Month: January 2017

Poetry

Maybe today

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Isn’t my day as the words mix all together, and nothing seems clear.

Maybe if I want to, I could blame daylight saving and say I didn’t get enough sleep.

But maybe that would be an excuse or a lie and maybe today just wasn’t my day.

Sometimes, that happens when the day is bright and shiny, and then it just dooms down, and you want to see some light and joy for a moment again.

Did I laugh and smile too much that it physically drained me into being the thing I am right now.

Which is just tired and achy that I welcome sleep with open arms and want to be wrapped in its warmth until it’s time for me to wake up.

I need to sleep for a while, and when I ready, I will come out and be so refreshed like a butterfly out of its cocoon.

And it will last for days, for nothing in this world will be too much for me because it will be so new and different.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Scent

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You smell like fresh flowers on a nice day

You seem so confident as you walk around today.

You smile so brightly that nothing seems able to darken your day.

You move with so much grace, blessing every one with your scent as you greet them all this morning.

Their  smiles don’t seem to fade even when your gone.

There worries aren’t as big as they seem after talking to you.

The hope that is inside of them is  beginning to grow again.

Life for them becomes lighter and they can truly breathe again.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Scent

Poetry

Honestly

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As the words left my mind and got to you

I felt free and at peace but a little nervous.

But, now I feel like vines have started to grow and a wall is coming up.

Letting no light in and all around me is darkness.

The garden that was my safe haven is now all dead and freeze.

As the snow falls down all around me until I’m buried.

Will spring come and melt my troubles away or will I always be this way.

Cold with no care in the world as everything slowly passes me by.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Replacement

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We replace the things that are broken and

too damaged to repair.

And we replace them with new things that are faster and better.

But, do we do the same thing with people in our life too, when they act up do we replace them with people we can control.

Am I replaceable and have I already been replaced as I look around and realize I’m all alone now.

 

 

Written By:Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Replacement

Poetry

Open

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Your heart to me

Don’t fear that I won’t break it

just take this chance with me.

Trust me that I will do all that is in my power to protect you and your heart.

You see your so precious to me that I can’t stop loving you.

No matter how many times you push me away, I won’t stop loving you and catching you.

The world is pushing you around like twister picking you up and around you go until you fall to the ground broken.

But, you see with me the storm can’t touch you so please just take my hand and hold on tight.

For the ride I’m taking you on will be bumpy but, when you finally trust in me it will smooth out.

And it will end with our hearts filled to the max and you will always feel safe with me.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Yellow

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Yellow the color of your shirt

Is all I notice across the room.

As you leaned against the wall trying to act like you don’t want to be noticed.

But I can’t take my eyes off of you as you start to look around.

I start to wonder will you ever notice me in this crowd of people.

I barely know more than ten of them and all I want to do is know you.

For your far the most interesting thing I’ve seen in a long time.

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Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Yellow

Poetry

I

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don’t want to lose myself in you but as I stand here in this doorway

I don’t want to be alone anymore and I don’t want to waste anymore time when it comes to you.

I know that the timing can’t be the best but I’ve just don’t want to think about it anymore, because I’m not afraid anymore.

I just want to risk it all and stand in front of you as the only person that won’t leave you when it gets tough and to not turn on you when your being a real jerk.

I want to let all my words wash over you and save you and see the man I know you can be and for you to walk with your head up high and be a real badass for you know who you are and what you are capable of doing.

I don’t you to doubt yourself for one more second, for I know that your good with a lot of darkness but it doesn’t make you less worthy of the love I’m willing to offer you now and forever.

But, only time will tell if I will wake up and get off my feet and go to you and tell you the truth because over time these feelings go away when I push them down only for them to come back stronger than  before.

I don’t know what more I can do to stay away, when it’s just making me miserable and tired as I run myself in circles about what if this turns out great.

Or what if this ruins everything or it changes nothing and then what do I do with these feelings on my own.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Automatic

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The first time I saw you, I was automatic drawn to you

Those eyes so dark and shy, I knew you were trouble before you opened your mouth.

