inspiration

The blahs

~ ~M ~ 24 Comments

people-2589639_1280

I often find
I’ve no words to say
Especially at
The end of the day

But inspiration can
Bring all kinds
Softly nudging ideas
Right into my mind

And I think about some
Who haven’t written
Two months, three days
Since the writing bug’s bitten

And let me tell you
It affects me too
All those words
They used to spew

Now they’ve just left me
Without hardly any hope
It’s the reason I often
Just wanna mope

You see…that’s what
Sadness does
Makes you miss
All that was

And yeah I know
I’m not making much sense
Thankfully dispiritedness
Isn’t an offense

© 2018 Michelle Cook

Originally written; October 2018

Languishing lovers

~ ~M ~ 9 Comments

the kiss

I delight whenever you can cover me in your kisses
But your smile is what my heart most misses
And as twilight descends
Another day away from you ends
With lovely thoughts of you filling up my head

© 2018 Michelle Cook

Inspired by the painting, In Bed, The Kiss, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Only you

~ ~M ~ 5 Comments

sunrise-373103_1280

Only you can cause such beauty
Through the things you create
And sometimes I forget to look for you
My human side likes to hesitate

How can I deny your existence though
When the day looks like today
It’s easy to see your glory
When you greet me in this way

I don’t need a book or a preacher
To prove these things to me
I find you in the small things
You’re in everything I see

All I have to do is look
And your presence is made known
The miracle of you
Is always so clearly shown

© 2018 Michelle Cook

The wonder of inspiration

~ ~M ~ 28 Comments

energy-3073847_1280

It’s always fun to see
Where we glean our inspiration
Especially during those times
Of wordless frustration

Sometimes it’s a word
A picture or a quote
Or other times it’s simply
What someone else wrote

Often it’s the news
A book or a short story
Which gives us the means
To write our own allegory

There are so many things
Which speak to our souls
A writer’s mind
Is never in control

And even these words
Right here on this page
Have come from a place
I cannot gauge

So I sit and enjoy
My mind’s aimless ramble
It’s something I’ve never
Been able to unscramble

© 2018 Michelle Cook

Isn’t it true?

~ ~M ~ 13 Comments

board-2161880_1280

Isn’t it true
There’s a writer in you?

Can’t you see
All you’re meant to be?

Why would you be here
If this weren’t true?

Best get to writing
It’s expected of you.  😉

© 2018 Michelle Cook