Month: March 2018

Poetry

I need

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for my words to reach you when I can’t reach you.

You stand there all alone as if you have no one on your side anymore, maybe you don’t reach out anymore because those hands that used to hold you dear.

Loosen up the hold on you and you slipped into a place you never thought you would end up in.

A tunnel that you walked alone at least that’s what you felt at first, everything you thought was the right path for you left you still feeling empty and unsatisfied.

You begun to search for the answer to what it was or who it was you were missing, it turns out you were missing a big chunk of your life line.

And once you had it, you couldn’t stop praising it and some understand the love you have for your god.

Well others respect that’s what you believe but, choose to live another way and as much as you want them to live your way.

You let them live for what they choose to live for but, that does not mean you don’t pray for them any less than you do for those who believe too.

You decided that day that you found your voice again and you won’t be quite for what if just one word or poem could help someone reach out and do what they love to do or decide they  are worth staying in the world.

And their light is needed just as much as yours is, this is not the end but the beginning to so much more.

The struggle is there no matter who you are but, it’s the way you handle it that will help you to survive and be happy and strong again.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

Daily Prompt: Grasp

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I stand there about to give you the paper back to you when you just reach out and snatch it right out of my hand.

I can’t believe that you would do that and I’m mad that you think that is okay to do to me.

I want to say something but I’m so pissed that I just say have a nice day and move on with what I need to do before I do something I will regret.

I try to forget your actions after you walk away but, the thought of what you did seems to run through my mind as the day slows down and I think over all the moments of my day.

You seem to have grabbed that happy mood from me and turn it into something ugly and I know I shouldn’t let your action affect me so much.

For out of sight out of mind sometimes works for me but, you always come back in my life and so the memories that make my blood boil really seem to be happening more and more lately.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Grasp

Poetry

I want

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no I need to get this off my chest because I have not felt this way before and it’s so overpowering that I can’t sleep.

I eat just to survive but, the feeling of just wanting to sleep in and not go anywhere for a while would be nice.

But, I get up and I move around with the need to get to where I am needed and just move with the flow of the traffic.

I know the worrying is there but not from me for I know where  I need to be and do to survive this moment .

I want no I need to say this because, the way you looked at me the other day just proved my point.

If I don’t say anything you are going to keep thinking that this is appropriate but, it’s not and so I stand strong today.

Because, I don’t want tomorrow to be the same as yesterday and I’m hoping for so many more things to happen and come my way.

For I deserve more and this time I will put an end to this matter now.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

One

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All it takes is one thought and you are on my mind and then I’m forced to knowledge that things have changed.

And right before I blow to make a wish like I used to do when I was a child, I wonder what I really need right now.

Is it protection or love or both and what if I waste this wish will I get another chance to make another good one before things really change.

I want to wish that I have more time to really enjoy the peace I needed in my life right now.

But, back to reality I have to go and I know that life can be good and then the world throws me a curve ball.

And everything so dear becomes so much clearer than I thought was possible.

Where to go and what to do keeps running through my mind now that it’s all laid out on the table.

The truth and the lies!

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Captivating

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I was captivated by your voice as I listened to your new song

each word making me love to listen to this song over and over again.

So many songs and yours is one of my favorite this week and I just can’t stop listening to it as I try to relax a little before I have to wine down for the night.

This song reminds me of what life can be like when it is good and the bad things don’t outweigh the good things  at the end of the day.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Captivating

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Your

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 green eyes are the first thing I notice as I look through the photos I took that day. 

You were kind enough to help me out and let me take a photo of you, I was on a tight time limit and asking a bunch of stranger if I could take their picture had become quite hard that day. 

With all the pictures in my portfolio  I knew I had a chance of getting in and being accepted. 

I just needed so badly to get into this program for it was the best and I knew it would change and improve my skills to the next level and that is where I wanted  to be to make it as a photographer. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Meander

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I decided to take a new path this morning on my walk

one that was more winding and almost seems to be like maze.

I just kept walking in the hope that there would be an end to this path but, it kept going on and on.

I listened to song after song and just really enjoyed the time I got to reflect on what has been happening in my life lately.

I kind of felt like lately I’ve been wander around  with no direction insight and no hope that seems to be coming my way.

But, I just can’t seem to get off this path in life no matter how hard I try but there is always tomorrow to look forward too.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Meander

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Eyes closed

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I stand with my eyes close and just breathed in this moment of peace

the only moment I seem to be able to get these days.

I know that I may just fall apart the moment I open my eyes and so I’m holding on to the hope that I don’t have to open it anytime soon.

I know that I’ve held it all inside and just kept moving because that’s what they needed from me but right now I truly can’t move.

I’m paralyzed to this spot with my eyes closed for I fear they will keep using me until I have no energy left and I will be ruined and then who will want me.

I know the truth and as I stand here picturing the sweet moments when I would get a taste of freedom again.

The moment that my feet step out that door and I run for as long as I can keep going and I don’t stop even as I hear my voice being called over and over again.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Suddenly

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I woke up feeling great and just when I was about to get up all of a sudden this feeling of weakness took over my body.

And all the energy I thought I had just went out the window and I felt so sad and mad that I had overworked my body and now on my day off.

I couldn’t truly enjoy my day off as I lied in bed most of the day trying to rest up for I knew what life had in store for me would not be easy for me to just get up and go if I didn’t give my body the rest it needed.

So off the grid I went and even though the time I had still didn’t feel like enough I took what was given to me and made something of it.

Because, soon I was quickly back on a pose I didn’t want but  I had to accept and move forward with a smile on my face.

I was so used to faking it that I didn’t know how to turnoff the smile when I didn’t truly mean to show it.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Suddenly

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On Top

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100 Week Wednesday: Week 61

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On top of one of the tallest building and for the first time I feel like the things that seem so big in my life aren’t that big at all. 

Nothing is going to pull me down anymore for I have been to the top and no matter how far I fall nothing can truly bring me down again. 

I am where I’m suppose to be when it comes to my growth personally and now physically I feel so tore down that I just can’t get up and do the things I used to do. 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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