I moved to you like standing next to you was where I was meant to be for the rest of my life

and at first you agreed and our time together was like magic and no matter how much time we spent apart.

The next time I saw your face I automatically fell for you again and you would swipe me right off my feet again.

And I would lean into you when I needed your support or just wanted to feel safe with your long arms around me.

I was your girl until the day your light turned on in your eyes and the darkness automatically turned off and took away the man I once loved.

And I’m left with nothing but the ability to look across the room and see you the man I used to know, become the stranger who forgot who I was and what I meant to you.

If only I could go back and save you from your pain and darkness you now live in all alone.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Automatic

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Filter

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Filter my words

my life and I wouldn’t be me.

So yea I may say the wrong things at times but that’s life

and that’s me.

Filter away but I’m not changing for anything or any part of me.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Filter

Poetry

Strong

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winds blew through my life today and I didn’t have much hope it wouldn’t knock me down.

It went around rattling everything insight which just sent  a cold shiver down my back.

I didn’t want to face the wind today for it just turned me so cold.

And there was no warmth insight and, as my face froze first.

The ice soon took over all of me and then I broke and the wind blow me all around with no way of being whole again.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

It’s a long

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path to travel and yet the words have always been there and as I hear the music come on I know that I’ve run out of time.

It’s now or never for me to just spill it all and as I sit here I’ve just finally feel the feeling of your peace wash over me.

And as I pull up to your place and I jog to your door in the rain, I didn’t care how I may look because I just needed to get it all out.

So I knocked on your door like a crazy women and after five minutes you finally came to the door.

Half a sleep but alert enough to know that whoever was knocking on your door at this time of night better have a good excuse.

You open the door about to speak your mind but when your eyes land on me you don’t say a damn thing.

You just stare and swallow like your so nervous that I’m here and shocked and surprised all at the same time.

And then all I had to say flies right out my mouth as if I’m about to not exist anymore and the last thing.

I said was I love you and I just had to get that off my chest or it would drive me insane.

You look at me with your blue eyes that are so cloudy right now, with so many emotions running around inside of you.

Then it all just settles and a look of relieve falls on your face and you smile and you say, “It’s about time you come to your senses and get in here before you catch a cold and, I love you too.”

Ending that long path with a happy ending with so many great beginnings too.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Simple

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Things in life used to seem so simple

almost just so easy to deal with.

Now simple is the one word that is far from my mind

as growing up requires things to be harder.

More thinking things through and dealing with life as a grown up

because it’s up to you to make decision in your life now.

But, now and then things do become simple and peaceful and all it takes is for you to just slow down and treasure every moment you have.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Simple

Poetry

There’s

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something in your eyes that every time I look at you I get lost in them and I keep wondering why don’t see me for me.

Why is it that there is so much more you see but, it’s me you come to when the pain of the world is to hard for you to carry on your own.

You say I’m the best and most amazing woman you’ve met but that you imperfections   is what’s keeping you from risking it all with me.

 So you go from wrong to worst to she means nothing to me, I just don’t want to be alone and you just don’t understand.

Losing you would be worst than hurting these women that mean nothing to me because you have my heart.

But, I’m not really ready to risk cutting the strings and giving it to you completely.

So please if you care just wait for me, I’m sure it won’t take long for me to get myself together.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Ten

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I only need ten days

Ten hours

Ten minutes

Ten moments

to make things right with you.

The number ten will be our number

Ten years of friendship

Ten years of knowing nothing will come between us.

Ten the number I never thought we make it to but now it’s here and I couldn’t be happier .

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Ten

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Devastation

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Devastation such a sad word

nothing you want to hear or see.

But things happen in life and you can realize that by helping

during that tough time that it’s not so bad.

The pain will still be there but with love and a caring heart most of the

toughest moments in life aren’t so bad when you have someone or someone’s to

fall back on when times get dark.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Daily Prompt: Devastation