Leave Me

Leave me, leave me

leave me alone

Leave me as I am

I wish you had left me

-as I was

But you left me

-left me, but not alone

You left

and became

someone else

Please be patient

patient with my heart

I don't want to know you

not so well

not when you're like hell

Leave me, leave me

leave me as I am

don't come back to see me

not until you bend

not until you've broken

Break, my dear, please break,

out of the old skin, into the new

I want to know, to know the new you

You heart is a mess, so leave me,

please, leave me alone.

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009

You are my Joy

Burn, and fire

the sting

intoxicating pleasure

What joy is this?

that natural emotions

cannot parallel?

This sweet fragrance

fills my lungs

is exhaled from my skin

How sweet You are

How lovely is Your presence

What joy You are in me!

My heart is ready to burst

My life, intoxicated by You

My soul, transformed

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009

Nobody's Listening

There are times

when it's most important

for me to know

-no one's listening

And other times

it hurts me

to know

No one's listening at all

Often I find

wish to cry aloud

pour out my heart

and have no one hear

But most of the time

I find it's most important

that other's listen

when I say nothing at all

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009

To Love Once More

I know this may sound silly

and I wonder if it is a lie

-with you my heart skips a beat

and I haven't wondered why

I wonder if I could fall in love

if I could love someone again

I wonder if I'll fall in love with you

Sometimes I wonder, when?

I fell in love once, I know

it hurt so much to fall out

in the end, there was so much pain

and in my heart, so much doubt

I wonder if I'll truly love again

maybe I'll be stronger than before

I wonder if I could love you true,

I wonder if I can love once more...

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009

To Live Again

I want to live again

Breathe Your life

fully into me

so I can be

I want to love

Pour Your Love

Your Self,

into my heart

make it beat

I want to breathe again

breathe into my lungs

make them full

let me in- and exhale You

I want to laugh again

Remind me of Your joy

bring laughter

to my lips

I want to dance

without an ounce of sadness

so replace it with freedom

so I can dance freely for You

I want my mind to be clear

uncluttered,

immerse me with your peace

give me lightness again

I want to live without pain

without burden;

lift it off, cast it aside

take my hand, and guide me

Selah

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2009

-thought-

I have a proclivity towards loneliness.

There's a little cave I call my own,

I crawl inside and lose myself there.

I'm trying very hard not to hide away...

but the loneliness is coming...

I can feel it...

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