Heavy hearts
and ruined days
Sunlight sparkles
shadowed by haze
And yet in-between
is a glimmer of gold
A future so bright
the perfect secret untold
Layers of pristine petals
align in an exquisite array
Carpeting our path
showing us the way
Guiding our footsteps
providing us with hope
A gentle reminder
helping us to cope
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/pink-rose-papillon-petals-in-water-3580202/
You decorate my life
In pinks, oranges, and blues
And every day that passes
Adds a hundred new hues
I find sprinkles of you
On the gloomiest of days
You always brighten my life
In the loveliest ways
© 2020 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/candy-colorful-dessert-sprinkles-1850949/
Wafts of wintry splendor
roll across my shoes.
Tickling the tip of my nose
anything to amuse.
I giggle at the exchange
between the natural world and me.
Nothing can ever cheer me up
like the earth and all the wonder I see.
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/cold-snow-fashion-woman-girl-1284028/
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