MOTIVATIONAL POETRY

TODAY IS OUR BIRTHDAY

From the time we arrive
To the time that we leave
We have many opportunities
For growth and renewal.

Every day is a birth day,
A new beginning, a fresh start
A time to put aside the past and
Our thoughts and feelings about:

Not getting it right or being left out.
Not being in the right place at the right time.
Not having a love in our life
With whom to share our deepest thoughts.
The rejections, disappointments and fears,

The Golden Moments that passed us by and

The thoughts that we are not quite good enough.

That slate is clean, we are here above ground

Carpe Diem – Seize the day.
Right now, this is a new chapter
A new birth, a new beginning
In which we can create ourselves to beWhatever we want to be
And leave the past behind.

The future awaits us.
There are candles to make wishes upon,
Cake and ice cream for our souls and
Gifts from the Universe inside and
All around us if we but look.

Happy Birthday! 

                                    Lee V. Bakunin

                                    6-18-200

         CATCHING ON

I let go of all that I was attached to

For what was I holding on to

Except my belief that I needed to

Have something to come back to

And something to look forward to

In my present state of wanting to

That I believed I was stuck to

Why did I wait so long to ...

Catch on to

Everything I wished to

Be inside to.

                                    Lee V. Bakunin  

CLARITY

  By Lee V. Bakunin

I declared, "I am!"

And then I knew

That I was I

And you were you.

Goodbye to them

So long to he

She is no longer

There's only me.

The path is open

There's rainbows in the sky

The water is clear

Since I became I.

FUEL OF LIFE

Do you go through life

With cant’s and wont’s

Maybe’s, should haves

Could haves and don’ts

Mights and gonna be’s

And getting to its?

When what life is all about

Are the words, “DO IT!”

                  Lee V. Bakunin

HAIKU LOVE

Their eyes met and spoke

The bonds of loneliness broke

To unlock their love

MOTIVATIONAL DITTIES

Sometimes you’re great.

Sometimes you’re not.

But what the hell!

Give it all you’ve got.

You gave it a try

You didn’t know why

Cause the person you are

Always reaches for the sky

You win some, you lose some

Keep going till it’s done

Builds your character and spirit

When you make it fun

Build on today for a better tomorrow

No time for rain, no time for sorrow

You’ll get there my friend, lickety-split

Because you’ve got courage and the grittiest grit

End your speculation

Use your motivation

Bring forth that creation

Change forever a nation

Success comes in cans

I though you knew

Get off you buts, untie your nots

Into a marvelous can do

You can’t go from here

To there and beyond

When your thinking is stuck

Like a hole in the ground

The Search for My Missing Partner

He is there somewhere

Hidden from view,

Waiting to be found

And exposed to the one

He knows will free him

From his bonds of loneliness

And aching heart.

That’s his desire and your search

And your desire and his search.

You both ask Why?

If the Universe already knows

You both were meant for each other,

Why not now – Where is the magic answer?

The Answer is that a search

Is also a quest and a test

Requiring heart, soul and awareness

To Love yourself so much

And develop your senses

To reach the improbable

When it seems impossible,

So that he may appear

When you least expect it.

Be open to the possibility

That it is not going to happen

The way you dreamt it

And have the faith

To let go so you may catch on …

To the alchemist’s secret.

YOUR SPECIAL DAY

Once a year

There is a day of remembrance

To an event that escapes

Independent recollection,

A day of pureness and love

Covered with twinkles of happiness

And rays of joy.

If only you knew

How special that day was!

When you were the gift

Arriving with new hopes and dreams,

Blessed with treasures

To begin a journey of cycles

To the stars and beyond.

O’ celebrate that day!

You are still the gift.

Reflect on its significance.

.  .  .

Before

          It

             Is

               Time

                     To

                       Return.

                                             Lee V. Bakunin

I AM NOT READY

My first teacher left

Before I was ready

To let her go.

There was so much else to learn

And share.

My tears yearn

For just one more meeting

Where I could say 

The words I wanted to, but didn’t,

Give her the card I bought

And saved for a special occasion

That is now not to be.

One more hug,

Just one more hug,

Is that too much to ask

For the Mom who brought

My light into this world

And gave all she was capable of

So that I could find my way?

It will have to be enough

She would tell me.

Those left behind are never ready.

That’s a fact of life and

Why every day is precious.

Honor me by doing your best

So that you can answer those

When they say “I am not ready”.

                           Lee V. Bakunin

                        February 15, 2005