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Showing posts with label #read. Show all posts

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Recognize Appreciate Embrace - Poem by A. Bougie on youtube



Recognize, Appreciate, Embrace
© A. Bougie - 12/17/2007

Kinetic Bhakti
We keep things moving
While we
Bring illumination
To culmination
We see the
Simplicity
And recognize the beauty
We
Appreciate the splendor
Of breath
Of being
And seeing
We embrace
Experience
And say
Namaste
Nods
To all the Gods
Creating
The world
In their own image
Bringing the dreams
From thought
To life
We hold these
Truths
To be self evident
With each breath
We circumvent
The nothingness
The emptiness
Is filled
With knowledge
We build
We renovate
And extrapolate
The equation
Down to
Simple arithmetic
Down to
The brass tacks
Just the
Simple facts
Karma acts
As we will
Meditating
Still
Fate-ing
Rather than
Waiting
We climb
The hill
We reach
The plateau
And reflect
Seeing our visions
In retrospect
Awaiting spring
With streams flowing
Releasing
The knowing
We aspire
To take things
Higher
We fix
Our spiral
Into a
Double helix
We elevate
As we create
New levels of being
New approaches to
Self healing
Blissfully
Reeling
Feeling
Each moment
Honestly
Paying close attention to
Lessons along the path
Using our empathy
And forgiving wrath
We
Take the time to laugh
Always keeping humor
Well staffed
We don't allow ourselves to
Feel trapped
We
Open the door
And turn on the light
We
Believe things
To be
Eternally
Forthright
Our belief lights the way
Through the dark of night
We kindle
Our hearts
We keep the
Fires burning
With each smile and tear
We are earning
Our time
We synchronize
The rhyme
And flow
With the tide
Enjoying the ride
Downplaying our pride
Feeding the fire
Heating our bones
Casting stones
We count the cards
And tell
The fortune
Fated well
During our spell

© A. Bougie (12/17/2007)
abougie.com
The world within A. Bougie - Facebook
Photo Credit: © Jean-Jacques David 2017
*spell- in this poem references a duration of time, not a 'magic' spell.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

A Lady with Needs





You think it’s cool
To be cold
Oh, well FYI—
It gets kind of old
I want loving arms to enfold
That I might not feel
So alone
But I can’t rely
On anyone
Except myself now babe
Sometimes I wish
I could stop wanting
All the love I crave

Yeah,
Maybe then I’d
Be fully satisfied
With the life I’ve made
Now I
Am full to the brim
Beside myself with a thirst
For love to flow in
But your floodgates
Are rusted shut
By your nose turned up

I am eschewed
For trying
To know you
For hoping
To have substance
Lord knows
All you want
Is what you see
A cute shakin’ ass
A hot little piece
You don’t want to know
A lady that writes
A lady that reads
A lady with needs
She fully intends to feed

Hey—
Just because I
Look hot
Doesn’t mean I ought
To give it up
To someone who
Won’t give me love
Now honey—
I’ve had enough
Late night calling
All your pawing
Doesn’t ease
My longing
‘Cause what I need
Is love
And you won’t
Give it up


Poem © A. Bougie (6/8/2009)
Photo © 2017 Liam Carleton - Liam Carleton Photography on FB

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Still Tempted




Quaint notions
Needs negotiated away
Wavering vexations 
Traversed upon known paths
Moments mused by the motion
Tentative tenacious liberties
Taken with me
Taken by me
Minded more so than less
Gestured in caress
Strong hands kneading
A pale freckled back
Dig in and demonstrate
How shall we satiate
Requesting reciprocation
Counting chances
Passed on
Lost to time
Something someone’s
Not trying to find
So why am I-

Still tempted 
To try?


10/01/2009