Fry me up like some fried catfish
Cook me up until I’m done.
Eat me up until your full and can’t eat anymore.
And once I’m gone will you appreciate all that I gave you.
Like a meal I was once something hot in your life and now I’m cold and in
the trash with the leftovers that never made it out of the refrigerator.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
I disappeared today
would you miss me?
If I just called you late at night
would you call me back?
If I sent you a letter telling you everything on my mind
would you write back telling me the same?
If only every time I reached out to you didn’t feel like the last.
Maybe I would have more time to write this out to you.
If only I had seen the signs or paid more enough during the times
we spent together.
Now it may just be too late as I close my eyes and remember the moment that
changed everything for me and for you.
If only there was a way to save us both at the same time.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
You cute little chuckle is all I hear as
you run circles around your mother.
Even she can’t stop smiling because she loves to see you so happy.
A little girl with no worries in the moment when life seems so precious.
You eventually stop for you got a little dizzy.
But, even then you lean and your mother for support as you regain your focus.
And she chuckles this time, knowing soon you will be at it again.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Sometimes I think your better left behind.
I can’t find my way if I’m looking back to see what I could have changed along the way.
If only I had….
If I just had said something
Or if only I had walked away and didn’t get involved in that situation at all.
But, then sometimes the past isn’t all that bad when you can smile and be happy to acknowledge that moment.
Like friendships that are from your past but, continue to grow to in your present.
Or something in the past you didn’t like now is a favorite of yours in the present.
Maybe I’ll keep you past and hold on to the good times but continue to grow in the present.
And look forward to the future for I got through my past and I know the present is bringing a lot of good things my way.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
moments are happening all around us
but when do you decide to stop and study the things that have been thrown at you lately.
Do you continue to ignore the things that make you question everything going on in your life.
Or, do you just hope that one day the answer will just drop into your lap and life will just get better or worst.
But, you feel your strong enough to get through it all no matter what comes next and you can do it all on your own too.
Did you ever stop and think that maybe there is someone else out there that can help you every step of the way.
Or you just raised to think that when times get tough fighting through it all alone is the only way not to get stabbed in the back by your enemies.
When will you decide these changes are too big for just one person?
And just maybe you will look up and, see all the hands that have always been out waiting for you to grab onto.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
It dark out when the fight broke out
with the smears on the window.
Every moment they made was so blurred that
I couldn’t tell who was winning.
All I can hear was the loud voices and bark of a dog
then the light from my neighbor’s house all come on at once
and then feet steps and a door opening.
To car doors closing as the nightly fight interrupted and broken up
for the cops show up.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
You’re words were such a surprise to me that I felt a strong jolt go through my body.
I never felt anything like that before and so it took me a minute or two to gather my thoughts and reply back.
But, nothing I thought of seemed like an appropriate response.
And so I simply said give me some time and I will have an answer for you.
Still in a daze I slowly walked away and only looked back at you once.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
won’t you believe me
when I say what I had to say
Time is running out and I don’t
know if I will get more time like this again.
Look me in the eye please my time is running out
so the person you see in front of you will be gone.
Please look at me before it’s too late and the sun goes
down and I become the thing, you didn’t want to dream about.
Because, when you wake and the bright green eyes glowing back at you from your
closet.
Won’t be a warning to what is to come next.
So please listen closely and don’t forget any details I tell you
for in the end it could save you from what I may become tonight.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
I’m climbing to the top and every now and then
I stumble and fall a couple of steps.
But, instead of giving up I keep going
and sometimes it feels like someone else is carrying me through it all.
Today I feel like I’ve finally reached the top and there you are with a helping hand
to pull me up to my final destination.
The hands and feet that kept me from getting this far is gone and I am so alive right now
that I can’t hold a grudge against them or be mad at all.
All I can do is smile and laugh and cry happy tears at this moment that feels so unreal right now.
So much I have gone through and at times I have let the negativity get to me and drag me down so far.
I thought and felt there was no coming back from this but, some how and some way I made it to the top.
So would think I just had a good day and my luck was up.
But, I know the truth for the hand that reached out to me that day was my lord and the hands and feet that grabbed and kicked at me was my enemies.
They couldn’t see what I saw waiting for me at the top so they did all they could to tear me down.
Yet, I climbed on with more determined than I could build up myself.
For I had to get to the top and I couldn’t just sit down here and wish one day I had the guts to do it.
I had to act now and climb with all my might and not look down or back for one foot and hand at time.
Would get me to where I’m meant to be and I can say now and later that the climb was so worth it.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Everyone, I hope you all have a great Sunday!
This day is more than Easter baskets and the yummy things inside them.
It’s another day to worship my lord and today is the day he gave his life for me, a sinner and once a lost soul just cruising through life.
I thought I knew who I was supposed to be and what I was to do with my life, but then time slowed down and I became confused on the direction of my life.
Everything I loved and thought was what I needed to do was gone and not even an option anymore.
He guided me to the right place and everything became clear and I’m where I’m meant to be with the hopes of more to come.
I stop letting my failures or let downs hold me down and I stop trying to be someone I no longer am.
I became someone new and there is no going back and for that I will always be grateful and so today is more than just another holiday or Sunday for me.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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