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Poetry

Can you

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Capture my movement in its most beautiful form

Or do you, by chance, get caught in the movement, creating something even more breathtaking?

The movement of my body captured you, and your desire to capture it on the camera, creating something dark and smoky.

Like the sun, my body’s movement plays with light, creating something you never captured before.

I still feel like a piece of you got lost in that picture that day, as the smoke settled over you.

I tried to tell you something about that stage that felt off.

The light in your eyes has never shone as brightly since that day, and I wish you hadn’t taken that picture.

That haunted moment stays with you and changes how you capture movement.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

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I release

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You for feeling guilty for staying comfortable

It’s okay, it was all you knew

Feeling stuck, you have to move and let the music guide you away.

And yes it’s going to be awkward and weird at first but once you get into the groove its going to change again and again.

Until you don’t know what comfort is, you won’t mind.

Standing out used to be something to fear, but now it’s worth showing up for.

So, as I blow away the many pieces of the old me, I finally embrace the new me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

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Music

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Get me away from the noises of this place

It’s too loud today, and as I lie down and put the music on.

The peace flows around me like a blanket of protection.

And I can finally feel the tension on my shoulders release, and I slowly relax for the first time today.

If only the song didn’t have to end. As I fall asleep, I hope the loud parts won’t scare me awake.

Soon, I knew I had drifted off when music became a part of my dreams.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

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I am

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The rain in the storm beating down on your windows and your car.

I just want to be seen and heard and let in

But I know I can do real damage, but this anger inside me wants out. Do I pour it down on this town and stop until I don’t feel it?

The pain

The sadness

The anger

The grief is so intense that it feels like I can’t breathe.

But then, as it all washes down the drain, I feel relieved, at peace, and so much better.

I know I might have damaged a few things, but I know you needed the rain, and now new growth will come, and in a day or two, you will have forgotten me all too well.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

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I tried

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To get up but I’m so tired

I just wish I could get the right amount of sleep so that I would not be too tired, but my body is all out of whack.

I know my sleep would be better if I left this place, but I haven’t gotten the sign yet.

So here I am, trying to sleep and trying to live, too. The sad thing is, no one can relate unless you have been through it, too.

One day, I will get enough sleep, get up, and have energy, but today isn’t that day. I’m sorry.

There is no way of winning, but you can try with all your might. Maybe you will win or get out.

Sincerely, Nightshift.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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It’s gonna be

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A good day

I can feel it as the hope of a lovely day blows my way.

The determination to get this done is there

But how long will it last before I stand right back where I was?

I don’t know, but I won’t stop this time around. I know something big is coming my way; I feel it building up.

As a smile cracks onto my face, I realize we’ve got this!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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Feeling so

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Good, as the music flows through my ears and down into my body, I feel like I’m back to that woman who is aligned with her life and purpose.

I’m not the woman I’ve been the last couple of months, who was lost and found and lost again.

She poured out more tears and frustration and felt so many blessings and haha moments, too.

But she was also shaking in fear, facing fear with a smile.

Standing tall, she saw something new and felt something stir inside her as she confidently stepped into the unknown.

The sun shined down on her, and she was free, loved, and supported. In the meadow of truth, she stood tall that day.

The woman is no longer afraid of whatever is coming. She would stand her ground, for she had waited a long time to see this path open up and light her fire again.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

What a year

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So far, 2024 has been rough. For seven months, I have had writer’s block and uncertainty. But it has also had some good times, like growing more, finding new interests, and reading a lot of books.

I didn’t know what this year held for me, but I felt God calling me to be a coach.

The uncertainty came in, and only now, eight months later, have I done something I’ve been doing and experienced what I am going to do.

I will tell you what I’m doing, but I want to be more defined and have it in place.

If there is one thing I learned this year, it is that I didn’t give up. I reset and changed directions, but I kept going even when I was frustrated and sad.

Because I am meant for more, and hopefully, by the end of this year, it will be clear and coming true.

I hope you all have been pushing through, and I hope and pray you all have a great Thursday!🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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This wasn’t

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How it is was supposed to be

But the truth is, I didn’t think much about how I should cope with this feeling of uncertainty day after day.

It isn’t as fun as it used to be

It feels like the unknown, frustration, and lack of hope.

But who knows, maybe today’s unknown won’t be as bad as yesterday’s or the days and weeks before.

Maybe it’s best to have a little faith that it will all work itself out, or maybe I should plan a little more and see what unexpected things pop up and surprise me!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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The reason

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I am here is still growing.

I am more present each day than before, and I do not know where I will end.

But the hope that I would survive each battle got me smiling today.

Today is a blessing I must accept because I’m more than the four walls I sleep in.

Like the weather, I’m heating up with hope, and my light is shining brightly as the winter blues fade away and the spring bursts through.

Rain or shine, I know I can get through it, and today feels like a new beginning as things begin to unlock again.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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If I’m being honest

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I’m still fighting to be a better me, but I’m letting God take most of the load.

As I sit in peace and slowly smile again, my life begins to fall back to the ground in one piece again.

For the last couple of days, I felt like I was an ocean apart from my thoughts and feelings.

And I had to stop and pray and reflect and pray more.

When it was all said and done, I felt not alone and wrapped in God’s love and presence.

And no doubt or desperation was eating at my soul.

I knew what I needed to do, and in that moment, was to trust my Savior and see this month of October would be a good one full of hope and growth.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

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My mind

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It is full of thoughts and words, but for who?

And how do I get them out even though the feeling fills me?

I want to spill my guts, but the words aren’t even forming a sentence; just that I need to get it out.

Or the happiness and uncertainty could swallow me whole, and I don’t know what to do it does?

I should wait for God to help me lay it out for that person.

And right now, I feel your arms around me as peace comes over me, and I get ready to relax for the night, for it has been a long day.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

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When it storms

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It pours and the rain is coming down

And I feel like I am being pulled in many directions as the wind blows left than right.

I don’t know how to feel as everything falls upon me.

And the branch knocks me out, and the life I fell into is the one I’ve been searching for, but now what?

Do I get to keep this life that feels so good and positive, a life that is full for me and everyone around me?

All those things that used to stop me in my tracks are gone, and now the storms don’t bother me anymore.

As I walk into this world, knowing myself and loving myself is my truth.

And when the doubt or harsh words of others are thrown at me.

I smile, for I know where they used to be, and one day, they might be where I am if they just let go and embrace the unknown.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

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Getting Lost in excellent music like “To be loved” by Adele

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You feel the connection of her uncertainty and pain as if it’s my own.

Like reading a good book or watching a good movie, the emotions, and feelings take you on your own experience.

And the tears that fall are like those they felt when creating what you now love to listen to or read.

Walking away when the song ends is so easy for us, but for them, that’s their memories, and walking away ain’t so easy.

To be an artist is sometimes hard as this feeling of a need to write is there, but the words are not forming yet, so you wait for them to come in their time.

So the days of no words come and go until you can’t stop the flow of words hitting the paper like never before.

A piece that is not only connected to you but to everyone that reads it.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

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Treat me

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Like your favorite treat

Make me a priority so even on your bad days you have something to look forward too.

And when you see me you will get that same feeling when treating yourself to your favorite treat of all time.

For I’m one of a kind, and I light you up inside like a Christmas tree.

So I know when I come around, you feel like it’s a special occasion, for I treat you like a king.

I hope you will see me as your queen.

So let’s toast to treating each other well as we both have our treasures to explore and maybe we can treat each other to many moments that are enjoyable and everlasting treats.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes