There is no replacing a friend
The kind who speaks to you every day
Even just a simple hello or goodbye
Is all they ever have to say
For just knowing they are out there
Remembering that you exist
Makes them the best kind of friend
Whom none could ever resist
© 2019 Michelle Cook
We often experience
A multitude of seasons
And nobody really knows
All of those reasons
But we carry on
Like we always do
Even when the answers
Are nearly none to few
And we never stop to question
What those seasons mean
Yet there must be hidden answers
In everything we’ve seen
Scattered between the pages
Of our monotonous lives
There have got to be reasons
For why we’ve somehow survived
And even if those answers
Are never actually found
We should all be happy
We’ve been allowed to stick around
So many people in this world
Never have that gifted chance
I guess it all depends
On our individual circumstance
© 2019 Michelle Cook
For a month of writing prompts, click here; Along the weathered, winding trail
Blissful
Happy
And sometimes sappy
Weird
Strange
Never deranged
Interesting
Bizarre
Amazing the way you are
Nerdy
Dorky
Devotedly quirky
Witty
Funny
Never to be outdone-ee
Devoted
True
Positively perfect you
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Sometimes there are people
Who you just can’t forget
They make an impact on your life
And often change your mindset
What makes them unforgettable
Is that they’re always there
And by lending a listening ear
They show how much they care
They’re the ones who spread encouragement
The kind who give us hope
And on the days spent without them
It’s often hard to cope
We can search our whole lives
Just to find even one
Because a rapport like this
Just can’t be outdone
And so when we’re blessed
With such a mate
We must hold tight
For it’s surely fate
And with each new day
We appreciate them more
Because we know they’re far beyond
What we could ever ask for
© 2019 Michelle Cook
She realized
She couldn’t handle
The reality
Of the inevitable
So in her mind
A fated goodbye
Seemed entirely logical
It was too bad
Her heart
Could never agree
© 2019 Michelle Cook
For a month of writing prompts, click here; An unencumbered life
My curiosity
Has been cured
The boundaries
Are no longer blurred
For the truth
Has been revealed
All those illusions
No longer concealed
And I’m better
Than before
Finally happy
For what’s in store
What a difference
A few weeks can make
When you’re finally
Wide awake
© 2019 Michelle Cook
On the hour
Most every day
I know you’re never
Far away
If only in thought
You’re still there
Someone I hold
So very dear
A loyal friend
Sent my way
Someone I think of
Night and day
True friends
Are rare and few
And I’m just so thankful
I have you
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Dismal days
Are all the craze
Everyone’s living
In a haze
Could this be
Just a phase
Or are we stuck
In a repeating maze
Look at the way
People gaze
So many lost
In a doleful daze
Will we ever find
Those hopeful rays
Or stay prisoners of
Depressive waves
Can we all give
Encouraging praise
Or will morosity
Be what stays
Everyone has a choice
To change their ways
Kindness has always
Been what pays
Can you share
Your love full blaze
There really isn’t time
For delays
© 2019 Michelle Cook
He was the grantor
Of wishes
And the bearer
Of love
He was the giver
Of affection
And the maker
Of dreams
He was the bestower
Of kindness
And the producer
Of happiness
But most of all
He was the keeper
Of her heart
© 2019 Michelle Cook
For a month of writing prompts, click here; The keeper of her heart
He knows the exact way
To pull me out
Whenever the world
Doesn’t want me about
He sees me for me
And loves all my flaws
He accepts who I am
There is no hidden clause
He keeps my secrets
And shares his own
Never making me feel
As if I’m alone
He cares for me
In a way nobody else does
And he does it all
Just because
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Writing prompt: Melted bliss
I once wrote about a place
That was neither here nor there
A place found between the realms
Of hope and despair
And in that in-between place
I remember finding what I’d lost
Yet finding that place
Came with innumerable costs
And I wonder now
If it was all worth it in the end
For finding what I’d lost
Only made me want to lose it again
And isn’t that how life is
Always searching for things misplaced
So many wonderful things
Seem to vanish without a trace
And when we think we’ve found our losses
We cling on with all our might
Hopeful that somehow
They’ll bring back our lost delight
And yet sadly our thinking
Often leads us further astray
Until we finally realize
We just need to go another way
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Filling in the gaps
Life does have its ways
Often sending rays of hope
Even on the darkest of days
And when those unexpected beams
Spread warmth across our faces
It’s happiness we see
And love which embraces
Those gaps no more
A bright sunny future instead
Everything we’d hoped for
Depressive thoughts now dead
If only we could bottle sunshine
And keep it for the days of despair
We’d never be tormented
By even the smallest thought or care
Instead we look for those rays
Hopeful they’ll find us in the dark
For the tiniest amount of hope
Leaves such an impressionable mark
© 2018 Michelle Cook
How do you do it
How do you send my senses into a tizzy
My heart starts racing
And my head becomes dizzy
How is it this happens
Every time I read what you’ve written
Such simple words
And I’m completely smitten
How do you cause this
These sensations of bliss
I get lost in the thought
Of your smoldering kiss
How enraptured am I
To feel all of these emotions
Saturated by your love
Amazed by your devotion
How blessed I am
By the treasure I’ve found in you
My heart fully appeased
By a love that is true
© 2018 Michelle Cook
A bouquet of sunshine
Brightens the front door
As eager hands bring back
All they’ve dared to explore
Her face comes alive
As the wind twirls her hair
Of loveliness there is nothing
That could ever compare
© 2018 Michelle Cook
Thanks to Michael for a whole month of writing prompts, click here to view them all; Flowers of Autumn
Stretch out your hand
Pull me in
Feel the measure of my love
From where it begins
Set deep in the backdrop
Of a brisk autumn day
My love awaits
And it’s there to stay
Once you grasp hold
Never let go
The boughs may break
But I want you to know
That in this life
You can reach me on a breeze
Always there to comfort
And put you at ease
So don’t ever forget
This promise I give
Now take hold of my hand
And begin to live
© 2018 Michelle Cook
