despair

There are days…

~ ~M ~ 23 Comments

There are days
when everything is right,
days when all the fields
shine so bright.

But today is not
one of those days,
instead, it’s just proof
of how nobody prays.

Today the sun
has lost her glow,
and the rain sent instead
has been all just for show.

Fattened gray clouds
still gush in sheets,
flooding sunken corners
on empty streets.

Sorry puddles
reflect sullen skies,
waters blurry black
like mascara eyes.

Echos of harsh words
woven in the winds,
a mournful reminder
of how the story always ends.

© 2025 Michelle Cook

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You’re never forgotten

~ ~M ~ 33 Comments

Sometimes,
you might feel like
hurling yourself
at the moon.

Others times,
you might wanna
just sit quietly
under the stars.

But no matter where
you find yourself…

Just know
that the stars
will never forget
the wishes you made.

And the moon
will never misrecollect
that crestfallen look
upon your face.

Because even when
the world disremembers,
the cosmos still counts
every tear it ever created.

© 2023 Michelle Cook

 

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Alone

~ ~M ~ 35 Comments

Alone is a place
I know so well
It’s the place I dream
The place I dwell

It gets dreary in here
And I get scared of the dark
But my flame isn’t extinguished
You should see my spark

People pass by
But they cannot see
All the color of life
Right inside of me

Come take a look
You’ll see that it’s true
I have a heart
Just like you

© 2023 Michelle Cook

Photo credit: @Lanazi00

Weak

~ ~M ~ 37 Comments

I don’t always feel like doing life anymore.
I am happy, probably the happiest I’ve ever been,
but when the waves of the world toss me around,
I don’t feel strong enough to fight against the currents.
I think I’d rather let myself go with the flow
and be pulled under if that’s where I end up.
If only the turbulent winds would just carry me away
to a place where only love and acceptance exist.
But that is not the life I have been born into,
and that is not the life I’ll ever know.

© 2022 Michelle Cook

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Frog pudding and dilapidated doorways

~ ~M ~ 8 Comments

Those frog pudding days
Just lead to dumpy doorways
Somethings gotta give

© 2021 Michelle Cook

Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/gate-old-stone-aged-decay-doorway-3718546/

Writing prompt: Frog pudding and dilapidated doorways