Poetry

Road trips

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100 Word Wednesday: 169

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used to be the thing.

Now its like you have to be cautious

to where you can go and where you can’t.

Life is like a maze and ending up in the wrong corner

could be life or death.

You know that there are places you want to see but is this the time to see them?

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Does anything

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100 Word Wednesday: 168

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really even matter anymore

when it feels like no matter how safe you try to be things can still get you.

That no matter how you tell people do not do that

That they do it anyways.

Life is what you make of it and we are all born and we will all die.

But, what we make of our time here on earth is what matters.

But lately how can one go about doing that when people make life seem like a party

and in having fun you are endangering the ones you love.

For the sake of having a good time but will it matter that you had fun if you kill all those that loved and trusted you.

Will it matter that you can say this year wasn’t a complete waste because you enjoyed the dangers and came out of it but, did the other people around you come out of it too?

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

( I pretty sure this is over 100 words but it was such a good prompt I couldn’t help myself!)

Poetry

Like a

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100 Word Wednesday: 166

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forest, you grow and not just by growing up but by wisdom and kindness.
You try your best to stay calm and do what you can.
However, life keeps throwing little things your way to throw you off.
And you can choose to fall for them or rise above them and don’t let them bring you down for you know how hard you work, your values in life.
So forget the bitter people and all the evil things they try to throw at you and keep moving until you can move on and away from them for good.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

How do

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100 Word Wednesday: 164

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I do what I want to do

when half the time I get easily distracted

By basically any little thing that comes my way.

Even when I have made a plan and sit down to do it.

Some how I have a good start and then something else pulls me away

as if doing what I do has a time limit.

And one good, is all I get now.

So am I really doing what I do?

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

These nights

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100 Word Wednesday: 163

sitting on our log looking out into the night has always been my favorite time.

As we caught up on each others days or weeks since sometimes seeing each other were more spaced out then before.

But I know that if I ever needed anything you would drop everything to make sure I got what I needed and more.

And I would do the same for you with no questioned asked and accept the circumstances that might come with this territory.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I so

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need to get away and relax by the pool again before the weather really starts to get cold again.

I don’t want to face the mess that has been placed in front of me right now but what am I to do when all I want to do is get out of this place.

With no detection that I am about to go and not come back again, I want to be relaxed all the time and not stressing out to the maximum level anymore for there is so much more for me to live for now in the year 2019.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

Relaxing finally!

Poetry

Like this

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Photo sometimes life is black and white

And the moments in your life is more dark than light.

And you start to wonder how can you change the way things are going when you don’t know the outcome of it all.

But you know you don’t want to give up and forget there is more to life than what is happening right now.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

Black and white!

Poetry

We always

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walked past this ally on our way to his house but did we ever stop and just look at what they did to this building.

No we just talked and maybe looked up or down to make sure no animals were out and about.

But, on this Wednesday afternoon we just happen to both look over and see what a mess they had made to what put up there tags and hope not to get caught as they mostly did it at night when these streets were less traveled on.

The owner probably knows but isn’t worried about at this point.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

Wednesday!

Poetry

It’s just

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a fountain they said and you won’t remember it a couple weeks from now but It was so simple and delightful.

I just couldn’t stop thinking about the fountain as  the little boy sat on the turtle, it made me wish things were that calm and counted.

A time where I could just sit down and not worry about all the things pulling me in so many directions.

It would just be nice to just sit down and not have to get up for a little while and just feel at ease with taking the slower route today.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

That day!

Poetry

Let’s go

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for a ride one last time before the weather gets too hot again and being outside for too long will be so unbearable.

I want to get lost in time and just ride around and find new things to explore and to take pictures of all the beauty around me with no care in the world about what is to come next in this life that is given to me.

All I know is I am grateful for the things I have and hopefully that everything thing else will just workout and I can keep going forward with nothing but hope on my side.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

One last time!

Poetry

Oh wow look

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 100 Word Wednesday: Week 135

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 at those stairs how crazy would it be to walk on them, like life sometimes things can get all twisted up.

And you just can’t seem to find your way out of the mess that you never really wanted in the first place.

But here you are struggling to make things right again but every move you make things get shuffled around and before you know it your dealing with another complicated situation with no solution insight.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

Oh wow look!

Poetry

Arriving

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on time is all I can do to get through these shifts  and finding a perfect spot is even harder these days.

But arriving just a little bit early always gets me the spot I need for when it’s time to leave I want it to be so quickly that no one can catch me when I’m gone.

To come and see what the day has to offer me is great and all but, once it’s time to leave I really enjoy the peace of walking away and leaving all the stress behind and letting others deal with what I’ve been carry around all day.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes

ARRIVING!

Poetry

That night

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We all got together to enjoy a great show after a long day at work.

We knew the time to relax and just move to beat and sing along was among us as we just enjoy this time together.

For we knew we would not get another chance to just forget about what life has thrown at us lately.

For things have been rough but we never stop hoping for things to get better if only we just had a little bit more faith this time around.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2015 By Deirdre Stokes

The Show!

Poetry

Music

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 132

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To my ears as you play some jazz on the entry of the woods on a sunny day with no care in the world.

You played your saxophone with so much talent through your fingers and you mouth as you blow out a note or two.

You are at some much ease as you get in your groove and play on and on until you have drawn so a crowd of people some of them start to disappear as they start farther back into the woods.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2015 By Deirdre Stokes

Unexpected!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry

It seemed

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so long ago that I was playing on a playground and it keeps me busy as I ran around with my sisters and friends, to just laugh and enjoy the little things in life. 

To just enjoy the sun shining so brightly and the fresh air all around us as we played for hours and then the minute the street lights came on we would run home and rest up for tomorrow would be another opportunity to play again. 

The joy of being young and hopeful that my future was so bright and nothing would end up getting in my way. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2015 By Deirdre Stokes

Childhood!