Connected by love
The kind that only comes from heaven above
Connected at the heart
Knowing life is too short to spend it apart
Connected by a dream
Of one day being an unstoppable team
Connected in soul
Each one always making the other feel whole
Connected by magic
The miles between them is undeniably tragic
© 2018 Michelle Cook
Writing prompt – Connected by love
Little girl
Blond hair blue eyes
Living the happiest
Days of her life
For right beside
Is her very best friend
A young boy
Of almost ten
Dangling their feet
At the end of the pier
Just happy to know
The other is near
Spending each day
Climbing trees
Too much fun
To notice scrapped knees
Riding bikes
All over town
Smiling and happy
Never sharing a frown
Now side by side
Near the river’s edge
Each silently makes
A forever pledge
For he’s her hero
And she’s his muse
Both something to the other
Neither wants to lose
Friends forever
Never to part
Lucky to have each other
From the very start
© 2018 Michelle Cook
I wrote this poem years ago and it always reminds me of my best friend C, and what I imagine it would have been like to grow-up with him. So wherever you are today C, and whatever you’re doing, I hope you have the best birthday ever. Love and miss you… ~M xoxo
You unfurl the soft petals which bloom in the spring
You bring the gentle rain that makes the birds sing
You create the music that drifts over the breeze
You allow us to see you in the rustle of crisp leaves
You show us majestic views created by your hand
You provide for every need when we cannot stand
You turn the leaves into bright beacons every fall
You encourage the tiny oak to grow up so very tall
You scatter the seeds by sprinkling them around
You give us new life and let pure beauty abound
You remind us every day of your awesome power
You grant us your mercy and are our strong tower
You love us beyond what is measured here on earth
You bind our hearts together and show us our worth
You gave us a promise that we must choose to accept
You died to give us life and always promise to protect
You know each of our names and what’s in store
You are the same today, tomorrow, and forevermore
© 2018 Michelle Cook
True Friends are…
True friends are forever praying
True friends are always there waiting
True friends speak truth and are never faking
True friends love you when your heart is aching
True friends show up when your world is quaking
True friends have you on their mind upon waking
True friends hold your hand when you’re shaking
True friends tell you that you’re amazing
True friends give instead of taking
True friends are never berating
True friends know when your heart is breaking
True friends sit by your side when you feel yourself fading
True friends are there no matter what you’re facing
© 2018 Michelle Cook
Several long months had passed
Since she’d been held
By her faithful master
She greatly missed
The way his warm hand curved
Around her well-worn body
Sections of her once shiny exterior
Had long ago lost their luster
And now began to flake and peel
His familiar rugged fingerprints
Still appeared in the places
Where she’d been gripped the tightest
Each spot a permanent reminder
Of the intensity in which he wrote
And the passion which he radiated
She continued to ache
For his ever loving touch
And dreamt of his timely return
But she soon came to realize
She was no match for her masters new blond #2
That fair young lady had the bite marks to prove it
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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