Nothing can fill the void like you can
This ache in my heart never goes away
And because I’m so lonely without you
I’m forever lost in a sea of grey
© 2017 Michelle Cook
loneliness
Separation sufferances
Being separated from the ones you love is a lonely place to be.
I suppose some may never understand what this is like, but I believe most will know this feeling well.
I have had enough of this torture to realize that we don’t get to decide how or when we will be separated.
There are even those we love who will never be able to grace our paths no matter how long we yearn.
The distance from those loved ones may as well be a trip to the moon.
These are life’s true tragedies, and the heart cannot comprehend why this is the way it has to be.
It’s especially difficult during a dark night, one void of loving arms and reassurance.
We cannot then comprehend the reality of our circumstances.
That’s when the heart realizes how truly alone it is and suffers in silence as it mostly always has.
These are the sad truths that often live inside us all.
Few speak of these sufferances, but that doesn’t make them any less painful.
The only way to survive the distance is to reach out as much as you can, sending deeply felt “I love yous” and sincerely honest “thinkings of you.”
© 2025 Michelle Cook
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Lonely
Every now and then
I feel this word
even though I know
it sounds absurd
But lonely appears
so very often to me
think I might have
a chronic sensitivity
I often feel it’s power
like a magnet from within
the teardrops collecting
underneath my skin
I try to hold them back
But the pull is so strong
and what I know now
I’ve known all along
I let go of all my promises
seems I’m doing it again
this heart can’t help
but let loneliness win
Most think I’m doing great
I can smile like the rest
but if you look beneath
there’s trouble in my chest
The weight of sadness
suffocates my will
keeping me from everything
standing so still
I know I’m not the only one
so the tears I wipe away
burying them inside me
to live another day
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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Prismatic ponderings
I begin to slowly die
whenever you’re away
disheartened by the absence
of your colorful array
An achromatic rainbow
is all that I can conjure
my mind’s eye being
desolate and somber
But then you return
like a prism in my mind
blotting out the bleakness
with a feeling undefined
My world becomes a haven
and my heart beats anew
saturated by all the colors
spilled on me by you
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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The lonely place
There’s a lonely place
where you exist
I try to forget you
yet the memories persist
You were once my strength
you anchored my soul
but after everything you said
it all finally took its toll
I remember sinking to my knees
in painful defeat
my perfect image of you
at last shattered complete
I wanted to hold onto the good
but the good wouldn’t stay
and looking back
I’m relieved you went away
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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