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How to Be AuDaCioUs

Instructions for a new feeling.

By Novel AllenPublished 25 days ago β€’ 2 min read

How to be audacious

First - establish your superiority

Strut the stuff that the Good Lord gave you

Excuse me! Do you not see me approaching - Shouldn't you be genuflecting

bending one knee to the ground - worshipping my stunning glow

Applauding My sauntering amble. My sublime spark

Are you not impressed by my bright, unruly flame - licking at the edges of restraint.

~~

Second - Do not tolerate rudeness

What's that you say...

~~~What do I expect you to do about it -

Well, how rude.

Then let me elucidate, clarify and explicate my point

Edifying you in a way which makes it abundantly clear

That I am a brand spanking nouveau dare wrapped in light.

A storm that finally knows its own intensity.

~

Third - Get them to lay down the red carpet

So! Move out of my way - and...by the by

Should you not be Clearing a pathway for me?

It is, after all - I who walk here...

Wickedly bold and fierce is my new found audacity.

For, Once again - I am sufficient - surfeit within myself -

I blaze in infernos of satiety, my eyes feisty, winsome

They burn superlunary, elysian - a heaven to paradise

Yet, I do admit - that in spite of my New Sight - New Vision - angelic I am not...

Seraphic may my smile dazzle, within this empyrean form

this fiery pure realm of light, where the Creator and divine beings reside

Where human will and God's will become as one

Here -Where I spark sublime - Complete.

Fourth - Bask in your liberated self - unyoked - enfranchised

I am become an illuminated spark - refusing ever again to bow.

You may think me bold, insolent, presumptuous

My fearlessness a reckless moxie, my pluck showing

As I walk along a path, clearly marked - "DANGER".

~

Fifth - Dare them to interrupt your wonderful-ness

Don't even try to insinuate your will into my personal space...

I am a reborn taunt, a provocation wrapped in holy light.

If you find me haughty, then keep on stepping -

let me make myself clear...

These eyes don’t just look - they declare.

They carry the heat of a beast who has waded past fear,

past permission,

past the quiet expectations of the room.

In my eyes, you see a rekindled kind of sacred mischief -

Last...not least - Flaunt your courage

I am the courage to disrupt,

the willingness to leap, the wings to fly

the wild promise of a being who will not shrink.

I carry within me the fire that says:

I am here. I am uncontained. Unlimited.

Be careful...

You may need to avert your eyes

I glow brighter as I thrive.

Now...

Watch me strut!

If you dare!

Free Verseperformance poetry

About the Creator

Novel Allen

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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  • Tiffany Gordon21 days ago

    Regal, elegant, comely & divinely fierce! Get it superstarr! 🀩

  • Teresa Renton21 days ago

    Yeah baby! Love that this ignites my inner diva πŸ˜‚ Congratulations for TS!πŸ₯³πŸ₯°

  • ✍️ "Shouldn't you be genuflecting?" For days to come, I will smile when I think of this. ✍️

  • Hahahahahahahaha this was brilliant!

  • Sandy Gillman25 days ago

    Yes, I definitely want to live like this! You're images are so pretty too!

  • Mother Combs25 days ago

    This is such a great entry, Novlet!! Plus wonderfully written advice ;)

  • Sid Aaron Hirji25 days ago

    Sounded like a Ted Talk

  • Matthew J. Fromm25 days ago

    This seems like a perfect piece for a live performance

  • Antoni De'Leon25 days ago

    Oh, I love that cover pic N. Audacity, strutting our stuff takes moxie these days. I need me some of that. 😍❀️

  • A brilliant list of suggestions, Novel. We should always dare to be ourselves.

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