tell you my

Glass is

Half-full

And filling still

By the strength

Of my will

(3/21/2008)

Commutate

The energy had been
Alternating
In and out, in
Spatters and spurts
Come around to find
In that state
Nothing really works
The time has come now
At this moment in fate
That we flick the switch
An initiative to commutate
A change over to
Inner-directed
Direct current
Ever going
On flowing
Down stream
Straight energy
This modification
Should be one of
A lasting duration

(12/22/2007)

The Divine Aligned

The time has come

To move along

Remembering

To stand tall

And remain strong

Live for today

Learning to hold

The fantasies at bay

But keep the dream alive

See the

Silver lines

That entwine

Reality

And the divine

__________

Aligned

Vibrations resounding

Surrounding

Sere tendrils

With the water

Of life

Hidden light

Bubbles forth

A silent source

The geyser

Heated by the fire

From within

(8/7/2008)

Please Take Flight

God

Please

Let me grow

Help me to know

Everything I need

In order to succeed

These otherworldly plans

I’ve made

To engage fully

My mind

Make proper use

Of time

Taking steps

On the road

The only one for me

Clearly I can see

Everything coming along

At a faster relative pace

Working toward this place

Of dreams and learning

Meditation and growth

Joy and peace

I will not release

My motivation

Or belief

Something this way comes

To some it numbs

All reason

Others awaken

Spirits formerly dormant

Opening eyes

As they realize

A full picture colored

Created

With intentions

With ideas and inventions

Kaleidoscopically

In tune with what we see

These arrays of displays
From which we must
Learn to look away

Distractions can endear

Imbibing us to fear

Our future failures

Into becoming

A reason not to try something

God

Please

Give me strength

To move away from the brink

Of desperation

Allow that I find

Sublime elation

Through my deeds

Solace in my self

Courage to uphold

My convictions

Grant me

Serenity

Humble wisdom

Based in light

As I learn

To make dreams

Take flight

(9/3/2009)

Happy Solstice 2012  - May this entrance into the new age be one done with mindfulness, and a focus on enlightening ourselves and  heightening our level of connection with the world around us. We must learn to return to a more symbiotic relationship with the environment,  as well as the people we are and affect. 

Thankfully I find ever increasing numbers of those who also realize this-

Let us remember our power now and work together in unity to co-create this new age, raising vibrations, filling it with the everlasting love & light that pours from the well within! 

Yule Tide

Autumn

Has ended

The last leaves

Have fallen

Snow drops

Down in swirls

I hear Old Man Winter

He's callin'

Jack Frost

Back ‘round again

Yes it's that time

My friend

Yule tide greetings

I send

Winter well wishes

Fattening up on

Holiday dishes

With the whole family

Sounds like a good plan to me 

© A. Bougie (12/3/2007)

Honored by the Revolution

Upon the Earth

Leaves fall blown gracefully

Spiraling down

To become one

With the ground

From whence it came

And grew from

Soil made by

Fallen leaves of seasons

Long before

Ever more

Shall this cycle be

Honored by the revolution

Around the sun

© A. Bougie (11/7/2009)

Following The Flow

Spiraling in a vortex
Our thoughts reach-
Toward an apex
Everything is so complex
Relative
To decisions,
Influences
And experience
Light positioning
Sight requisitioning
Relaying images
Flitting through complexes
Moving from one subject
Connected to the next
Synchronized patterning
Germinating designs
Foreordained
Lessons encoded
Sequential realizations
Transpiring transparency
Intangible intentions instilling
An ethereal uplifting state
As positive thoughts aggregate
A wind blows open the door
That we may catch a slight glimpse
Of what could be in store
If we keep open to the flow
Reassuring ourselves,
Nurturing our truths
Every day a gradation
Collecting data
Conveying reculmination
The sanctuary
Beyond satiation
Combined interpretation
Of essence
Permutation
Of the picture
Repairing our frame of mind
Keeping in mind
The coincidences
We find
All the time
Round in round
At each epicycle
And even centrifigual forces
Can't stop us
From reaching the center
To look upon the nexus
That connects us
Infinitely
A concatenation
Of interrelation
Ever so
Round and round
We go
Picking up on currents
And following the flow

© A.Bougie (8/25/2004)
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The Mindful Trance

Incredulous,

Incapable of

Concentrating, correcting,

And connecting

What else-

Were you expecting?

