life

Caught in confusion

~ ~M ~ 10 Comments

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There’s a message
Within the song
I recognize its face
All day long

But I can’t understand
Why it’s there
It seems to have caught me
Unaware

Somewhere a lesson
Will likely be had
Slapping my wrists
Reminding me I’m bad

Until then
I’ll wrestle with confusion
Which a few I know
Will find quite amusin

And in the end
I’ll be back in that room
Breathing in more
Of that cheap perfume

For that’s what this life
Has become
May just guzzle it down
With a bottle of rum

© 2018 Michelle Cook

*Written ages ago and I don’t even remember what I was thinking about at the time.  Just cleaning out the notes section on my phone.  😉  So beware, I’ve got over 200 more notes to look through, and I’m guessing there may be more of these weird ones to come.  😉

This is how…

~ ~M ~ 5 Comments

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Tears welling
Sadness dwelling
Heart crushed
And eyes swelling

This is how
I get through each day
Hoping to find
A better way

© 2018 Michelle Cook

 

Her

~ ~M ~ 17 Comments

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She was always there
Resting quietly in his mind
With her smiling face
So loving and kind

Every inch of his body sensed
Her genial existence
Provoked by images of her
He offered up no resistance

And after years of searching
He knew she was the one
The light in her eyes reminded him
Of a bright morning sun

There was no denying his feelings
He had finally found his queen
She’d been there all along
Though nonexistent she had seemed

Fate had eventually been kind
Considering his deepest desires
And he wondered what he had done
To finally be blessed with all he required

© 2018 Michelle Cook

For a month of writing prompts, click here;  Every inch of his body sensed her presence.

Firestorm

~ ~M ~ 9 Comments

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Anger casually rises
Brimming to the top
Soon boiling over
Flaming arrows just won’t stop

Hitting their mark
Distressing pleas fill the room
This is their life
Another typical afternoon

© 2018 Michelle Cook

Thanks to Michael for a whole month of writing prompts, click here to view them all; Firestorm

One last wish

~ ~M ~ 8 Comments

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Searching the depths
Of the starry night sky
Arms reaching out
With tears in her eyes

And yet once again
There was no reply
So she made her last wish
And said a final goodbye

© 2018 Michelle Cook

For a month of writing prompts, click here;  As she walked to the end of the wooden boards, the stars spoke to her.