Aimée

Aimée Oct 2024

Mon Âme

My aims, my goal
My love, my soul
My faith restored
My hope's reward

That's what you mean to me
In literal name and actual deed

For the man who doesn't like poetry :)

Aimée Oct 2024

My Reason For One More Step

I have someone who believes in me
Even right now when I don't
And that's a good enough reason
To not quit, because I want them to be right

It is a game changer to be believed in

Aimée Oct 2024

Don't Jinx It

Oh that was it
I think I saw it
Right there as you looked down at me
Your eyes were shining
And maybe it was just love lighting you up

But for a moment they seemed to glimmer
With a future made of glass
So breakable
Or maybe it was a sprout
Too delicate to touch yet

So fragile, I can't even say it here
Even though you will never see it
One where tomorrow stretches far into the distance
One where you are so present I forget to be grateful sometimes
Where good nights and goodbyes don't mean the same thing

And that is as close as I can get to the flame
That right now will burn me if I reach for it
So I will wait until it's all more sure
And for now, live off of the heat and light
From just that one little look

Aimée Oct 2024

In The Lonely Morning Hours

It's 4am and my world is in tatters
I let all my family and friends
Go to bed a long time ago
And now I don't know where to turn

But He was there for me again
At 5am, to help me pick up the pieces
To remind me I am strong
Thank heaven for a God who never sleeps

Aimée Oct 2024

Let Me Tell You Something

No, your challenges are not,
Bigger than you.

You just got scared,
And crouched down,
to protect yourself,
And that's okay.

Big wins can be scary.
So take my hand,
Deep breath, now stand.
You are more than all this combine.

You have got this,
And I have got you.

Aimée Oct 2024

I See You

I'm not the cursing kind
But if I was, this'd be the moment
To find out that you thought
You could be the author of this poet

You sat there and believed
That if you used my words and voice
And spoke as though you were me
You could dictate my choice

But now I am aware
I'm awake and angry
And a little betrayed
Even if I shouldn't be

Because of course
You'd tear me down inside
That's the job you gave yourself
After you ruined your own life

I let you tell me who I am
I didn't even put up a fight
But now you've really mess it up
Because now I see the light

It's time you stood to the side
I hope it hurts to watch me grow
More than you ever said I could
More than even I now know

Because the evil I've seen in me
So much of it was actually you
As you masterminded my meanest thoughts
Had me speak them as if they're true

So as I close my eyes and mouth to you
I'll make sure my ears join in
For I won't play your games anymore
And by walking away I win

I win a better world for me
One where I live bolder
And believe the best of me
Having cast the devil off my shoulder

I make all these realizations
And after all this time
I stand to look at the mirror
And the face I see is mine

Aimée Oct 2024

Time Zones

Loving someone isn't just giving your heart to them
Or sharing every shade of memory
It's giving away space in your mind
A place they will always occupy
And then reaching out to the space
And feeling it's pulse like a heart beat
Because their pain and joy and stress is yours
And while you can't always control the distance between you
Part of them can never leave you
That's why love doesn't understand distance

That's why with time zones between us
I can still hold you and still love you