Speeding

Standing still

my life is racing

My body, unmoving,

My mind miles ahead

Slow me down

I'm ahead of myself

and can't catch up

I'm speeding ahead

and can't keep up

Slow down the pace

I missed the rose

as I raced by

and never got to smell

the sweet scent

that i forgot it kept

within its petals,

in colors I've forgot

My life is racing

and my love is speeding

I think I've forgotten

how to love

It's just a quick burst

a dew droplet in my eye

a spit of love

a taste of what I want

but a bite will never

fill me,

never satisfy

the longing my heart

has hidden in its folds

beneath my wings

where I hide my secrets

my scars

That's where they disappear

That's where they hide

Beneath the beauty

folded down

so comfortable

That's where I wish i were

cozy on a couch,

or in his arms

Whose arms, I don't know

but in my mind i remember

I had a wish for a man

who would treat me just so

and love me

never leave

and never see another

but only see me

and no other

now I wonder if I've lost

hope

is I can do, as I dream

but I'm speeding

by

my dreams are too slow

so I wake up

just to escape

I want to live

but I move too fast to

remember how....

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009