She starts with a kiss
seduction across her lips
Passion in her eyes
leaving you paralyzed
Silently tortured by temptation
her body has no hesitation
Manipulation on her mind
but she’ll move on
and leave you behind
Her heart’s been broken
too many times.
– kristin l. cook
my mind is in two places like where
the moon meets the sun. I watch the
light ripple across the water and
count the stars one by one.
A nostalgic memory is where I run.
A beautiful moment too loud for a
whisper and too quiet for a gun.
-kristin l. cook
Desperation caused her to
search for truth, stumbling
across false words and bad intentions,
she became drunk on your lies,
and intoxicated on your lips.
She binged on your breath,
and trembled at your tongue
so vulnerable to heartache,
but the closest thing to love
she has ever known.
– kristin l. cook
I saw you today
Running at the gym
Laughing at jokes about them
But when we caught eyes
I turned cold on a whim
My heart was tannerite
with the cause to ignite
An explosion of nostalgia
Where love surged
throughout my body
and shock waves
rolled down my face
Yeah, I saw you today
With my emotions on display
It’s how I know you’re with me
And your spirit is here to stay
Once a gym partner, always a gym partner. I miss you everyday, Monica. 💕
With love,
– kristin l. cook
Born to a world,
trapped in a cage.
with clipped wings,
and a passion to fly.
Dreaming of the wind,
Soaring at new heights,
The spirit of an eagle,
But the life of a lovebird
–
kristin l. cook
This particular poem was inspired by a past relationship.
He was “Reaching” and I was “Settling” although it didn’t feel that way at the time. He told me “if you weren’t with me, I could see you being anywhere, Paris, Montana, anywhere but Corning.”
I guess I was unaware of the potential and natural ambition inside me.
And it’s true, we learn the most about ourselves when we only have ourselves to spend time with. We learn, we grow, we make the impossible, possible, and we live again.
Another night, Another heartache
Another stranger, A different bed
It’s just a phase
It’s how it goes nowadays
A physical connection
Don’t open up; deflection
Just hope he can keep an erection
Leave before sunrise
Wear windblown hair as a disguise
Another day, They’re all the same
It’s just a game, Nothing new
When all I think about is you
– kristin l. cook
you’re a delightful craving
and a dangerous combination
you’re that chaotic adventure
to a gentle inhabited soul
you’re the imagination of pleasure
noticeably found in anticipation
– kristin l. cook
Losing you, rescued my spirit.
Like a Phoenix rising from ashes,
I caught fire from all the second chances.
I spread my wings and fly
A mystic flight of oblivion
and only lingering embers of saudade.
– kristin l. cook
“Character is who you are when nobody is looking”
The Hustle Of Humble & Kind
I rise above the noise.
I look deception in the face.
You want me to lose,
but I already won this race.
Fear couldn’t stop me.
Hell couldn’t break me.
If it’s a battle of the heart,
I got that.
If it’s a battle of the mind,
Yeah, I won that.
If it’s a battle of pride,
you can have it.
A life of emptiness and lies,
I don’t need it.
So just keep talking,
I’ll keep grinding.
It takes all kinds,
God has a purpose for all life lines.
–
kristin l. cook
i can see the truth in your eyes
your lies are a sad disguise
i gave you my heart
i gave you my life
then you made me your ex-wife
you stabbed me & turned the knife
said i made you less of a man,
so you left for a one night stand.
-kristin l. cook
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