If I could change my life,
what would I do?
Would a simple hug
change my point of view?
I wonder how far I’d go
for the things I desire,
or would those longings
somehow expire.
I don’t always know
what my capabilities are,
haven’t gotten to the point
of reaching that far.
But there’s one thing I know
I could never do
and that would be
to give up you.
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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Why’s life so hard
I want to know
I’ve worked so long
But got nothing to show
And I want to do more
But can’t figure out what
This annoyance I feel
Is like a punch to the gut
Trying to decide
What comes next
But all my options
Seem too complex
A blueprint for life
Is really what I need
Without one I fear
I may never succeed
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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I haven’t had coffee in weeks
no desire to change the sheets
It’s all just gone to hell
this place where I currently dwell
Some furniture has disappeared
the rest is about to be cleared
Get me outta here I say
but this month won’t go away
Time has not been in my favor
so I continue to stew and labor
If only I could speed things up
I’d be happy as a jolly ol pup
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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I think we all reach a point
A place of exhaustion
A time of misunderstanding
A feeling of not being heard
The scrapping of knees on concrete
Life becomes too much to bear
So we alter our direction
Scrambling for the door
The one we hope leads to peace
I think I’m at that point
And I’m not looking back
I need to find some place
That takes me far away
Miles from this point of discontent
This place of unworthiness
This time of hurting
This feeling of hopelessness
I can’t keep bleeding
for the rest of my life
At some point
it all has to end
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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I get swept away
by the sound of your voice,
transported to that place
where only we exist.
Crashing within the waves
of your all-consuming love,
entranced and submerged
by the depths of your desire.
And since the beginning,
I have always known
that you were to be mine
and I was to be yours.
You are the truest love
that I have ever known,
and the very best part
of who I have become.
© 2024 Michelle Cook
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