Month: August 2021

Even when I’m not good to myself

Even when I have given up on myself you never hold me back.

And even though I don’t lean on as much as I should.

You still light me up inside Lord and you help me realize I need to slow down and have my faith in myself as a person and a writer.

You gave me all I needed to succeed in this world.

Now it’s time for me to do something about it for nothing becomes something without action.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Waited too long but now the wait is over and I leap to the next level.

For I don’t want anything to stand in my way anymore not even myself.

If I don’t rise for me then who will?

To live a life with the same questions and results isn’t living.

For there is no growth and I want growth as if I’m living in a luxury garden and each new bloom is a new path and opportunity.

I may be still learning but I’m ready to make leaps and accept and receive those answers.

So I can ask new questions and have new hopes and dreams and do the action that needs to be done to become.

A more clear and knowledgeable and experienced person in whatever I desire in life.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

A way out of these bad habits

Would be smart but sometimes it’s hard to let it go.

And move on to well better habits or

Healthy ones that would make a difference in this life I’m trying to live.

My bad habits lead to nothing but setbacks and disappointments and some regrets now and then.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

too quiet that I let my gift sit in silence out of fear of public speaking

and not being able to share what should’ve been shared because of not being able to look up from the desk that I sat in, but could connect to two talented writers.

But allowed myself to fade into the background and even though that was years ago, maybe I’m still doing that as I hide behind my words, hoping someone will see me and be touched by my words, for that is all I can truly offer.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

just need a moment to yourself in the cool air of the night as the lights all around are shining brightly before we all go to bed.

Of course, tonight is so peaceful and more than you think it could be as you lose yourself in your thoughts and feelings are the surrounding noise is the best feeling as it feels like you are coming home again.

Noise sometimes fills the empty spaces around you the space you used to fill with other things.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

A time when the weight of my life doesn’t pull me down so fast it like I’m drowning on my own thoughts.

Just trying to move forward and do something different so things make sense and have meaning behind them.

The energy to go on is there but when the clock struck 5 pm I start the fall and sleep becomes me as my eyes get heavy and my body shuts down.

And so I’m in a deep sleep that only lasts for four hours and trying to go back to bed is sometimes harder than trying to stay awake.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes