Michelle E. Michaud

I don't wanna feel no more
It's easier to keep falling
Imitations are pale
Emptiness ...

All tomorrows haunted by your ghost

Lay down...black gives way to blue
Lay down...I'll remember you

Fading out by design
Consciously avoiding changes
Curtains drawn, now it's done
Silencing all tomorrows

Forcing a goodbye

Lay down...black gives way to blue
Lay down...I'll remember you...

 

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day 

A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y

08/22/08: I Dreamed... Current mood:  contemplative Category: Writing and Poetry   I dreamed one night that you were here You walked on air into our room I asked you "How can this be?" You told me "It was all a dream..." I heaved a sigh of utmost relief As you laid beside me in our bed And my body melted into yours Just as if you'd never left...   And your peace enfolded me As my heart poured forth All I'd wanted to share with you Since you'd been gone...   When I awoke, I reached for you But you were no longer there And I was left alone to decide If all was real or just a dream...   And I was torn between The joy of having dreamed of you And bitterness in losing you again But either way I wept...   And as I wept I wondered When again I would see you Hold you, touch you, feel you In another dream or upon my death...   Now as I lay down and sleep I hold onto hope that I will Not wake without dreaming Or dream without waking...   ©2008 Randy Michaud

This song has both inspired and haunted me since I was 15 years old...now I know why.

 

I love you Cheeky...

 

- Munsta

 

SCORPIONS - "We'll Burn the Sky"

 

I'm in love with the sunshine
I'm in love with the falling rain
Everything seems to call your name
Yesterday, you were leaving
Leaving life and all the pain
Everything wants you back again
Wants you back again...
Wants you back again...

I found myself through you
And there was love in my life
I felt always naturally high
And my love had a home
But now my mind has started to roam
You're my life giving fire
And you carry all my love
Through you I was so inspired
You're engraved deep in my heart...

My dreams recall us being one
I've searched for you to be free
My force of life you have always been
I feel blue since you've gone
Your breath of love surrounded me
When can I rejoin you to be free?
Rejoin you to be free...
Rejoin you to be free...

Wait, can this be a dream?
There is a voice in my head
It belongs to you, it says:
"Don't cry, no need to be sad
There's a way to stay with you again
It's more things you have ahead
And though death breaks us apart
Our timeless love always grows
Because you are my other part..."

I know we've never been apart
Your love sets fire to my heart
We'll burn the sky,
When it's time for me to die!

We'll burn the sky!
We'll burn the sky!
When it's time, time, time
We'll burn the sky!
We'll burn the sky!

So many memories to share, and others to hold dear to my heart always, from a friend that loved me no matter my faults!

Lunch at YC's w/ the family
Sedar dinner at my house
Christmas celebrations at your house, I will never meet someone who loved to decorate for the holidays like you!
Birthday parties for our boys!
Precious conversations w/ Crystina
Trick or treating with the kids in your neighborhood
Our "it's good your going back to work and don't worry honey, Robert will be ok" conversation
The "you will be a beautiful nurse sweetie" conversation that got me through the last 1 1/2 yrs of school.
Always knowing what to say and when to say it, to help me feel that being me was all I needed to be!
Seeing the love of God and His Son through your friendship!

To Randy and the family of Michelle,

 

You have the deepest condolences of both myself and my wife Judy.  While I did not know Michelle personally, I was a fellow student in her class at ACHS.  I remember having a conversation with her on our discussion board and told her how courageous she was to share her story so that all may learn from it.  She always carried an upbeat attitude in class and never let on about the uphill battle she was fighting.  I can only guess that was the prosecutor spirit in her.

 

To those she left behind at ACHS, it is now our task to carry on the work Michelle was starting towards a second career in holistic health, so that others may learn and be helped.

 

I am currently sitting beside the Pacific Ocean listening to the roar of the waves and cannot help but realize that there is not enough time in this world to understand the life giving stories that it tells.  Much like the absence of Michelle in this and future classes. She should be an inspiration to us all.

 

Again, my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Michelle.

 

Sincerely,

 

Tim Grutzius

Fellow ACHS Student

Mimi Lala  

Japanese Cherry Blossom 

I remember meeting Michelle when she joined the City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office.  She was so energetic and bubbly.  She had a joy for life and a sincere desire to help others.  That joy increased one hundred times over when she found out that she was pregnant.  She loved being pregnant and moreover she loved being a Mom.  She shared wonderful stories and memories about her own Mom and her family. Her enthusiasm for life was contagious.  As Christopher grew up, Michelle continued to be so proud of her son.  I will forever remember her sincerity, friendliness, smile, dimples, and beautiful spirit.  May God bless your family even at this difficult time.