Friday, December 17, 2010

love is like a candle

infatuation is like a fire
instant, passion, flame
the bright, enticing light lures you in
but bids you stay away
captivating and tantalizing
jerking, jumping in a fury of pleasure
setting your soul ablaze
alluring, flashing before the eyes
it possesses a strange aura that captivates the mind
and tickles the senses
excitement whispers yet danger screams
starting as a kindle but leaving the remains of burnt tinder
floating ashes 

love is like a candle
embodied by mystery
a gift
slowly unwrapped
a candle with a flickering flame
gradually gaining light
textures of the wicker gently catching the flame
the beauty and grace of time
allowing the fire to gently ease in
slowly burning
the fragrance delicately infuses the air
tis the sweet scent of love



Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Verlaine & Karaoke

It's been ages since I blogged.
 one part laziness
 two parts No time

this has been the most challenging and life draining semester. Bags and dents have made a permanent residence on my face. I've aged in the past three months, and my brain cells have both increased and diminished.

but I'm finally back in the concrete jungle--for a few weeks at least.

Sad to say, I've been in hibernation ever since stepping out of LaGuardia. Yesterday was my first official day out.

Christmas shopping on 34th, Starbucks on 41st, a drink called 'Nina' on Ludlow at Verlaine, in preparation for the final destination FBPC in Greenwich village for a rousing of karaoke.

Dim lit, pool table, a waiter named Arthur, jovial crowd and Ryan as the host.

Needless to say, it was a great night. Although my vocal talent didn't get discovered, something else did. In the middle of singing my rendition of Diva, a dike proceeded to hit on me, and cornered me when I was left alone. If that wasn't enough as we were leaving she came over shadowing me with sad eyes asking, "are you leaving me". Hmm... Awkard. to say the least.

We met some friendly Brits and cleared the karaoke bar. The train station was full of pounding, African beats from a drummer. With bangles on my wrist and a carefree attitude by the end of the night, I let my hands take me away into a comical interpretative dance on the Subway platform. My friend feeling THE most friendly that night led out in a round of applause for the gentleman on the drums then slid her way into the center with drumsticks in hand, and began her own medley of beats. This led to claps on the platform and smiles echoed from the once dull faces droning the subway.

We made it on the train where two Arabs initiated a conversation with us with the iPhone as the central theme. Meanwhile, the most adorable Spanish guy offered his headphones to us after we smilingly imposed asking which song he was listening to.

As if there weren't enough social vibes protruding the air, we ran into a coworker of my brother's who accompanied us for the remainder of the trip home.

Sigh, we'd finally made it.

Tired, with an appointment only a few hours away in the morning, I closed my eyes. Yet another night in the city bubbling with spontaneity.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

desire

my desire is fixed
but my feelings are fluctuating
i desire inspiration
yet my grasp is gently fading

attraction, so fickle
is a whirling tool that inspires
yet wealth lies in wisdom
and knowledge alludes to power

every wisp of intellect
that spills from your words
yanks at my heartstring
its delightfully absurd

and to entertain this exchange
of ideas and thoughts through words
is to abstain from the vanity
that the physical observes

Intellect precisely quenches this desire
sweet truffles of knowledge
and delicacies to inquire

Your mind crowned with knowledge
surpasses your years
a halo of intellect
words empowering like prayers

Written for Three Word Wednesday

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

thought

why do we wait until we lose the ones we love, through the pain of death, to say how much they mean to us. Tell those you love how special they are to you now.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

War

the land of liberty has become captive
my heart cries
for the many men who've given their precious lives

tender in age, in the prime of their youth
succumbing to the hatred, violence of men
victims of war, and morbid abuse

ended ambitions, cramped dreams
tears stream

I cry
you may ask why, they're mere strangers it seems
but deep within thrives a spirit of unity
 in the land that we share
they're more like brothers, lost away
lives given, lives taken
hopes forsaken
please, let us end this war


Written for: Three Word Wednesday
© 2010 by R. Alana Brereton

a magnificent void

there's a magnificent void where passion once thrived
now futile, sweet words 
keep her soul alive
naively, she frolics in the palm of his hand
as he abuses her vulnerability 
but she won't understand
withered and unreturned, her desire has grown cold
the magnificent void
painfully cramps her soul
but to choose hatred
would only hurt her more
so she holds steadfast to the love
the passion once bore

© 2010 by R. Alana Brereton


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

chic & The City

@ the Wendy Williams Show




A Little Bit of Wendy


This show included the topic of 11-year old Broadway starlet Shannon. She recently landed the position as Nala on Broadway's Lion King, but her career was brought to a pause due to her sickness. Shannon needs a Bone Marrow transplant. To get swabbed and become a donor, visit http://www.dkmsamericas.org/

Shannon

Sunday, July 18, 2010

reminiscing

reminiscing is a drug
a temporary high
brewed with the bittersweet taste of goodbyes

--Alana Brereton

a good read



I'd always been curious about Liz Gilbert's Eat Pray Love. The three words are the essence of my dreams. I consider myself a foodie, I believe in the communion of prayer, and delight in the sensation of love. So this book caught my eye years ago when it first made its debut. 


