Lost Loves

Life sounds so lonely right now

The air is empty

and the space beside me is cold

Where did the warm air go?

The air so full of breath

so filled with laughter?

Why does it sound hollow?

The sound of laughter is gone

and I long to hear the crashing of waves

There is no music in the air

If only to hear a guitar strumming

filling the summer's night sky with life

To hear the sound of laughter!

The sound of dancing feet

To the song of life, and clapping hands

To feel the sand between my toes

and to feel the warmth of bodies all round

as their laughter makes the stars twinkle brighter

How I miss the stars in the sky

and the sand on which we laid,

and the loves with whom I could gaze

How I miss the breeze

and the arms around me

that kept me warm

How I miss those friends

who would play their songs

while I danced under nights blanket

The night has been long

but my heart hurts no more,

for I see the dawn breaking....

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009