Month: June 2023

Poetry

Maybe I

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Don’t know you the way I thought I did

So today, we’re strangers like before

And as I look at you in this new light

I realize now that you never cared

All you cared about was having others see you in a particular light.

And those that truly matter

You eventually stab them in the back, for you don’t think about who may be holding the door for you later on.

For you don’t do anything wrong and so your bridges in your mind are never burnt

But I’m here to tell you there is no going back with me.

I’m over here, and you will never find another way to me.

But some part of me wishes you well, for id never wish bad on you or set you up.

I don’t want to be bitter or nasty because those roads are hard to come back from.

Because a hater can run deep, I will instead be positive and have clean hands, for what is happening now isn’t always going to be this way for me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry, Uncategorized

Like a nightmare

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I can’t seem to wake up from

Until my fear is so high I wake up

Shaken up and pray the dream will never come true.

That there is no true meaning to it.

And that it was just a nightmare or a fiction story; I needed to write.

As for how that dream ended, I’m not too fond of the unknown.

But I know we are better together than when we are apart.

So here’s to fighting the unknown together and coming out on the better side.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I’m done

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Pretending I like this place

I tried so hard to show up with a smile on my face

But then you stabbed me in the back five minutes after I walked through the door.

And why I ask? Your only reply was it was you or me, and you knew I wouldn’t fight back.

But here I am with no emotions left to give and a little care left as I show up and do the work.

I know this is my defense method, but there is no going back to that smiling coworker, as you’ve broken my trust for the last time.

The only thing I can say is I’m done showing all of me, and now you get none of me, and when I leave, I know you regret how you treated me.

And so I hope you will learn something from this day, and if not, that’s fine. Karma will know where to find you next time.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes