I’m trusting you
For the time I’m here
Please don’t fail me now
Just steer me clear
I need your help
To guide my way
Oh God please show me
What to do and say
© 2020 Michelle Cook
hope
The wonder of love…
Far away
In the depths of slumber
You reach for me
And pull me under
Across the miles
Past the deepest of seas
Nothing could ever
Keep you from me
For even in dreams
I am still there
While the rest of the world
Remains unaware
This is the wonder
Of love at its core
And there will never be another
That I want more
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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There I was…
There I was,
a tarnished piece of nothingness,
just another fowl crumb of an existence,
with all the potential of a rain gutter,
yet still, you chose me.
You unearthed my shameful soul
and held me lovingly in the palm of your hand.
Then, after peeling away mounds of corroded debris,
I was no longer a piece of blackened chaff.
Instead, I became your prized gem,
an anomaly I hadn’t foreseen.
And your sovereign hand still continues,
to unfold each gossamer petal of my potential,
showing the world what real love can do.
© 2020 Michelle Cook
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Fundamentals
There are no shortcuts
Only resolve
But it’s love
That will see us through
© 2020 Michelle Cook
For a month of writing prompts click here: Only resolve.
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When we ignore…
They scatter, fall
Lose their way
Their lives uncertain
Full of disarray
They’ve taken risks
Leading them astray
Every decision a regret
They’ll now have to pay
They can’t go on
To start a new day
Unkind words leave them
In misery and dismay
Their agony is contagious
So we keep them at bay
Then they vanish forever
As their souls fade away
We cry out in anguish
Looking for a ray
But they’re gone for good now
There is nothing left to say
© 2019 Michelle Cook
*I wrote this yesterday as I thought about all the people around us who suffer alone every day. We may not understand exactly what our friends are going through, or how to help them, but a simple word of kindness is all it often takes to make a difference in somebody’s life. So I urge you to reach out to someone today. You could be the one to save their life without even knowing it. I’ve had friends do this for me; they never even knew how much their words meant to me, but they were everything in those moments when I was lost and felt like giving up. Please don’t ignore your friends; they need you… ~M xo
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