Time So Fine

A Muse And Mystery

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 is a memorial piece for a friend that was taken from this world much too soon, Christiana Melusine Fesmire. She remains forever in our hearts. 

Photo Credit: KB Tindal

Stolen Grace - Live @ Harrys Harvest Ball 2014

'Muting the Thoughts'

It's hard
To give up
What you don't
Want to quit
Even if it's
Substance-less
An empty hole
With an obvious exit
Put it down
And turn around
Walk on out
So strange
This change
Of perspective
Muting
The thoughts
That had directed
My day
My way
Of seeing
And perceiving
Wrongly
Misleading
Myself
In search
Or chase
Of someone else
Always barking up
The wrong tree
When what I need
Is to be free

8/14/2008


Muting The Thoughts - Live @ Harrys Harvest Ball 2014

Turnstyle
10/9/2008
 
Tempting the turnstyle
With tokens for travel
Threadbare sweaters
I unravel
The mystery
Ahead of me
Taking notes
Holding hopes
Dreams with purpose
Remembering deeds
Creating the means
To manifest
My visions
Driving
With an even keel
Take to the feel
Of balance
Beams brighter
On high
Higher motivation
Heightened awareness
Infectious bliss
Beckoning
Reckoning
Righteously
What the
See-ers see
Inextricably
Connected
To the web
Woven
Basket - like
Holding us together
As we gather
Our minds
Preparing for times
Of change
For the world will
Re-arrange
Re-amend
Wrong-doings
To self preserve
And continue the
Learning curve
Turning in style


Turnstyle - Live @ Harrys Harvest Ball 2014

Tell me things
I've yet to hear
Things have always
Been so very
Discombobulated here
Now I'm seeing
All the fortuitous
Coincidences 
Laid out in a line
On the path 
I've left behind
My pre-meditation
Was lacking
In retrospect
I reflect
Upon those
Past steps
As I tread new ground
I allow my
Creativity to abound
It's high time I
Came around
And use properly
The talent
I've found
Hope
I know I 
Can cope
No matter
What comes up
I've been through
Enough
To keep myself
Sane
I'll be the
Same
Person I always
Knew I was
No more wandering
Misleading trails
I've got more
Than plenty
Of those tales
To tell
Of the misfortune
That befell
My fate
I'm not too sore
As of late
As I'm still learning
More from before
How to refrain
Rather than
Maintain
Repeating those
Patterns
Reverse the spiral
Even if it takes
Quite a while
I'm quite sure I'll
Round this corner
An absolute astute
To my intuitive warner 

©2007 by: A. Bougie

Absolute Astute - A. Bougie Live @ Heads In Harmony 1 2011

Recognize, Appreciate, Embrace
© A. Bougie - 12/17/2007 (Photo Credit: Jean-Jacques David 2017)
 
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
Within our spell

Recognize Appreciate Embrace

Still Tempted - Spoken Word Poem

-Kinetics-
 
Let's get this ball rolling
Now just like I said before
I'll be
Feeding on the motion
I'll be
Buzz-Buzz-Zooming
'Cause I can't stop moving
I'm running on kinetics
 
A welcomed return
From my lymphatic sojourn
Amping towards emphatic
Hell I'm damn near ecstatic
I passed through all the static
 
Focusing my aim
Getting a clear view
Of what I need to do
No more holding my breath
'Till I nearly turn blue
That stuff just isn't cool
I'm done and tired of
Being someone’s damn fool

© A.Bougie 12/3/2007
Recorded January 2018 
Sound Mastered by Ben Cantil of Zebbler Encanti Experience https://soundcloud.com/zebblerencantiexperience
Photo by A. Bougie Jan 2017

Kinetics

Contemporary confusion
The standard of illusion
It's something like cold fusion
And midway to denial
All we choose to defile
Meanwhile-
Reconcile
Hurry, there's not much left
Worthwhile
Happiness
Have a free trial-
Smile
What is this?
Synthesis
How could I miss-
Bliss?
In breathing
And being-
Not looking
But seeing-
In this life
We create strife,
And our thoughts are self fulfilling
So think of all you're willing

© A. Bougie (4/27/2002) 
Recorded January 2018 
Sound Mastered by Ben Cantil of Zebbler Encanti Experience https://soundcloud.com/zebblerencantiexperience
Photo by Jean-Jacques David © May 2017

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