You find me in
the busy of day;
no matter how
you find a way.
A brief moment
to send a kiss,
it’s the kind of thing
you never miss.
Every opportunity
you seek me out
and oh, the love
I feel throughout.
Even now,
while you’re asleep,
I feel your love
in dreams so deep.
Connected by
a force unknown;
you’ve become
my one true home.
© 2023 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/people-couple-man-woman-kiss-hug-2603522/
Do you ever wonder why things
can’t be as they were
Time always changes things
and causes such a stir
People eventually change
and that’s because everyone grows
still I miss the old ways
and change I do oppose
I miss when my kids were little
the times of simple bliss
now the world has gotten so hectic
everything’s amiss.
I struggle with the here and now
and the moments way back then
still knowing I’d never want to do
all those years again
As great as they really were
life was hard then too
I guess I need to remember that
whenever I’m feeling blue
One never really thinks
about the day their children will leave
and it’s sad when they forget you
It’s something you forever grieve
I know my very own parents
probably feel the exact same way
but the distance makes it harder
and so we drift away.
And friends are difficult to follow
everyone’s here and there
but there’s only one of me
though I’d love to be everywhere
And now that I am older
I find myself learning to be still
sinking into the background
not looking for a thrill
Still I am very happy
and maybe more content than most
but very humbly I say that
for I’d never want to boast
I do enjoy my life though
and yet some days are still so sad
but they’re few and far between
and for that I’m really glad
And today I’m just reflecting
missing those who’ve gone afar
and I think I’ve come to accept
I have to leave them where they are
© 2023 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/young-woman-meadow-lie-relax-girl-2194038/
My mind draws a blank
as the new year looms;
what will happen,
I can only assume.
I’ve a mixed bag of emotions
sitting on my lap;
if some of them spill out,
I might just snap.
I know there is so much good
about to unfold,
so I keep looking at the ground
and do as I’m told.
Don’t question the process,
is what my thoughts say;
eventually, this wary feeling
will start to go away.
But with nobody to talk to,
my mind is in a haze;
still, I try to prepare
for this new life phase.
I’ve got nothing to lose
but everything to gain,
and saying goodbye to the past
will help me stay sane.
So, goodbye, I say
to another mixed year.
Freedom awaits;
the odds are very clear.
I’m adjusting my sails,
waiting for the wind
to prepare my course,
and then descend.
I pray for transformation
even though I don’t pray
and, hopefully, a shift
will come my way.
Clearing the dust,
looking for new views,
now’s the perfect time
for me to choose.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
*The drawing is my own attempt at creating a mixed bag of emotions. Fingers crossed that none of my emotions spill out over the coming year. 🙂 ~M xo
There’s a doorway to destruction;
it seems to find me every day;
I take different paths to avoid it
and look for the merrier way.
There’s also a doorway to delight;
it finds me less than other doors;
oh, but when it does find me,
I’m sent up a hundred floors!
There’s a doorway to regret
and another that opens to grief;
thankfully, neither stays open long,
so that’s quite a relief.
There’s also a doorway to peace
and another that leads to fun;
both are best enjoyed
walking through with a bit of sun.
My favorite door of all
is the one that leads to love,
but I have to be open to finding it,
sometimes needing a little shove.
There’s a doorway to adventure,
one that I look for every day,
and when I eventually find it,
It’s like being on holiday.
Some doors are pretty,
and others I’m afraid to touch,
but those that are welcoming
always mean so much.
I’m excited yet cautious
to see where most of them go;
I know if I’m too afraid to open one,
I’ll never really know.
The right door for me
might be the wrong door for you;
I guess none of us will ever know
until we’ve opened quite a few.
I’m grateful for so many choices
and the opportunities to succeed;
I hope you find your door today,
the one you really need.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/doorway-beach-opening-entrance-981803/
If only everyone were like you,
but then you wouldn’t be so special to me.
It’s your uniqueness that makes me adore you,
and you’re all that I can see.
There isn’t another I’d rather spend my time with;
nobody else will ever do.
You’re the one I want to share my whole life with;
I just can’t live without you.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/love-word-heart-text-seem-red-771009/
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