Poetry

I know

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I shouldn’t say anything because it’s just not right to be mean.

So I stand here quiet as a mouse as you go on and on about whatever it is you so want to talk about.

I know that I’m focus on what needs to be down and that you won’t notice if I’m not reacting or paying attention to the things you think is important right now.

I want to be apart but, at the same time I just want to keep my distance and keep my life under wrap well you are so close to me.

I don’t want anyone knowing as much as I know about my life especially someone who tries to care but is so selfish the minute you need something done your tossing it all on someone else.

You say you are tired and overworked but it is the team around you working their butts off to get what needs to get done well you sit there smiling with the knowledge that you did something great.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I can’t

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Get inside your head and make you see things my way.

But, I can’t stand here and argue with you all day either.

I’m tired of doing more even though I’m Capable of doing it.

I shouldn’t have to do it all the time because you can’t handle the heat.

I’ve taken the stress and swallowed it up and pushed myself to surpass it.

I know the deal and yet you still think this job is worth fighting for in the end.

But, do you realize that it is more than you can handle and it doesn’t matter your age at this point.

We all have things were good at and it’s better to accept what you’re not good at and move on.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

I dont

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Nothing but darkness seems to surround the words that come out of my mouth. 

know when these words will taste sweet again for right now they are so bitter. 

I know that I must be careful but, I know the anger and frustration is at the front of my mind as I watch the same scene keeping happening in front of me.

I know that no matter how they put it the one issue isn’t going anywhere and I just don’t have a situation to this problem because well my opinion isn’t important.

As everything falls down like a weak screw in a cabinet that is not properly finished out of pure laziness.

The answer this time is to leave it all in the past and move on for the words is larger place than those who thought before.  

Written BY: Deirdre Stokes 

Poetry

Sometimes

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I wonder what is really going on when everything around me seems so quiet this time of year.

On the surface everything seems so great but underneath it all the anger and frustration is starting to bubble up.

The explosion of emotions seem so strong as everyone around is whispering their concerns.

They all know how it suppose to be but one stone out of place really throws it all off balance.

I wish I could say it was this time of year that this problem comes to the surface but, this stone has been here for awhile and yet it ignores the concerns of others. 

It shifts around as if it is a game that it plays and in no time it causes everything around it to start to crumble and fall out of place. 

What will become of this place only time will tell because it’s only so much more this structure can take before it falls down completely. 

Written BY: Deirdre Stokes 

Poetry

I want

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to think about something else 

But the same shit keeps running through my mind.

I want to free myself from this torture that is a small part of my life.

I don’t want to feel overwhelmed with this issue every time Monday comes around.

I know you think so highly of yourself but, I just want to let you know it’s time to step down and revaluation what you think you’re doing so great at.

I don’t mean to be so harsh but, I’m tired of suffering because you don’t want to do as much as you are supposed to be doing.

I’m standing up for me and those behind me because if the problem doesn’t get fixed all you will see is me walking out that door.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

You

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can’t catch me

You can’t touch me.

You can’t find me when you finally want me

I’m not the one to wait around for you when you decide something is better.

You try to say you were blind to the good things that were right in front of your face

and your eyes are open and you want to see if what was once so good is possible to contain again.

I wish I had the answers for you but, I am long gone and what I had to offer is off the table now for you.

Maybe if you close your eyes you can go back in time and stop from making this mistake but we all know that we can’t go back in time and what is final is final.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

HERE

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I come like a storm coming to find a new place to settle down in.

I will try my best to not ruin the things around me but, I can’t stop what may happen when certain things are out of my control.

I want to break free from the chains holding me to this place that has no answers to my many questions.

Here I am and maybe things will workout for me before the time on the clock sticks midnight tomorrow.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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Poetry

This

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is torture if I just knew 

how to get out of this.

Then things would look so good for me. 

But, here I am again playing the same old games as I did before. 

I know that this time should be better but I just can’t give you the answer you want to hear right now. 

