We’re the ones
who didn’t stay,
just kinda wanted
to go our own way.
Those who stayed
are still mostly the same,
and nobody really knows
who we became.
Cause when you don’t stay,
they just don’t know,
and who you were
becomes a distant show.
We took a leap
and found an open door,
and what we discovered
couldn’t be more.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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I can’t wait to see the world
stretched out at my feet
and lose myself to love,
getting lost in your heartbeat.
I need the air I breathe
to be shared only by you
and for you to come away
and have all of this too.
I want to see the road ahead
go on forever,
taking you with me
on every endeavor.
I need to spend my whole life
with you by my side
because wherever you are
is where my heart resides.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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Life was forever bliss
under that strawberry sky.
Intertwined, we remained,
just you and I.
Caught up in imaginings
only we could see.
Keeping each other’s secrets
and running free.
Making love on that sandy,
secluded shore.
Every delicious desire
was ours to explore.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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When I couldn’t be there
to lose myself in you,
I knew my favorite song
would have to do.
Sometimes I’d let the words
rush over my skin,
remembering all the places
where we’d once been.
There were countless nights
I could only imagine you here,
and losing you in my life
was my greatest fear.
So I’d take solace
in my favorite song,
hopeful that the words
would carry me along.
Filled with a melody
so I could hold you in my heart,
I believed in earnest
that we’d never part.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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As summer turns to fall,
I find I’m missing you.
Your face I can hardly recall,
yet still, I’m missing you.
And when summer at last returns,
I’ll be lost in all my usual concerns,
but once again missing you,
when that first leaf falls.
© 2021 Michelle Cook
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