Quote of the day
Month: May 2023
Self-doubt
It must be fun to be you
As you turn people’s lives upside down
You wait around scouting someone’s life, and right when they have it all figured out, you scoop in and wreck it all.
You smile as they fall apart, just short of finishing or starting something new.
You sit them back down, and all their courage disappears.
And you have won this round as they go back to not improving themselves.
And get sucked into a hole of distracts with no desire to try again.
But oh, self-doubt, I let you in, but I won’t allow you to stay as I have things I want to succeed at, and I won’t let you take control of my life.
I know what you can do, and if you do come knocking, I think I shouldn’t answer the door.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Yes
Do you remember life before the internet?
Playing outside
Running around
Having so much fun
Until the streetlights came on, then home we would go.
To watch some Tv
Then soon, it would be time to eat
And off to wash our hands we would go
Then soon we would go to sleep
And dream of doing it all over again.
As there was no internet to distract us or keep us sitting down.
The world outside our home was where we loved to explore until those darn streetlights would come on again.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Quote of the day
Like a
Flower, I wish for growth this season
But this spring has been harsh on me
Some days I am bright, and you can see me
On other days I am curled up inside as the weather around me isn’t helping me grow.
This spring weather has been too cold for me to grow and show the world all I hope to offer this time of year.
Maybe there is hope for me in the summer as the weather starts to heat up again.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Quote of the day
Oh how
You play the game
So clever you must think it you are
But I see you so clear right now and your helping but at the same time setting me up.
And when will I learn not to let you get away with it?
I know I should say something, but you won’t listen now.
I’m tired of fighting the battle you manipulated since the beginning of time.
So I will let you play, and maybe I exit the game altogether.
Then you win but so do I and I think I will be happier.
And you will be lost as you loved playing these games as if I was so naive I couldn’t see what you were doing.
But I didn’t care what you thought as I knew who to trust, and I know it’s not you.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Quote of the day
Quote of the day
Trying not
Fall when life trips me up
With things unexpectedly happens
And the words hit me like ice-cold water, and I’m frozen in place.
I can’t shake the feeling of how one sentence turned everything upside down.
I felt like the high I had been riding began to deflate, and there was no coming back for me.
Up and down, my mood went throughout the day like a rollercoaster.
Then I investigated what had affected me and realized it wasn’t so bad.
As I read on and on, I didn’t feel the way they did, and I realized someone would always try to tear something down.
Even the most minor mistakes will make it bigger.
But in the end, the positivity canceled their negativity, and I could finally move on and forget about this fall.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes