I’ve been stranded
Exiled in a way
Just another captive
Lost at sea
Riding the current
To another world
Hoping this reality
Is better than the last
© 2020 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/ocean-starry-sky-milky-way-rest-3605547/
Look out over
The shimmering sea,
It’s the place
where you’ll find me.
The sea is where
my heart resides,
you’ll hear it as I stand
by your side.
I may only be
your invisible friend,
but I’ll always be there,
even in the end.
Reach out your hand,
and you’ll find mine.
Our hearts and souls
forever entwined.
© 2020 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/landscape-sea-beach-nature-ocean-5392568/
Stop and listen
Hear the sound
New life teeming
All around
Look at the fields
The sky, the earth
All so lovely
Full of rebirth
Listen to the ocean
And the stoic geese
Notice the beauty
Find your inner peace
See the world
Through brand new eyes
What you observe
Might be a surprise
Stop for a moment
Catch your breath
Plenty to live for
Before life meets death
© 2019 Michelle Cook
At the peak of the crest
She’s tossed aside
Flung carelessly
Violently
Without regard
Against jagged rocks
And hollow crevices
Where life once teemed
With awe and discovery
Her battered body
Lies forsook
Bloodied and bruised
Lifeless and forgotten
Her daggered flesh
Barely responding
As the salty spray bites
Licking at her wounds
Washing away the evidence
Of a vindictive heart
And she gives up the fight
Succumbing to the void
As the tidepools shimmer
Beneath a forlorn moon
Her spirit at last
Drifting away
Soundlessly
Serenely
On the wisp of a thread
Life reclaimed
© 2019 Michelle Cook
Prone to misfortune
And many blunders
As her poor mind
Would often wander
She made
A terrible mistake
Of getting up
At daybreak
And she set out
To the sea
Hoping for a day
Of soaring free
But the girl’s spirit
Led her astray
As the tide swept
Her cares away
And after that first
Erroneous step
She sighed from her
Nonchalant attempt
Because one stride
Became too many
As she nearly squashed
A silver jenny
And the next footfall
Was even worse
Such an unfortunate
Squishy curse
For that jellyfish
Wasn’t missed
And that pathetic girl
Just yelped and hissed
The stinging jolt
Was quite unamusing
Leaving her foot
Swollen and oozing
The unlucky girl
Had only wanted a day
To leave her burdens
Far away
But her carefree
And heedless endeavors
Were tragically
Tainted forever
© 2019 Michelle Cook
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