Soar

A dandelion seed
That’s what you are
Neither here nor there
Gliding gleefully
Flying ever so high
The current as your companion

Floating on the sea of life
I see you there and I’m smiling
As the sun shines upon your face
Listening to the birdsong of tranquility
Holding steadfast to the feather of peace
As the waves of contentment wash over your beautiful soul

Happiness abides within you
Carrying you to the ends of the earth
A heart so full of blissful wonder
A head so unaware of the passing of time
All the things that really matter
You’ve found them
Now hold on tight

© 2025 Michelle Cook


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Thinking of you…

I cannot count the ways
or measure the depth of my love for you.
Words escape all rational notions
when I try to convey my thoughts.
It’s like trying to describe
the scent of a rare fragrance,
or explain the inconceivable mysteries
that leave the world in awe.
You are simply the magic keeping me alive
when nothing else can.

© 2024 Michelle Cook


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To be loved so hard

To be loved so hard…
Is there anything better?

That raw connection, primal and lusty
in an earth-shattering kind of way

A feeling that leaves you breathless
wanting more and more
until your body is completely tangled up
in sheets saturated
with the drenching of divine energy

Where the cares of the world lose their luster
and all that remains is the very reason for living

Oh, to be lost in that blissfully euphoric world
the one you’ve both created
from the deepest depths of your souls

There is no greater gift
than to be wrapped in the arms
of someone who never holds back
who gives everything
the one who understands you
like no one else ever has
to grow every day
deeper and deeper in love
with years spent discovering
the best parts of yourself
but also entwined with the heart and soul
of someone special

That someone being the best thing
that’s ever happened to you

The only reason you wish you could live forever
because without them
eternity doesn’t matter
and life here on earth may as well not even exist

© 2024 Michelle Cook


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Always…

As last year fades
into fond memories of bliss,
and we treasure what we had
in every warm and loving kiss,
I promise to be here
whenever you’re ready
with a dedicated shoulder
to hold you steady.
I’ll shed no tears
for the times when you’re gone
because when you’re here
I know we’ll be strong.
Our unexplainable bond
can never be broken,
for it goes much deeper
than that which is spoken.
You’re the everything
that brightens my days,
and I will love you for now
and forever, always…xo

© 2024 Michelle Cook


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Poetry prompt:
He tends the garden of her heart
Where blooms’ fade brings new life

One

You’re the echo inside me,
the harmonious voice
inside my head.

Your words reverberate,
mimicking my mind,
every thought spilled,
phantasmic and fluidly formed.

Mutually manifested magic
is all we’ve ever really known.

Why need we even speak
the thoughts that dwell within
while we cheat mediocrity
bathing in buckets of bliss.

Maybe it’s the glory gained
by hearing ourselves think
beyond the breadth of others
in a oneness all our own.

© 2023 Michelle Cook


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