About to embark
On a journey
A new way of life
I think this beginning
Is just what I need
I have nothing left here
Nothing holding me back
So I will chase my dreams
The sky is the limit
Look out world
Here I come!
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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Every day I realize
More and more what I have
It isn’t my belongings, dusty on shelves
It isn’t the things I’ve accomplished
Or even the things I’ve mastered
But instead, It’s the people
And the experiences
The beauty of life itself
These are the things that matter
The things that are worth loving
The things I want to fight for
I hope I never lose sight
Of the true treasures of life
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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I’m trusting you
For the time I’m here
Please don’t fail me now
Just steer me clear
I need your help
To guide my way
Oh God please show me
What to do and say
© 2020 Michelle Cook
We talk every day
About nothing at all
Nothing and everything
Depends on your call
We share the world
In tangible little bits
Rescuing each other
From the darkest of pits
We laugh and we cry
To help save our sanity
Sometimes spouting
A smidge of profanity
We listen and encourage
As often as we’re able
Even on the days
When we’re sort of unstable
We know each other well
Heart, soul, and mind
Friends like this
Are the very best kind
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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Among the wildflowers
I laid my heart bare
Speaking to myself
But imagining you there
Your eyes stared back
Hungry with need
As I spilled the words
My heart ached to bleed
You felt the fire
Underneath my dress
As I searched for heartstrings
Embedded on my chest
You fueled my flame
With your incessant desire
And I couldn’t hold back
From what you’d inspired
I gave myself over
To your smoldering touch
Pulling you closer
Wanting you so much
With my eyes closed tight
I uttered your name
On the edge of bliss
You were now mine to claim
I took all you offered
Begging for more
Freeing my desire
Like never before
And in breathless euphoria
My body laid bare
Hidden by wildflowers
Yet you were still there
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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Far away
In the depths of slumber
You reach for me
And pull me under
Across the miles
Past the deepest of seas
Nothing could ever
Keep you from me
For even in dreams
I am still there
While the rest of the world
Remains unaware
This is the wonder
Of love at its core
And there will never be another
That I want more
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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There it was
That first spark
Sputtering to life
Like pixie dust fireflies
Dancing round her head
Her blushing brow
Tattling the truth
Neath the flicker
Of a misty moon
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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There I was,
a tarnished piece of nothingness,
just another fowl crumb of an existence,
with all the potential of a rain gutter,
yet still, you chose me.
You unearthed my shameful soul
and held me lovingly in the palm of your hand.
Then, after peeling away mounds of corroded debris,
I was no longer a piece of blackened chaff.
Instead, I became your prized gem,
an anomaly I hadn’t foreseen.
And your sovereign hand still continues,
to unfold each gossamer petal of my potential,
showing the world what real love can do.
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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Every morning
I see your face
Yearning for
A warm embrace
And just the sight
Of your sexy smile
Makes my day
So worthwhile
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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I will never be
all the things you crave
I just hope I’ll always be
One of them
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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He sent me a story
One of passion through pictures
When words were no longer needed
Because our hearts
Had already become one
© 2019 Michelle Cook
I’m thinking about people today,
some of the ones I know
and some I don’t.
And I wonder why there are some,
who never seem to respond,
while others are just so willing
to give everything.
I have days when I can’t speak
because I feel like everything
will just come out wrong.
Do you ever have days like that?
Sometimes I just want
to be alone with my thoughts.
People take a lot out of me,
I often feel their emotions
weighing me down.
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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This is us being us
So much passion
Very little restraint
Counting every second
Of each moment we have
Clinging to slivers
Of scarce opportunities
Enjoying every rendezvous
As if it could be our last
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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There was nothing left to say,
at the end of that fateful day.
The next morning,
the sky parted as usual
as the birds all sang in unison.
Each one responding
without a trifle
of a pink puffy, cloudy care.
The day lazily drifted by
as the trees did their perennial thing,
each one dancing and swaying
to the sound of the honeybees,
all very eager and harmonious,
in their afternoon endeavors.
Even the flowers
dressed in white,
parading around in their newest,
frilly attire,
couldn’t have been,
more carefree.
Each one so unassuming,
in their leisure,
yet studious displays.
Because like always,
it was just another ordinary day.
Another glorious day
to be alive.
At least that was the case
for everyone, but her.
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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Here in the quiet
I find myself missing you
I feel the weight of your absence
Heavy on my heart
But it’s in these moments
That I begin to discover
The true wonder
Of all that you are
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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