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Julia Brown Badr Poem
Midnight Kisses
Walking side by side talking crazy
Yelling obscenities to the city
Not caring laughing out loud
Stop in our tracks
Softly kiss in the moonlight
Walking in the dark bumping hips
"What is on your mind?"
"Just happy to be in the moment"
Arm slips into yours
Stop in our tracks
Softly kiss in the moonlight
Talking about the wisdom of our ancestors
And hearing what the walls have to say
Wondering at the idiocy of architects
Stop in our tracks
Softly kiss in the moonlight.
Feeling your heartbeat against my hand
Running my fingers through your hair
You gaze lovingly into my eyes
Stop in our tracks
Softly kiss in the moonlight.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2014
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Emotions boiling over.
Went from peace to rage in seconds
Need to breath need to collect
You are not worth all this negativity
Your are soon to be just a blip in my radar
A memory best forgotten or even buried
Cannot even summon up pity for you anymore
You dug yourself in the hole and need to learn
Learn to dig yourself out.
Sink or swim
Not sure which you will do
Nor do I think I really care.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2015
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He walks in silence
Listening carefully to
The words of his heart
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2014
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Simply Me
I hide a hidden pain behind a fake laugh
I hide a shattered heart behind a beautiful smile
I hide a tortured soul behind a brave facade
The tears I hold back overwhelm my spirit
The sobs I muffle ring loudly in my ears
The screams I silence rend my mind asunder
I ache for the pain of sweet release
I long for the peace of eternal numbness
I crave the silence only sleep can bring
Faith is but a memory
Hope was rarely there
Healing a fools dream
(10.26.14)
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2014
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People can hate
People can despise
People can hurt
Walk around with closed minds
Walk around with deaf ears
Walk around with dead hearts
Turn a blind eye
Turn the other cheek
Turn off their own conscious
But where does this get one?
But where does this lead one?
But where does this help one?
Do not just cry and wail about the injustice in the world.
Use actions to show care and not just of brother or sisterhood
But of humankind as a whole.
One planet given to us to occupy and care for.
Let not religion, race, gender or anything be an excuse to do harm in any name.
It can start small and spread like a wildfire.
Instead open up eyes, ears, minds and hearts.
Peace and kindness starts within before it can be shared with others
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2015
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Sitting here thinking of you
Wanting desperately to feel your arms around me.
Needing your love and comfort.
Wondering when I started needing you.
Hating part of myself for not being strong enough.
Need to stand alone.
Or do I?
Is it wrong to let someone in?
Allow another to offer support?
My mind says no, yet my heart is terrified.
Terrified of letting someone in, only to lose them.
I lost you once, brief though it seemed.
To my heart it was as if time stood tortuously still.
Not sure if I could go through that again.
Instinct telling me to guard my heart.
Perhaps even from myself.
Listening to your voice on my phone.
Hearing it in my head and heart.
I then realize that it is too late.
You are a part of me.
Maybe my other half.
For good or ill you will always have my heart.
I think a part of me knew.
When we first met that it belonged to you.
Out of my control.
Maybe out of my mind.
Just trying to take it one breath at a time.
One, second, minute, hour and day at a time.
Praying for the longing to lessen.
Afraid it will.
Leaving me a hollow shell yet again.
Grasping at any indication the I am still alive inside.
With one last shuddering breath,
I close my eyes.
At least I can have you in my dreams.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2009
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What can you do when your dreams are so disturbing, so demented that you wake up silently screaming?
Shaking with all of my body as the tears flow freely.
Shivers running up and down my spine
As the images persistently linger.
Clawing at my mind an heart
Not wanting me to reach the light.
Not that they need put forth much effort.
Part of these images have found a way to my waking mind
Mixing dream with reality.
Will the torture ever end?
What can be done when dreams are the battlefield
Where you do things that in waking hours
Would shock and dismay you.
Make your blood run cold.
Are dreams truly a place to work through the things our conscious mind can't handle?
What do you do when those thoughts not only seep into waking hours
But start to blur reality.
When you catch yourself doing things,
Things you never thought you were capable of.
Where can you draw the line then.
Tell yourself STOP!
This cannot be
This cannot happen.
THIS IS NOT YOU!
But is it really true.
Maybe it is you
Maybe dreams are the only place you can truly be.
Even if it terrifies you to your very core
Makes you question everything about you.
Leaves you teetering on the brink of madness.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2009
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A Christmas Gift
I feel my ancestors and lost loves call to me today
Asking me to let them in
So they can share their wisdom
And offer me peace
I close my eyes
Take a deep breath
Find my inner zen
A cool breeze blows
As my grandmother brushes my hair back
She wishes me well
Reminds me I am her lioness
Strong and determined.
The scent of pine fills my nose
My father smiles at me
His Little Minnow
Tells me to stay wise
Never compromise
The sound of Elvis fills my ears
My mother dances around me
Her sweet angel
Telling me to keep my heart fire bright
A warmth slowly seeps into me
Enveloping me in a cloak of peace
Kennedy brushes my cheek with the back of his hand
His dark mistress
He tells me stay strong
Know I am always here
Stay true to who you are.
I open my eyes
My heart and mind.
And for a brief moment
I am comforted, loved and at peace.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2014
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People singing, taking chances.
Palms sweating, hearts thumping.
Will I be good or will I bomb?
Most don't care, full of booze.
Food and good friends all around
Country, jazz and rock.
All sounds coming out tonight.
take a chance.
Be a star. Even for a one moment.
Shaking once it is over, anticipating the next time.
therapy for some, release for others.
Fears, desperation and heartbreak seem to all disappear.
Fading in a flow of emotions too long contained.
Sweet, sweet freedom.
Taking you back in time to days of yore.
Or helping you back to the present.
May the music never stop in the heart of us all.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2009
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Julia Brown Badr Poem
Keeping My Heart
I want to get lost in your eyes
Melt into your embrace
Drown in your soul
Delve into the depths of your beautiful mind
Unwrap the mystery that is you.
But still keep my heart.
I want to watch you stand
Half in sun, half in shadow
As your spirit shines like a halo
Filling mine with Joy
But still keep my heart
I want to dance in the rain
And smile for no reason
Than to see the smile on yours
I want my soul to soar effortlessly
But still keep my heart.
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2014
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