I have a feeling that the future will be a little better than what the current present moments are like. 

But, I can’t go there yet and so the hope that is keeping me going is going strong right now as I hold on tight. 

In hope that this week will be different and better than the last ones, I can only hope and cross my fingers that things will work out not just for me but, for  everyone around me now. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

 

Poetry

I

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Almost forgot to tell you this morning 

about what has been running through my mind lately. 

I knew that you would understand and would make things so much better 

and even if this week went wrong you would hold me tight and I would get through it all.

With a smile on my face even if that smile doesn’t last for very long.

I know that as long as I don’t forget you then things will always be so great for me for you are my savior and my friend. 

So yes I’m hopeful that I will not forget what you have done for me and what you will do for me soon. 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

You are

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my everything 

my greatest moments 

worth the time it takes to get ready. 

You are the realize I don’t give up 

and I choose to continue on even when the struggle keeps going on and on. 

I have faith that you will deliver me through it all and when I come out on the other side things will be better. 

I accept who I am and love myself for all that I am and all that I will become soon. 

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Why is it

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so hard to find the words

when it comes to saying hello

and when it comes to saying good-bye.

So much to say in between it all but, not sure how to say it in the end.

Morning and afternoon comes and goes and as evening comes around

still the words have not formed inside my head.

When will it all become clear and the words be let out for those that need to hear it.

Will it be too late when you write it out and then say it.

Will the effect that would have had on you not be as strong now.

Why do I even try now or When will I try or have the time to really do it anyway.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

From the

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Photo by Pierrick VAN-TROOST on Unsplash

 

Fog I step out into the world of chaos

Nothing good seems to last outside the fog.

I rather be lost in safety of the fog than to be in the open with nothing to hide my vulnerability.

So much has happened and so much has been undone but when will the chaos calm down.

Back in the fog I go when they do nothing about this situation that is slowly getting out of control.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I don’t

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know what tomorrow will hold for me.

I know that I am working hard for a higher goal than what is in front of me.

I know that there is more to life than what I do for a living and how hard I work.

Sometimes you try so hard to catch up and do what is right before the light is shined on you.

You try to prepare for every battle before it happens so that your mood and soul can be on the same page.

You fear not the unknown as you fear the things you know will bring you down.

You try to stay positive and do that right thing when it comes down to living the life you grew up in.

You get so frustrated with the things in life that you can’t seem to control but is left under your supervision.

You feel the risk of all the things that can and will come your way.

You realize that complaining won’t help you get to the place that you need to be and it’s time to change your way and to go back to a time where the nasty wasn’t all that you see.

You must remember that it is good out there but it is you who has to show some to shine it on others for putting out good vibes will out weight the bad that keep coming.

Your way and you don’t choose to ignore it but, instead, you respond with a nasty comment thinking things will balance out on its own in the end.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Let

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me tell you about how it feels to be trapped.

You know that better days will come but you are in this box

and you want to fight your way out.

But the chance that its going to workout for you in the end

is so small that the hope in inside you is not even a thought.

You want to smile and know that the day of escaping is coming but,

the time seems to be running out for you and you just don’t see the possibility of you getting out in time.

You want to be bitter and angry but you don’t want to live your life feeling like negativity is all you can breathe in and out.

You want to live in the dark tonight or tomorrow.

You want to stand still and move enough until you know that you have accomplished the impossible and can smile at that accomplishment at the end of the day.

Knowing that the things of tomorrow will come and if it turns out great than you will smile and when it turns sour like bad milk you will get up and shake off the things that you can’t control.

And keep doing your best for this life is rough but you are one touch cookie and things will workout in the end for you.

 

 

Written By : Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

How

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Photo by Jose Llamas on Unsplash

 

did we get here 

on this path of so much light. 

A path that feels so right and 

so bright that the light doesn’t 

seem to end as we head down this 

road today together as one. 

No longer are we alone on this path that seem 

so long and lonely at one time. 

 

 

Written By : Deirdre Stokes