WONDER
THEY SAY, TOGETHER WE FIGHT, WE NOD
WE ASK, WHAT IS OUR PLIGHT?, THEY SHRUG
THEY SUGGEST SOCIAL DISTANCING
SOME COMPLY, SOME DO NOT
REALITY IS, SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT REALLY NEW
LOOK TO YOUR HAND, WHAT IS THAT DEVICE?
WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR YEARS IN LARGE GATHERINGS WHEN FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE NEAR!
REALITY?
THAT ELECTRONIC BEST FRIEND CAN’T SAVE SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL THAT IS TRUE!
BUT
THAT BEST FRIEND CAN BRING LOVE WHERE NEEDED,
MEND BROKEN OR FRIGHTENED HEARTS,
SHARE LOVE WITH THOSE DEPRESSED TO HELP THEM THROUGH ANOTHER DAY!
OUR CHILDREN DOE THEY WONDER?
MAKE TIME IN YOUR DAY FOR YOUR BEST FRIENDS, YOUR CHILDREN
THEY WONDER!
WHY ARE YOU HOME FROM WORK?
WHY CAN’T I GO TO PLAY WITH FRIENDS IN DAYCARE?
WHAT IS SOCIAL DISTANCING WE WONDER!
ARE THEY HIDING THEIR FEAR?
WHY ARE THEY ACTING UP?
WHY CAN’T THEY BE STILL?
THEY WONDER!
WHY ARE WE HOME FROM SCHOOL?
WHY ARE WE ALWAYS WATCHING THE NEWS NOW?
WHY ARE YOU DIFFERENT?
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
WHY CAN’T I HUG PEOPLE I’VE ALWAYS HUGGED?
WHY CAN’T WE VISIT WITH FAMILY ANYMORE?
WHY CAN’T WE HAVE SLEEPOVERS?
WHY CAN’T WE HAVE PLAY DATES?
WHY CAN’T WE GO TO THE PARK?
KEEP YOUR EYES ON YOUR CHILDREN, IF YOU ARE NEW TO WORKING FROM HOME,
YOU NOW ARE ALSO THEIR DAYCARE!
THEY NEED YOU TO BE THERE, EVEN FOR MINI MINUTES OF QUALITY TIME
WONDER!
HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW
WITH A PANDEMIC SURROUNDING
YOU CAN MOVE FROM WONDER AND BE SOMEONE’S HERO!
MAKE SOME CALLS
YES, TEXTING IS GREAT BUT THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE
SPREAD THE WONDER FIRST AT HOME
SPREAD THE LOVE IN YOUR MESSAGING
SPREAD THE LOVE AND CARE FOR FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS, FOR YOU NEIGHBORS
WONDER!
WILL WE GO JUST ONE STEP MORE AND USE OUR COMMUNITY FACEBOOK GROUPS TO ASK PEOPLE TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE OK?
THEY ARE NOT ALONE!
IT IS OK TO ASK FOR HELP, FOOD, TO PICK UP THEIR MEDICATION, TO RUN ESSENTIAL ERRANDS!
BE SOMEONE’S AVENUE OF STRENGTH AND WALK THE TRUE HANDS OUTSTRETCHED WITH 6FT OF DISTANCING!
“WRITTEN WORDS BY NIKKI BRAME”💕
TALKING TREES
THE WORLD LENDS NO TIME TO ME…THUS I BEGAN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TALKING TREES
IT BEGAN WITH A SIMPLE GLANCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN UNFAMILIAR ROAD
VISIONS OF CHILDHOOD, AND DAYS OF OLD JUMP INTO MY MIND AS THE STATURE & CHARACTER OF THE TREES AND THEIR LIMBS UNFOLD
MOODS OF UNFAMILIAR EMOTIONS ENTER MY SOUL WHILE CONTENTMENT AND AWE UNLEASH MY GOALS WITHIN OF MY DESIRE FOR PEACE, MY DESIRE FOR ACCEPTANCE, MY DESIRE TO BE ONE WITH THE TALKING TREES
ONLY TIME WILL TELL…SHALL I EVER BE….ONE WITH THE TALKING TREES?
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
I MUST WALK
YOU HOLD NO HAPPINESS IN YOUR HEART. YOU’RE A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN LOSS
LOSS OF CARING, SHARING,LOVING. IS THERE A CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS OR MUST I WALK AWAY?
YOU HOLD ON TO ME SO YOU CAN BLAME ME; THAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR GAME! I AM NOT WILLING TO LIVE LIFE WITHOUT PASSIONS, WITHOUT INTIMACY.
