Predators
They lurk
In every corner
Falling victim
To their darkness
Has been
My lifelong plight
But the light,
The truth
Always outshines
The dim
And I will continue
My walk
Toward bright things
Rather than
Succumb
To anymore pain
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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As my eyes open
The light deflects my thoughts
Like insects they scurry away
Leaving a trail of unfinished reflections
This is why I write so much better
When I’m on the verge of dreaming
In darkness and seclusion
Is where most of my ideas are born
Just like the vast oceans
Teeming with animals we’ve never seen
So it is the same way with my mind
In deep, dark solitude ― I prevail
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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You’re the only one
who truly ever knew me.
I confided in you
nearly every day.
I whispered to you
all my secrets in the dark,
and promised you
everything my little heart could give.
You were the only one who listened
every day when the fights erupted.
You heard my screams
and comforted me the best you could.
When I cried my eyes out,
spilling out countless tears,
you showed me
that I was not alone.
You never left my side,
which always made me feel loved.
And you’re still special to me,
even though you’re not a living being.
I think you’re the only reason
I had any hope at all back then
because my little girl eyes
couldn’t find love or comfort anyplace else.
© 2020 Michelle Cook
He had never once guessed
He’d be left all alone
But that’s what happens
When you’re deceitfully prone
And in his blind consternation
He believed his cover was hidden
With all his deep dark secrets
Locked somewhere in the forbidden
But she had attained access
To every pathetic and unregretful lie
Even though he thought for certain
All was hidden from her eye
And that was the veiled beauty
Her most perfect vindication
For she was witness to it all
As she watched his ruination
His poor soul was the only responder
As his eyes grew imminently dim
And he’d never even expected
All the trouble he was in
© 2019 Michelle Cook
I was once a bright shining star
Never once realizing
That my days were numbered
But over the course of many moons
I did finally succumb
To the darkness which surrounds us all
Of course, there’s no going back now
The only way through
Is to catch the tail of a passing comet
And catching one is easier than it looks
They move so fast
Before you know it, they’re long gone
But maybe, just maybe, I’ll get lucky one day
I’ll vanish into oblivion
And come out the other side renewed, and reborn
That is if there actually is another side…
That’s still the question
The one I’ll never quite be certain of, until the very end
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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