Michelle Stradford Poet & Author

Lasting Love | When Love Rises

have become

my everything.

You are my clarity,

bolstering me

with constancy.”

dialed up to warm

so that the love

you set free

knows it will be

welcomed home,

judgment-free.

- an excerpt from ‘Warmed Hearts’

what I see,

and never attempt

to constrain me.

- an excerpt from ‘You Break me Free’

hushed whispers

undo me,

releases my

grounding to gravity.

With you, I soar,

dare to be free.

Just let go.

Come fly with me.

| When We Fly

need to be a face

with no name,

when all I want

is to be left alone

to search…

for a new reason,

to mend these holes

that have riddled me

and left me soulless.

- Soulless

has passed since

our chance meeting

and I have already

caught your fever.

I was too naïve to see

how infectious

and alluring

this tantalizing

attraction could be.

- Fever

your skin,

just to feel

high heat surging

below your

surface.

-Turbulence

this dance

to each other’s

heartbeats

long after the music

has ended.

-Heartbeat

behind this

sassy smile

so, you don't

catch me

falling for

you.

- Please Catch Me

this dance

to each other’s

heartbeats

long after the music

has ended.

-Heartbeat

to zeniths

I never thought

were possible to reach.”

-Silent Guide

Persistence is an empowering selection from Self Love Notes: Uplifting Poetry, Affirmations and Quotes. Available in print and ebook.