ROOTS TO WINGS
ROOTS TO WINGS …THE WAY TO BUILD YOUR DREAMS
LAY THEM OUT, WATER AND PRUNE THEM…. REACH FOR THE MOON AND THEN FOR THE STARS, EYES WIDE OPEN, NEVER ASLEEP!
ALWAYS FOCUS, GO DEEP!
WHY GIVE IN TO THE DREAM TAKERS…YOU AND I ARE DREAMMAKERS…LIFE CAN BE SIMPLE…DON’T SLEEP…STAY AWAKE
ROOTS TO WINGS, FEEL THE BREEZE…HEAR THE MUSIC….SEE THE WORDS……ROOTS TO WINGS!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
SENSE OF TIME
OPEN THE SENSE OF TIME IN MY MIND; OPEN MY EYES OH SENSE OF TIME
THE FEELING OF RAINDROPS FALL ON MY FACE, FEELINGS OF TIME IN MY MIND OPEN THE DOORS IN MY HEART AND SOUL
SILENCE SOFTLY MY SENSE OF TIME, LET ME REACH BEYOND THE CAGE OF TIME!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
WINTER BLUES
WINTER BLUES, SNOW SO WHITE, NO HUE OF BLUE
STIFLED BY THE BLUE HAZE, ALL SHADES OF BLUE
WALK THE PATH BETWEEN MOUNDS OF WHITE, CRISP AND BRIGHT, NO HUE OF BLUE
PASSING CARS, NEIGHBORS ALIKE, NO SMILES TO MEET, NOTHING NEW, JUST SHADES OF BLUE, LET ME OUT WINTER, COLOR MY WORLD!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
DIRECTION
TO THE LEFT, TO THE RIGHT, EVERYTHING IN YOUR SIGHT
I WONDER WHY, I WONDER WHEN – WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND THEN
YOUR CHOICE TO GO,YOUR CHOICE TO STAY, WHY CAN’T YOU DECIDE ANYWAY
AS A CHILD YOU COULD DECIDE, AS A MAN YOU CAN OVERRIDE
YOUR DREAMS, MY DREAMS – WILL YOU, WON’T YOU…..STOP THE CAROUSEL AND GET OFF THE RIDE…LIFE IS TOO SHORT, MAKE THE STRIDE
MAKE A DECISION, FIND THE VISION…TAKE SOME DIRECTION, EVEN DETOUR BUT WITH A MISSION
TO THE LEFT, TO THE RIGHT ONLY CAN VIEW THE DREAMS IN THE NIGHT AND MAKE SOMETHING OF YOUR SIGHT
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
DREAMS DO COME TRUE
DREAMS DO COME TRUE, I ALWAYS KNEW
YEARS HAVE PASSED AND I CAN ONLY WONDER IF I COULD TRAVEL TO THE STATE KNOW AS THE ‘ EMERALD CITY’ WHO STOLE MY CHILDREN WITHOUT A WARNING OR EVEN A THANK YOU
DAYS ARE LONELY AND THE NIGHTS TOO…..WISHING EVERY MINUTE THAT I COULD BE THERE WITH YOU; IN A FEW DAYS I WILL BE TRAVELING AND SEARCHING THROUGH EACH DAYS HAZE
EVERY STATE I PASS THROUGH WILL EARN ME ANOTHER MILE CLOSER FOR YOU AND ME
I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE YOUR SMILES AND FEEL THE WARMTH OF YOUR HUGS, THEN STRAIGHTEN MY SHOULDERS AND REMOVE THE LONELINESS AND SHRUGS AT LAST.
IN A MERE FEW DAYS, MY DREAMS TO BE BACK WITH YOU WILL HAVE COME TRUE!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
TIME IN A BOTTLE NO MORE
NEVER ENOUGH TIME…. VISIT THE ‘EMERALD CITY’ WHERE OLD MAN TIME WILL TEACH YOU TO CHERISH EVERY MOMENT IN TIME!
THE SOUNDS OF THE MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS! AMIDST THE BUTTERFLIES FLUTTERING, BEES BUZZING, AND BIRDS SINGING, I DISCOVERED THAT FLOWERS BLOOM IN EVERY COLOR, CASCADING OVER THE LANDSCAPES….HUES THAT THE NAKED EYE CAN ONLY TRY TO CAPTURE
MY TIME WAS LOCKED IN A BOTTLE NAMED CAREER, LEAVING ME COLD, FACING THE WORLD CHILLED…NOT TRULY UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF THE TRUE MINUTES OF TIME
USED TO BE FOR ME, ‘TIME IN A BOTTLE’, BUT NO MORE…
I BEGIN EACH DAY BY ALLOWING MY MIND TO BECOME AN OPEN CANVAS AND STROKE BY STROKE WITH MY SENSES….I PAINT A MEMORY OF MY TIME SO THAT WHEN TIME PASSES, I CAN TURN BACK THE CANVAS AND VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE SOUNDS, SEE THE COLORS, RECOGNIZE THE SHAPES AND ALL THAT NATURE HAS TO OFFER SO EAGERLY!
DO NOT MISS THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS US; NOT EVEN FOR A MOMENT IN TIME!
TIME IS BUT A MYSTERY, BE SURE TO MAKE YOUR TIME A PART OF YOUR HISTORY!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
WHAT IS LOVE
I LOVED HIM SO VERY MUCH, I BUILT MY WORLD AROUND HIS, I CARED OF NOTHING ELSE – I MELTED WHEN HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND ME
ISN’T THAT WHAT LOVE IS?