She walks,

Away from the moon

I can see her coming-

And going all too soon

Pieces, fragile pieces

Taken from her womb,

I shattered all those pieces-

To place them in her tomb

Recapitulate

The feelings we abate

Although the time has passed,

And we know it's all too late

Forever calming still-

With serenity is our will

Our thoughts and actions

The mystery,

And ourselves we kill

Fearing the silent existence-

We subterfuge the truth

Living in a mindful trance,

Rather than

Eternities expance 

(© A. Bougie 2/27/2002 )

The Neverending Dream

I, 

Am never

Going 

To remember

The dream

I am about to have

In its' full completeness

Therefore-

I should

Take the time

To know

That I 

Can

And, by all means

Will

Do my best

To experience it

As all encompassingly

As I possibly can

When I am

There

Making it happen

Even when its' seams

Show themselves to me

Its' still will

Make me feel as though

I can do nothing,

But sit, and think

About how it always seems

To happen

To eye, and eye

Alone

How, ever?

What I think 

Has no matter here

Untill, I

Am able to apply

All of the knowledge

That I have 

Pain stakingly gathered

Accordingly

Then, 

After all

Who's really to say-

Honestly?

That if it weren't for me,

Imagining-

It to be

Before I'd even thought

Of this

That you yourself

At this very moment

Seem to be

Reading

Just as though

You need to be

Seamlessly

Paying close attention

To me

Which is in itself

An improbability

When you could

Really be!

Making all these words up

As we both go

Along, together

Back to back

Because we'll never both

Realize everything!

At the same time,

I did-

Before I was told anything,

Because

After that I learned-

To talk,

And to think

That is now,

Ever so

Long ago

That I can never quite

Remember still

When it really and truly happened

To actually be

Just like that very same first moment

You tired, and tried

In vain to look away

And yet, now still

Cannot believe

That you could have seen

Clear, straight through me-

By blinking!

And at the same time 

Thinking-

If you fall from Grace

But are then able

To turn yourself

Around, again

So that you may- 

Fall face first!

But only, if

You will yourself 

From shame

Will you also then

Find the well?

And with its' help

Carry yourself

All the way up-

To realization

© A. Bougie (3/12/2003)

Broadcasting Brainwaves

Broadcasting brainwaves

Without even knowing

Do we care to notice?

Do we dare believe?

You might be scared

To know this-

There's a web

Of particles

Connecting us

There are waves

Of energy

Enveloping

As we exude

Our own impression

Sometimes half-heartedly

Without being discrepant

To how or who 

We are affecting

Why don't we take 

Some time reflecting

To pool some energy

Let us make a puddle

That we can splash

Without feeling

So unattached

From our selves

Revel come to light

Solid state dementia

Is overplayed


© A. Bougie (10/16/2004)

If You Don't Mind (Live A'capella)

Alice in Wonderland themed original ditty of mine...

Stolen Grace

Show me a picture of Christiana

I'll show you

Stolen grace

Show me that

Dancing, smiling

Goofy girl

That classic beauty

My dear departed friend

Josh Sleeper fell in love with

And couldn't live without

I saw him hanging 

In her conscience

As she spiraled out

And prayed for days

When she could

Walk and talk and laugh

Through fields of flowers

At peace again

With him

How could one deranged

On a whim

Suffocate 

Such an amazing spirit

As that funny girl

Full of life

We once knew

That brazen fearless woman

She grew up to be

I want her here now

She should be dancing

Right here beside me

Her brilliant smile

Warming those around

I remember her shining essence

And long for the grace of her presence

So show me a picture of Christiana

And I'll show you

Stolen grace

Show me that

Dancing, smiling

Goofy girl

That classic beauty

I remember her shining essence

And long for the grace of her presence

Show me a picture of Christiana

I'll show you

Stolen grace

This poem was written in memorial of a beautiful soul taken too soon through violent means. Miss Christiana Melusine Fesmire will remain forever in our hearts.

©A. Bougie June 2012
Photo Credit: KB Tindal