Month: May 2018

Poetry

Feeling

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a little lost after spending so much time on the move that when one slows down.

It’s like I’ve missed so much while the people who demand so much of me don’t care as I lose myself for the person I see in the mirror these days are a stranger.

Her eye’s always looking so tired and sad that I wonder what others see when they see her every day.

Do they see her cry for help because all she wants to do is escape?
And not be trapped in this space of feeling like a stranger in her own body.

The sweet and innocent person is now so sad and angry or just too tired to care at all what she is.

Not letting anyone walk over her, she has become so hard.
It’s so hard to be soft towards anyone for her guard is always up now.

She feels like nothing good is coming from her new change and fears her sometime good time will soon turn into nothing but nasty and unfortunate events.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Complication

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Premature

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The moment was premature because neither she or him knew this was the moment that would change everything.

They didn’t know that the  moment that felt strange and out-of-place would be the moment that would change everything.

The thought that this premature love was something that would come back and make a future love that would last longer than it took for them to realize it wasn’t just a one time chance that got them to this place.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Premature

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Infect

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Like a virus you infect everyone that gets close to you and you tried it with me but, I was too strong for you.

You would attack and I would defend my self and knock you out-of-the-way before the damage could truly do me any harm.

You kept trying and hoping that things would work out for you and I would let my guard down.

But, from the first time I saw you smile my way I knew you were no good and looked away before you could think it was an invitation to come my way.

It was a tiring battle to keep fighting but, I knew I couldn’t let you win for this was my life and my decision to live a life that felt right and healthy.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Infect

Poetry

I’m not afraid!

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Three Line Tales, Week 120

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photo by Kyle Head via Unsplash

 

You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:

  • Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
  • Link back to this post (& check the link shows up under the weekly post).
  • Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
  • Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.

 

Dancing in the darkness only helps me to not be afraid of the things that haunt me in the shadows. 

I danced my heart out knowing there was no fear left in this place to haunt me and make me be afraid of doing the things I need to do, for only over time will I truly see how strong I am. 

My love for dance overpowers everything I ever loved and cared about because right now I’m lost in a place of peace and happiness and nothing seems to get through this joy that fills me up inside. 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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I’m not afraid!

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Thin

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The thin line between me trusting you and knowing what you are capable of was stretched so thin that day.

That I just wanted to walk away and not deal with the stress I knew was coming sooner than I wanted it to happen.

I wanted to quietly walk away and not deal with the aftermath for at the end of the day I felt like I was fighting the tide and getting nowhere fast.

The end results were never coming to see the light of the day.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Thin

Poetry

Just

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when I thought things were starting to look up

the storm hits hard and I just can’t stand up to this anymore.

I fall short and the answers just don’t show up in time for me

and I know things will come to play but life right now just don’t seem so real

when you are getting  up but the force knocks you down just for someone to blame you when things are not going their way.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

Daily Prompt: Slight

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She felt insignificant when it came down to the matter at hand.

She was working hard, maybe harder than she really needed too at this point.

But, even though she wanted so bad to not care about the matter anymore.

Somehow it would end up coming back up and she felt like she had no other option but to stop fighting and walk away.

For even though she felt valuable to the cause, she knew staying wasn’t truly what she needed even if that was what they wanted.

The season for her to move on was coming up and she didn’t want to miss out because she felt slightly bad in the end.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Slight

Poetry

Daily Prompt: Core

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I knew the truth of that day would come back and haunt me down to the very core of my exist.

I didn’t want to face the facts that something dark and sad happened that day that well only a few know the truth about.

It was so long ago that I didn’t want it to be brought up again.

It felt like a recurring nightmare that some how was developing out each not to be more frightening than before.

All the details were still fresh in my mind even though years have passed by since that day.

I didn’t sense danger at first but, yet I knew something was not right about that moment and even though I can’t go back and erase it away.

I know that it ended on an okay note and today it doesn’t haunt me as much as it used too.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Core