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 luminoUS’  

Merge your heart and mind, open
your ears and listen intently as light intertwines with sound. This divine combination yields the spoken word
 talent of luminoUS. luminoUS is a poet
and writer who spreads her light by presenting audiences with life’s issues
in a unique and definitive voice.
Although she was born Nicole Swett,
the moniker luminoUS highlights her
firm belief in the motto “Lucem
Accepimus, Lucem Demus,” we
have received light, let us give light.
The “us” in luminoUS is capitalized
to emphasize that there is light in us
all that we must pass on to others.

She has featured at various venues
in the Baltimore area and has also
graced stages in Brooklyn, NYC
and York, PA. luminoUS has
performed on stage with greats such
 as Linda Joy Burke, Jaki-Terry,
LOVE the poet, E the poet emcee
and various others. Her debut CD, “luminoUS Unleashed” released
in May 2007 inspires audiences of all
 ages to love themselves without shame
and her live performance illuminates
the darkness of hate, fear and
self-doubt.

She is currently working on her
first collection of poetry to be
published by winter 2009.

 Wine Glass Confessions

He calls me beautiful although he’s never touched me intimately

But intimacy is something that we both crave

Tip toeing across those borders would send our friendship to the grave and I’m not ready to loose him

Throw away a stronghold if I screw him

Do myself an injustice if I do him

But an explanation of sorts I was due him

So we sat

Had a night cap

& a few things were made clear

Sipping on the ass end of a sangria

I left my emotions in the bottom of my wine glass & coughed up courage

He brought up marriage but I wasn’t his bride to be

And although in his eyes I was the epitome of beauty

He waited years to make his confession

His emotions he never addressed them because I was dating his best friend and to him he wanted to remain true

He told me that what I went through in my past he would never do

He wanted to be true

But our confessions came a little too late

Emotions on the table we could not negate

So we decided to build a bridge over troubled water and walk away…

As friends

I told him that my heart he did mend when he named me beauty

Not shorty, sexy, or cutie

He respected me

Wanted to get next to me, surpass having sex with me, touch me intellectually

Simply vibe with me

Travel with me astrally

Date me outside of my fleshly body

His silver cord intertwined with mine forming platinum bloodlines as we reproduce spiritually

Because sometimes love starts with a prayer

So instead of muddying waters on this plane we decided to journey to our Akashic records and get married there

Climb the stairway to heaven and meet Kundalini there

Combine in oneness

Let our stress melt into rainbow colored positive energy

This man was into me and I never had a clue

I could only imagine what he was going through

The burden of the emotional pain breaking our hearts

Where exactly would our healing start

But something’s you can’t protect

The severity of this pain may be more than a broken neck but a broken heart is what I choose

He said that he found my face next to the word “beauty” in the last dictionary that he used

And those healing words penetrated me

I only hoped that my love he could see in the twinkling of my eyes

Hear the echoes of “I will love you always” encoded in our goodbyes each time we would part

And although we would probably never be together during this lifetime

I’ll leave the broken neck behind for a broken heart

© 2009 Nicole “luminoUS” Swett