happiness

Always…

~ ~M ~ 12 Comments

As last year fades
into fond memories of bliss,
and we treasure what we had
in every warm and loving kiss,
I promise to be here
whenever you’re ready
with a dedicated shoulder
to hold you steady.
I’ll shed no tears
for the times when you’re gone
because when you’re here
I know we’ll be strong.
Our unexplainable bond
can never be broken,
for it goes much deeper
than that which is spoken.
You’re the everything
that brightens my days,
and I will love you for now
and forever, always…xo

© 2024 Michelle Cook

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Poetry prompt:
He tends the garden of her heart
Where blooms’ fade brings new life

One

~ ~M ~ 6 Comments

You’re the echo inside me,
the harmonious voice
inside my head.

Your words reverberate,
mimicking my mind,
every thought spilled,
phantasmic and fluidly formed.

Mutually manifested magic
is all we’ve ever really known.

Why need we even speak
the thoughts that dwell within
while we cheat mediocrity
bathing in buckets of bliss.

Maybe it’s the glory gained
by hearing ourselves think
beyond the breadth of others
in a oneness all our own.

© 2023 Michelle Cook

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Futility

~ ~M ~ 19 Comments

Through tides
that pull me away
somehow
you always stay

I’d do anything
to reach that shore
always wanting you
so much more

Instead I drift
as close as I can
weary from time
and it’s distant plan

Why can’t the waves
crash in my favor
and bring me closer
to what I savor

© 2023 Michelle Cook

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My sunshiny girl

~ ~M ~ 21 Comments

The sun is always rising from your pocket.
A song is ever frolicking in your hair.
The ground is perpetually dancing beneath your feet.
Delight is incessantly playing in your eyes.
And in shimmery rays of glory,
the color of life is forever found in you.

© 2023 Michelle Cook

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*Sunshine – the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves.
(My daughter… you are this light).

The boy

~ ~M ~ 14 Comments

The boy lived
With the hopes of wine
Something soothing
Something sublime

The boy hoped
For the love of her
Something different
Something sure

The boy loved
All the ease she brought
Something beautiful
Something sought

The boy eased
Into the life she rendered
Something exquisite
Something surrendered

The boy lived
Without the doubt he’d held
Something changed
Something expelled

The boy doubted
All the world would see
Something splendid
Something free

The boy whirled
With the joy he’d acquired
Something unexpected
Something required

© 2023 Michelle Cook

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