IN SERIOUS CONVERSING, HE SHARED HIS LOVE FOR ME AND THAT HE WOULD HAPPILY LAY HIS LIFE DOWN FOR ME BECAUSE OUR LOVE WAS SO STRONG
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM, I BREATHE DEEPLY WHEN I THINK OF HIM; WITH HIM I FOUND HAPPINESS THAT I HAD NOT EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFETIME STILL
I HEAR THE ECHO OF HIS VOICE IN THE WIND, FEEL HIS SOFT TOUCH IN THE RAIN, , HIS GENTLE KISSES WITH THE SNOWFLAKES. ‘IF YOU TRULY LOVE SOMEONE, YOU MAY HAVE TO LET THEM GO……..I WILL SECRETLY HOLD ON AND LOVE HIM STILL!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
LONELY IN WONDER
I AM SO LONELY; I FEEL SO BARE….I AM DROWNING QUICKLY IN MY DESPAIR; FORSAKEN FEELINGS, DESERTED DAYS
SECLUDED SOUL AND WEARY WAYS TRAPPED IN A SOLITAIRE ATMOSPHERE, CRYING ONLY A SINGLE TEAR….I AM THE ONE AND ONLY, I AM LOST AND I AM LONELY IN WONDER
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
EDITH SIMONE
1 YEAR-2 YEARS FLEW BY SO FAST- CAN YOU BELIEVE I AM REALLY 3
ANOTHER YEAR TO GROW AND BE FREE
DAYS FILLED WITH RUNNING, SKIPPING, CLIMBING TREES, JUMPING THROUGH PUDDLES AND JUST BEING ME
WHO IS ME YOU ASK WITH A SMILE?
A LITTLE GIRL WITH TONS OF BOUNCING CURLS TWIRLING AND SPINNING, AND ALWAYS READY TO PARTY AND GO…SHARING LOVE FOR MILES YOU KNOW!
SOMETIMES I MAY BE FUSSING, OH NO……SOMETIMES I MAY BE MESSING, OH NO….I NEVER PLAN TO BE A HANDFUL, NO NO…SOMETIMES IT JUST HAPPENS (WINK) A GENTLE REMINDER, I AM YOUR BLESSING
STRAIGHT FROM HEAVEN I HAVE COME, BRINGING WITH ME WARMTH FROM THE SUN, BRIGHT SPARKLING STARLIGHT AND OH SO MUCH FUN…WITH TWINKLING EYES AND SURPRISES GALORE, I PLAN TO DISCOVER SO MANY NEW THINGS, ALL THE WHILE LEARNING TO SO MUCH MORE
I’M 3….I DREAM REALLY BIG SOMETIMES SMALL, BUT KNOW THAT I WANT TO BE THE MASTER OF ALL! I AM 3
MY CURLS WILL BE BOUNCING AS I DANCE THROUGH MY DAY…WHILE THE WORLD IS ANNOUNCING HAPPY #3 BIRTHDAY EDITH SIMONE
HERE IS A SECRET FOR ME TO SHARE! MY LITTLE HEART LOVES YOU AND BLOWS KISSES OF THANKS FOR COMING!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE, TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. WITH DETERMINATION AND EFFORT, YOU CAN OFTEN ACHIEVE MORE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WISH BUT WHAT YOU WORK FOR!
DREAMS CAN BECOME CHALLENGING, BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE COST; STRIVE TO COMPLETE THE TASK BEFORE YOU AND YOU WILL NEVER END UP LOST.
SO BRING WITH YOU YOUR GOALS AND LEAVE YOUR DOUBTS BEHIND! WHETHER YOU THINK YOU CAN OR CAN NOT, YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU WILL BE RIGHT EITHER WAY! NEVER QUIT AND THIS IS WHY!
YOU WILL NEVER BECOME A FAILURE, UNTIL YOU FAIL TO TRY!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
MOM ROCKS
MOMS THEY’RE THE GREATEST; WHEN YOU NEED THEM, THEY ARE THERE FOR YOU! JUST PRESS THE MAGICAL NUMBER ON YOUR CELL AND THEY COME!
THE GREATEST MOM
THE GREATEST MOM IS WHEN YOU SAY, “I LOVE YOU” & THEY SAY IT BACK.
THE GREATEST MOM IS WHEN SHE GIVES UP HER MOTHER’S DAY SO YOU CAN GO HAVE FUN AT HERSHEY PARK WITH YOUR FRIENDS
THE GREATEST MOM IS WHEN THEY ARE THERE WHEN YOU NEED A SHOULDER TO CRY ON; WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND BY YOUR SIDE. COULD ANY MOM BE BETTER THAN MY MOM?
MY MOM
THE MOM WHO LOVES YOU A LOT….THE MOM WHO FITS TIME FOR THEIR SON, IN HER BUSY SCHEDULE!
THAT IS WHAT MY VISION OF A MOM IS…….THAT IS WHAT I’VE GOT! 🙂
NIKKI BRAME’S YOUNGEST SON JOHN WHEN HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!
LIFE IS A BALANCING ACT!
Who sits at the Controls of Your Life Balance? I learned too late in Life that for so many years, I gave the control to my Employers, my bosses, friends and everyone around me, Except me! How about you?
I started a company and derived the name from the years I lost and can never get back! I am now Twice Balanced! I decide who and what fills my time! Time when I lost balance and life a natural controlling entity, Defeat (Twice Balanced).
I work in an industry where I build relationships and partner with clients and share in business growth and respectful support of each other’s business. It is unique roll and for years perfected! Work extremely hard and play extremely hard! Why because I set those parameters in Life now! So should you before you find yourself looking back and realize Life has passed by your hum drum day to day schedule of Wake, Work, Work Lunch, Work, Work, Dinner, Sleep, to do it all over again!
Denial comes next! claiming you have a more exciting life than that—-Really! Keep a journal simply of a month of what you actually accomplished during that time. Was it a happening life or simply life happening?
More to come….check in on Life..We only get one, LIFE that is and No do overs!