Poetry

Do

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You see me for my beauty and not for my brains.

For I am more than my looks these days.

I know that  I am worth more than my looks and my body.

I know that some will think they can just give me an compliment

and I owe them something for notices the looks that God gave me.

I will be polite but I will not entertain unwelcome attention and I have every right to say no and no thank you.

I stand for me and everyone else and I won’t stop being me and feeling comfortable when all you want is to ruin my little moments.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

To be

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truly alone is like standing on this rock

with no one around to help you or to save you.

The fall will be a far one but that is not why you up there right now.

You didn’t know how it felt to be truly be alone so here you are standing on that rock, feeling sorry for yourself and those that choose to ignore you now.

Why you ask yourself that every time life seems to throw you a curve ball and you realize there is no one you can really talk to or relate too.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

They

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said taking some time off would help me find myself and find out what I truly need to do.

But, right now I do feel at peace but the ache of knowing that I am going back in a couple of days makes me want to stay forever for there was nothing but great momenta.

I know the moment I have to get my head back in the game of stress everything will change.

Some want me to speak up but for the first time, I’m just so over it that I just keep my concerns to myself.

I know this day looking out at all the possibilities I can still do.

I won’t give up just because someone keeps pushing me down for they seem to think they know everything.

But, the truth is the problem is still there and there is no hope of it changing. But I can continue to grow and end up outlasting the problem in the end.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

We

Week 170 of Three Line Tales

three line tales, week 170: an unhappy birthday party

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 always wanted time to speed up but in the end when were old and gray hair is the style for us because dyeing it would just take too much time now and we just don’t have the patience anymore. 

We still celebrate birthday’s and events but the excitement we use to have about these moments just aren’t there anymore.

Because we feel the pain and aches and even though we are blessed  to still be around we are just too tired  to make a big deal about them.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

Am

I to explain myself to you now or later when I’m walking out into the nice weather and moments waiting for me.

Am I to be sad when I have to say good bye and move on with my life.

Am I to be so concern that things just fall apart in the end.

Am I to keep lying when the truth comes to slap me in the face.

Am I to realize that we keep letting the crap get in because we are just being lazy for a moment.

Do we think about the things that happen later on in life because we want to or do we just look at it as a lesson learned and move on and forget.

As the time I’ve had is up and the answers are no clearer today then when you came into my life years ago.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

As

I search for the answer to the question everyone keeps asking me about.

It feels like my life is flashing right in front of my eyes and what I’ve done or yet to do just seem so short.

The good times feel like so few and the bad times just keep piling up and I know that the hope to live a little more just doesn’t seem to be happening.

The peace I beg for seems so temporary as the frustration turns out to be all that I experience from one moment to the next.

I know that I am helpful but at the same time I am so tired and just in hope of a long night sleep with nothing to get up in the morning for.

To just lay around with no care in the world but, the joy of me being able to just relax and not deal with all the stress around me right now.

To just go out and enjoy the weather even the moments when it feels like it is just too hot out, just to be able to enjoy the little moments that are feel of laughter and joy.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

The

Never ending cycle of unanswered questions are running though my mind right now.

As problem after problem surrounds me I know I need to slow down and be grateful for what I can do and  not complain about what I can’t do.

All I can hope is that the outcome will turn around in the end so the results will be so much better.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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