I HOLD NO SPACE IN MY HEART FOR ANGER AND ALLOWING LIFE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL
I SUGGEST THAT YOU LET GO OF ME; IF NOT, I WILL LET GO OF YOU, THEN MAYBE YOUR LIFE WILL ROLL AS YOU SEE
I WILL WALK…I HAVE TO WALK….MY DREAMS ARE CUT AND SCARRED. MY HEART..IT IS BARE! I MUST WALK!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
WINTER
THE DAYS GROW SHORT, THE NIGHTS GROW DARK. EVERYWHERE YOU GLANCE, TREES ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THEIR CLOTHS OF COLOR, WHILE BEING STOLEN BY THE WINDS….HOPING THEY LEAVE A GENTLE MARK AND RETURN EVEN BRIGHTER
JUST AS WE STRUGGLE TO HOLD ON TO THE MEMORIES OF OUR PAST SEASONS…THE BEACH, THE SUN, THE FRAGRANCE OF FLOWERS HOPING THAT THEY MAY RETURN SOME DAY TO RE- CLOTHE OUR MIND AND HEARTS AND REPLACE THE MARK OF LOSS THEY LEFT BEHIND
SO WE WISH FOR THE EASE AND SIMPLICITY OF THOSE DAYS TO RETURN…DREAMING OF SEASONS TO COME!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
NEW BEGINNINGS
NEW BEGINNINGS ARE REFLECTIONS OF DAYS GONE BY MEMORIES PLAY FOREVER LIKE A MUSICAL IN OUR HEARTS
WITH ONE PULL OF OUR HEART STRINGS WE REMEMBER HOW, WHY, WHEN AND WHERE THE HISTORY WAS WRITTEN!
NEW BEGINNINGS ARE REFLECTIONS OF DAYS GONE BY MEMORIES WILL PLAY FOREVER LIKE A MUSICAL IN OUR MINDS
WITH ONE PULL OF OUR MIND STRINGS, WE CAN SET GOALS TO BUILD A NEW LIFE FILLED WITH ADVENTURE AND DREAMS TO UNFOLD
MEMORIES OF EXPERIENCE THAT WILL SOMEDAY BE TOLD!
NEW BEGINNINGS ARE REFLECTIONS OF DAYS GONE BY……REMINDER DAYS GONE WILL ALWAYS BE NEW BEGINNINGS FOR YOU AND I AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
GRANDDAUGHTER EDITH
DREAM A BUNCH OF DREAMS, SMILE A MILLION SMILES, RUN A MILLION MILES; MY PROMISE, YOU WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STEAM!
LOVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, HUG WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
A NEW JOURNEY WILL ALWAYS BE IN SIGHT
REMAIN STEADY, DO NOT TIRE! MY PROMISE WITH EACH GOAL YOU ACCOMPLISH ANOTHER YOU WILL ASPIRE
ALWAYS BE GENTLE AND NOT HARSH; ALWAYS BE KIND AND NOT HURTFUL
ALWAYS BE WISE AND NOT FOOLISH, ALWAYS HOLD ON TIGHT DEAR EDIE FOR THE CAROUSEL RIDE!
MY PROMISE, YOUR CAROUSEL RIDE WILL SWIRL YOU SWIFTLY THROUGH LIFE
MY PRAYER, WITH EVERY TURN WILL BE STEADY WITH LITTLE TO NO STRIFE!
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A MOMENT WHENEVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT; LOOK TO THE SKIES FOR A SMILE AND YOU WILL FIND ALL THE WHILE, IF YOU CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THE WORLD WILL BE YOURS TO DREAM AND WEAVE!
NANA’S SPECIAL POEM FOR YOU LITTLE GIRL!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
SUNDAY SUNDAY
SUNDAY SUNDAY NEVER LEAVE MY MIND!
BRIGHT SUNSHINE, WARM BEACHES, BIRDS SINGING, BOATS SAILING, CHILDREN PLAYING AS I GAZE INTO THE LAKE IN MY MIND!
I VOYAGE TO THE LAKE I WHERE I CAPTURE THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE; THINK OF HAPPY TIMES, REMEMBER HAPPY TIMES, LISTEN FOR HAPPY TIMES, REMEMBER TALK OF LOVE AND NEEDING, AND ALL THE WHILE ENJOY MUSIC IN MY MIND.
DAYS HAVE CORRALLED ME, WORK TO DO, DEADLINES TO HIT, FAMILY PULLING ME HERE, PULLING ME THERE!
SUNDAY OH SUNDAY, WAKE UP MY MIND
SEASONS OF LIFE PASS BY SO QUICKLY, MEMORIES GROW FAINT, DREAMS BECOME CLOUDY, AGE TAKE OVER, MY MIND SHORTENS ITS CAPACITY; I CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO NEVER GIVE UP MY SUNDAYS ON SUNDAYS!
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
WARNING UNKNOWN
ON THAT OH SO NORMAL DAY, KISSES AND HUGS WERE EXCHANGED AS THOUGH LIFE WOULD GO ON. NEVER A THOUGHT OUR LIVES WOULD CHANGE, SOME NEVER TO TOUCH LOVED ONES AGAIN.
WHAT WERE THEIR THOUGHTS BEFORE DEATH; THOUGHTS OF LOVE, TRIUMPH, PRIDE, FEARLESS, CARING FOR THEIR FELLOW MAN
HEROES EVERYONE! DESPERATION, WHY US, HOW DARE THEY, NEVER AGAIN, FEAR AND HATRED, HOW WILL WE GO ON?
