Ever notice that when the negativity pours out, everything dims around you.
But it doesn’t last because positivity is always around, and someone will make you laugh when you don’t want to.
Or you may realize the lies you tell yourself are not valid.
So don’t give up even when the results are against you, for that will pass.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stoke
It possible sometimes to feel so empty
When there is so much for you to do
So much for you to be
But no direction or hope to show you the way.
Only the feeling that something is missing and you’re not doing all you are supposed to be doing.
And no matter how you arrange your words or listen to songs that relate, you still don’t have the complete picture laid out for you.
And so you keep working hard, hoping one day that will be enough and maybe it will be, but first, you will have to accept you are enough, and it will last.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stoke
The head of the household
To be looked at and judged by your character.
To be strong and have opinions.
To be a provider and to open your heart to your family.
To want to protect and not let the pain in even when you can’t control everything around you.
To be a father to your children and a husband to your wife.
To look up to a God that doesn’t just guide you but your family too.
To be my father is an honor and something I cherish every day.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stoke
post they said before we get into this next dance rehearsal
This show is authentic, and we don’t have time for injuries or mistakes.
To ace this move, you must focus and remember you are our last hope to win this.
But no pressure. You could do this in your sleep, and we all believe in you, so get focused and wait for the beat, then let go for you.
For I know you will win this thing because there is no step or move you can’t master.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stoke
I won’t be bitter as things in your life get better
and mine becomes a little off.
Your happiness is just as important as mine is when your luck
is looking up.
I won’t be jealous even when life is better on your side.
I know my time will come, too, and you will be just as happy as I was for you.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stokes
day ends, and I go outside once again to look at the beauty of the night sky.
Which always helps me see the little blessing in life and be joyful about all I was able to do today.
And gives me hope that tomorrow will be better. All I must do is keep on believing and I can get through it all.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stoke
In time, like a photo, you stand there with wide-open eyes and a slightly smug look.
And I wonder if you know how ridiculous you look, but in a photo, everything around you is so clear and bright, like the sun.
I can tell happy and over the moon to be free from this place where it is sometimes hard to be joyful.
But now, as I look at your face, it’s hard to look away as you’ve drawn me in like a bug to light, and I know it’s too late to look away.
I only can break eye contact when I hear the rain pouring down hard outside.
When it’s over, I look at you as you have moved next to me to watch the once dark skies turn light; I know I have found my rainbow that will get me through the many storms yet to come my way.
I see you like the beautiful sunrise in the morning that sets the right mood for my day and the sunset that ends my days at a beautiful moment.
You are a new beginning to something new that won’t end with self-sabotage because you won’t let me miss out on something more, and I am not the only one who wants this to work out this time around.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stokes
More, but what more is it that I want? I don’t want to be too greedy, but I only live once.
I know this is my one chance to make things right, so why am I hesitating every opportunity I get to open a new door.
But I know I can’t force things, or nothing will come.
But I can’t just keep sitting on the sidelines doing nothing like I’m frozen in time.
With no hope of insight feeling helpless and restless for myself.
These questions need answers, and now may not be the time to ask them.
But when is that time when I am lifted and my joy and moment are too great to let slip by because I can’t keep wondering about the what if’s anymore.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stokes
![A logo for a platform dedicated to poetry, fantasy literature, and positive quotes [with a whimsical and magical vibe] [that evokes a sense of wonder and creativity].](https://i0.wp.com/wordsareallihavesite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img-o9ntBbkS6xFbbvd6AN0X0yTr.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1)
