Lovesickness;
don’t catch it;
you’ll never be the same.
Seriously,
don’t contract it;
you‘ll only have yourself
to blame.
To prevent it,
you’ve got to avoid it
by looking the other way.
And don’t dare spread it
if you come down with it,
or the whole world
will be full of dismay.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/people-couple-heartbreak-rejection-3422435/
Body shocked
every nerve;
this is not
what’s deserved.
Molten lava
flows through veins,
trying hardest
to refrain.
Many questions,
nothing found.
Oh, this strain,
so profound.
Gut-wrenching,
gnawing sadness,
heartbroken,
this is madness.
Neglected now
and evermore.
Guess I’m just
a big fat bore.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/flower-road-dandelion-alone-path-1812470/
Better than anything,
her cuteness makes me smile.
Underneath the maple tree,
we laugh for a very long while.
The next thing we both know,
the sun is nearing its stage to set.
Time seems like our enemy
when we realize that’s all we get.
End-of-day loveliness
stretches across the carnation sky.
Remembering the late hour,
still deferring the day’s goodbye.
Yesterday’s such as this
often leave a feeling of bittersweet.
But those memories, they fill us
on days when we’re incomplete.
Illusions of everlasting delight
remain cradled upon our chests.
So many things a mother suffers,
the losses are hard to digest.
Come what may we say in quiet,
as the years start to pass us by.
Until the end draws nearer
and we’re left with all the why’s.
It’s the not knowing that hurts the most;
the answers never found.
This life is never easy,
but we do our best to be around.
Silently we pass; still, nobody ever knows
all a mother suffers and endures
as they watch their babies grow.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/mother-child-family-daughter-girl-3793521/
Writing prompt: Buttery biscuits – given to me by my very sweet daughter, Autumn Rose.
Do you ever feel
like you can’t reach out,
like nobody will understand
what you’re all about.
Do you ever feel
like you don’t fit in,
and you wish you could change
all your thoughts within.
Do you ever feel
like the world waves you away,
as if you don’t matter
like you’ve nothing to say.
Do you ever feel
like you’re doing it all wrong,
and no matter what you try
you still don’t feel strong.
Do you ever feel
like you’re hopelessly lost,
but you still try to continue,
knowing what giving up costs.
Do you ever feel
like a failure or mistake,
going through the motions
even when your enthusiasm is fake.
Do you ever feel
like you just can’t get things right,
but you know you can’t surrender;
not without a fight.
Do you ever feel
like you shouldn’t say a word,
because everyone might think
your words are just absurd.
Do you ever feel
like you hold back all your grief,
and you wish in desperation
for a minute of relief.
Do you ever feel
like nobody will understand,
and you wish for somebody
to come along and hold your hand.
Do you ever feel
like someone should listen,
but at long last, you realize
you are no magician.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-lonely-sunset-sad-loneliness-5560212/
I don’t always feel like doing life anymore.
I am happy, probably the happiest I’ve ever been,
but when the waves of the world toss me around,
I don’t feel strong enough to fight against the currents.
I think I’d rather let myself go with the flow
and be pulled under if that’s where I end up.
If only the turbulent winds would just carry me away
to a place where only love and acceptance exist.
But that is not the life I have been born into,
and that is not the life I’ll ever know.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/black-and-white-photo-blonde-4798345/
Her Writing Haven 