Recently, while watching trailers in a movie theater I saw that the movie to the book was soon to  come out. So I got the book and finished with satisfaction. 


When time allows, join the journey with Liz Gilbert as she devotes a year of her life to self-restoration through the pleasure of eating, power of prayer, and the mending of love.




"Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it."
— 
Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

a fiery path


rampantly, the fire devoured every item in its path
ferociously fleeting the fire extinguisher
its raced yards then some meters
singeing the sentimental paths

simultaneously, the flames lit every beat in his heart
desperately seeking the fire extinguisher
he gasped for air
as smoke and soot rushed inward to his lungs

mystically, the firemen appeared racing in threes and fours
skillfully conquering the fire
they yanked the man 
leading him away from its fiery path

Written for: Magpie Tales
© 2010 by R. Alana Brereton

Thursday, July 15, 2010

NP

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

i can do anything good

I NEEDED THIS!





ode to France

Nostalgia leaves a bittersweet beat to your heart. I left France just about two months ago and today the memory of it hit me hard.

Here's a little ode to mon cherie France.



ironically, today is France's independence day as well. Vive la France!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

on marriage

I usually don't speak about these things. Everyone else has already done it, and I'm no champion on the subject so I usually stay away, but for now I'll share my experience on marriage


I went to a wedding in Atlanta this past weekend. Weddings are spilling with the gushiness of romance and all the beauties of love. It's the starting point to a lifetime of forever for better or worse; two separate hearts join to become one. While weddings are, or should be pure bliss, later on marriages may falter and many do not last. One beauty about this particular wedding was the emphasis on God as the core of the marriage to bind and seal the union of the couple.

The priest performed the vows then broke into song. "Jesus you're the Center of My Joy" echoed from his lips, filling the small Georgian chapel. In the last verses, he replaced "my" with "their", singing "Jesus you're the Center of their joy".

At the reception, the MC brought the point home once again. She voiced that with a solid vertical relationship with God, you can rest assured that the horizontal relationship of marriage will blossom. She gestured with her hands, the symbolism of the two which formed a lovely cross (†).


For now, the basics on entering a good marriage :)


the newlyweds ♥

Sunday, July 4, 2010

chic & The City



1st Saturday @ Brooklyn Museum

water display, beautiful
first one guy, then couples, then friends in three. Running through the water :)

I wish I took more pics this night, it was nice. Next time, we'll make sure to get to the exhibits!

Me

He wooed me to his chair, a tattered folding frame
I'd never done this or
could even imagine I'd ever be sitting there
he began
it was Sunday, clear skies and mellow breeze wafting in the air
with a graphite pencil in hand he etched a few strokes
then like a mad scientist
began to scribble away
Sunday scribblings, the irony aroused a smirk on my face
and with that, he etched in a crooked smile on my now forming face
in five minutes flat the caricature was done
"here", he placed it in my hands
"This is not me!" my racing eyes shrieked
My friend standing by disagreed, indeed it was
the exaggerated forehead; i think a lot, quite more than normal
the glossy bright eyes; my wandering eyes always lingering on an object too long
the crooked smirk; my facial expressions are quite a sight
they were all me
indeed, he had accurately drawn me
enlarged forehead and all
i looked at my caricature
like a reflection in the mirror
and truly saw me


© 2010 by R. Alana Brereton
Written for Sunday Scribblings

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Be Intentional

 change is inevitable. growth is optional.
How do you chose to grow today?

Spiritually
Healthily
Emotionally
Physically
Socially
Mentally
Educationally

Think, GO, Be Intentional.

Friday, July 2, 2010

haiku

crackling explosions
mimic my heartbeat for you
like firecrackers

© 2010 by R. Alana Brereton
Written for Magpie Tales

on repeat

Thursday, July 1, 2010

chic & The City


the girls

later that Night.


red velvet birthday cake, delish


all lit up

 
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