I see you
when nobody else does
I hear you
when the world goes quiet
I love you
for always being strong
I believe in you
when everyone else turns away
I know you’ll be ok
because in the end
you always are
© 2025 Michelle Cook
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Here waiting
by this old rusty door,
the key to my future
and all its splendor.
Walking through the door,
a brilliant light floods my path;
darkness dissipates behind me
as I make a mad dash.
Finally, free of all
I’ve ever known and endured,
your outstretched hand in front of me,
so gentle and concerned.
At long last, finding the place
where I belong,
wrapped in a love so tender
and yet so strong.
Your embrace whisking me
away from this world,
the depths of our desires
at last unfurled.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Writing prompt: Here waiting by the door
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In dreams, we stand
along the shore
against the waves
we can’t ignore.
The threat of turmoil
swirls at our feet,
but we both know
there’s no defeat.
For when we stand,
we abide together,
a bond so strong
it can’t be weathered.
Our love more resilient
with every tide,
shipwrecked we’d be
without the other beside.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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How beautiful are your spacious skies
even when days are gray.
All those purple mountain majesties
just take my breath away.
And from shore to shore
I love you even more,
when I see the unifying love
of my brothers.
Reminds me of the freedoms
where we stand,
holding hands together
on this sacred land.
May God bless us all
today and forever.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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Under his spell
She fell
She drank
An affair of the heart
In ruin
She sank
Torpedoes dispersed
She tried
To veer
But in the end
The outcome
Was clear
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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