NOT A CANDLE COULD WE HOLD TO THESE HEROES GONE BY!
WHERE ARE THE ANSWERS? WHY THE PAIN? WILL THE SEARCH FOR THESE ANSWERS EVER END?
LOOK INTO THE HEAVENS, AMONGST THE CLOUDS, THERE YOU WILL FIND THE FACES OF 9/11. THEY LOOK DOWN ON US TODAY, SUGGESTING PEACE AND FORGIVENESS, FIRST AMONGST OURSELVES, WHILE WONDERING HAD THEY DIED IN VAIN FOR US WHO HAVE NO CLUE OF OUR AMERICAN PRIDE, TRIED AND TRUE!
TO THEM WE OWE THEM RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND HONOR, HOW WILL WE RESPOND?
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
WINDOWS OF MY HEART
THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF MY HEART I SEE THROUGH TO THE DEPTHS OF MY MIND. I SEARCH TO REMEMBER THE COLORS OF MY LIFE, MY SOUNDS OF MUSIC, MY GIGGLES OF LAUGHTER, MY CRIES OF TEARS.
EACH PANE CONCEALS A DIFFERENT SEGMENT OF MY LIFE WITH A VIEW INTO THE WINDOWS OF MY HEART
IF I KEEP THE GLASS CLEAR, I CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE NEW MEMORIES BACK TO VIEW AT A MOMENTS NOTICE.
THE ONLY DECISION I MUST MAKE IS WHICH PANE WILL I CHOOSE TO PEEK THROUGH AS THE YEARS PASS BY?
DO YOU HAVE WINDOWS IN YOUR HEART OR HAVE YOU FROSTED THE GLASS TO BLOCK WHAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE FULFILLED?
NIKKI BRAME, INTERNATIONAL POET’S SOCIETY
THE GATHERING
Each year we gather together! Many times we find we are spread across the miles sharing our precious family with others, graciously offering family unity to them this night of all nights!
Christmas is about as we know, the miraculous birth of Christ our Lord!
As we bring Christmas into our homes tonight or when possible during the Christmas Season, always stand together, arms reached out and humbly be reminded of our two miracles Edith 4 years ago and Brooklyn 2 years ago.
Bless these children each and every day! Give them health, intelligence, mobility, love, strength, guidance and protection as they grow.
We as family were chosen to receive these two gifts that many families may never understand or receive! the why’s we do not know- the how’s make us grow stronger in faith and love.
Blessings this Christmas season be upon every hand, every God given mind, each vessel, each hand and surgical tool used in the transfer offering the beginning of new life that brought these angels to shine light in our worlds.
In this moment, we give thanks in grateful prayer to their guardian angels of protection who cared for them and live in our hearts.
Thank you, Almighty Lord for the years of love and tenderness, nurturing, teaching and caring by our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles and for allowing all who live on in our hearts, to stand dutifully each and every day spreading their wings of protection upon us!
For those this Christmas who are weakened by illness and guarding their fear of the unknown. give them strength, nurture their minds and bodies as you see fit! Bring joy to their hearts! Allow their family members to naturally reach for God’s hand to guide them.
Lastly tonight we ask that our adult children remain strong, vibrant, live long and healthy lives so they too can enjoy the blessings of their cherished family units and enjoy the love of each other for years!
May the constant of prayer be the guiding star, within your hearts —-that you all will remain the beacon of light for each other…walk in the footsteps of our Lord, be an example to each other and all who cross your paths, even if they stay only for a seasons; remember there is a finite reason.
Believing in the power of our Lord is the true answer to all your wants, needs, financial stability and character growth; failures and losses are for a reason, the reason many times unknown.
Happiness follows losses and success always follows failures as long as you hold tight to your faith, word hard and stay determined and committed!
Be genuine – Be kind – Be open and Share Love and Affection with each other! Never allow a thorn to bring ruin amongst you – uphold the truest rule in life; ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’.
Cherish each moment! Be Patient – Speak Gently of the Lord, as all is delivered in God’s time! Believe in God’s plan for you – Never give up Hope, Never Quit- you may Miss a Timely Miracle!
GRANDSON BROOKLYN
Dreams of a little boy became a reality, after many years of prayer, who knew,
We could never have imagined the depths of his heart so true
He loves puppy dogs, especially mimi, worms and all little bugs
He is always excited to share his loving hugs
Smarter than a whip you’ll see
And busy as any little boy can be
Gentle his heart, playful and fun
Loves airplanes, boats, trains but hold on he needs to know how they run
Little guy loves football tackling and quarterbacking
Watches his favorite team the Eagles on TV with his dad
Both believing they might win and so they can be glad
All in all every day he brings joy to all
So much bigger than he is tall
Watching him grow brings highlights of grandeur, I used to dream i would never know!