Poetry

I’ve been

Advertisements

stuck and I’ve allowed myself to sit here
way too long.
It’s time to get up and stop letting things keep me down too long.
I am not that girl anymore.
I’m so much more.
It’s my time to let that stick and not forget that I’ve gone a long way
to get to this place.
I won’t just let it slip through my fingers like before.
It’s time to stand up and keep walking.
So I can arrive at my final destination.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

This is

Advertisements

Not the time to hide

But the time to shine

And if you got a problem with that

Then you never knew how good you had it.

For I head away because I thought and felt I wasn’t worthy.

But I’m here to say now that I matter and I see just how much I do.

Now that you are gone.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

It’s like

Advertisements

I’ve never felt this free

Before as I’ve stop worrying

About myself and situations I can’t control and well never did.

The stress of getting it right the first time

Is no longer on my mind as I just move to groove.

Even though the panic still comes when things pick up

I know taking a deep breath and trusting my skills will workout for me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Things have

Advertisements

Change and you

Realize the things that used to bother you

don’t anymore.

At least not in the way they did before.

It’s like they don’t stick to you anymore and so they don’t ruin your mood.

Or your day or week or month.

They just coexist with you

And maybe they get solved and you move on?

Or they just keep floating along forgotten this whole time.

But your story keeps going and the growth in your faith and your lifestyle.

Keeps expanding until doubt and insecurity no longer hold you back.

Your path is clear and your mind and heart

are open to so many more possibilities.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

How do

Advertisements

I get closer without

Getting burned from the heat.

The heat that just keeps going up and up.

To walk outside is like getting to close to an open flame and not expecting it to burn you.

I’m not sure where this is going

But it all seems to die down and melt away like a flame on a candle when the WIC has finally run out.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Messy

Advertisements

is the lines that make up who I am

nothing has ever been easy or clear.

I even thought I was cursed at one point.

For everything I did or wanted seem to turn so sour and come to well an burning end.

I felt that maybe I wanted too much and didn’t need half the things I requested.

And so in the end I asked for nothing and changed my way and now I have all that I need except for one thing.

And I know it will either happen for me or it won’t and I will accept the outcome either way.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

My love

Advertisements

for nature all started with you.

You smelled like lavender and every time I’m near you

calmness would wipe away all the stress of my day.

The sound of you voice is like calming flow of the river we love to go to on a nice spring day.

And I always smelled like fresh pine trees too you.

Together we explored the nature around us as our smells blend in with the nature around us.

Soon we lived in those woods for nothing on the outside could make us feel so whole and complete then those woods and the nature inside them.

Sealing our love at the roots of it all, our love for nature something that will last forever.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

In the

Advertisements

darkness I walk

maybe to come out and bring you joy

or a balloon or two.

But who I was before I walked in isn’t who I am today

I come to you from the darkness with some joy left in my heart

But I don’t know how much longer that joy will last.

Before the darkness eats up all the color inside of me

leaving you with nothing but a blank stare or evil grin now then.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Should I

Advertisements

Three Line Tales 233

photo by Miguel Bruna

risk it and follow my dreams
Or should I play it safe and not going anywhere to fast.
Did I make the right choice and walked through the door that is and will get me farther in my life.
Or did I choose a path that is going to leave me wanting more and yet still not able to grab it?

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes