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time to get away and let the stress wash right off of me as I sit in a new place that replace all the stress with relaxation.
To feel the joy of not having to worry about anything of anyone for right now this is my time to get lost in a good way.
To feel like there is no rush to do what I need to do and to breathe through it all because at the end its me who will have a smile on my face.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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letting it all out for what’s the point in keeping it all inside.
My story and maybe your story needs to be told but, only if you want too.
Sharing can be delightful and well sometimes scary
but, what’s the point in living if you don’t face the fear and jump in anyways.
When you think back to why something was important too you in the first place all the other things or other people opinions doesn’t matter anymore.
It’s just you writing and loving the way you pour it all out on paper or on a computer.
It all gets delivered the way you want it too, and the feeling of accomplishment is worth the time of be confused and unanswered questions.
Because, your fire is back and even if it doesn’t last long this time it will all work out in the end for you will recharge over and over again until the story is told and out there for everyone to love and grow from.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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was all I needed as life just seemed to become to black and white.
The color that would brighten up my days had faded so much that I didn’t know
how my life used to be before the darkness took over.
I feel at peace with everything even though the crazy circus that is called my life has not changed much.
I am okay with the things I can not control and I try with all my might to fix and help the things In my life I can change to become better and smoother.
Today I am me again and tomorrow who knows what will happen but, I’m happy to be here to breathe the fresh air and to once in a while feel the beauty that peace can give me.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
It’s been two long weeks and today I am back and so ready to just write and share some new pieces with everyone.
Anyways I hope everyone has had a great week and will be able to enjoy their labor day weekend.
It’s been nice to take this break and just find some much-needed peace and just let my mind relax.
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You happy when you set me free from this life you said had so much more to offer me these days.
Did you ever think about how I really would feel about you leaving me that day and how long it took me to get to this place of peace I’m living in now.
I reach up to the sky and I feel so blessed to feel the light shining down on me this day.
I know that who I am today is because of me and that day you walked away from me, made me realize how much I was leaning on you and not standing on my own two feet.
I need to be balance of myself before I could ever really lean on someone else and now I’m more happy than I could like possible.
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journey ahead of me and I’m ready to take it and get away from this place.
I need this trip to forget all the things that I’ve been stressing about and I just want to read and lose myself in something other than my life problems and the things I want to do.
I want to feel like I’m doing something I want to do and I’m enjoying this time that I have to myself for this trip will be so long that I won’t know what day it is and I wont have a care in the world.
As days and weeks fly by all the matters will the be the smile on my face and laugh that seems to be always filling the air around me.
I will smile and realize this is the sweetest and peaceful moment in my life and I know that I’ve waited a long time for this moment to come and I wouldn’t trade it in for anything.
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told to give up on my pipe dreams and just live the life I have now.
That it didn’t matter that I was miserable because at least I had a job and money and that should be enough for me.
But, the truth is I could care less about the money because my body is overworked.
And my soul dies a little more each time I think of work or at work.
I sit here staring at nothing because I’m too tired to move and the things that I used to enjoy now I don’t have time to care about.
I could reach out and talk to you but, I just want quiet and soon I am all alone.
And that doesn’t bother me anymore for it’s the only time I truly feel peace and comfort.
I know I’m missing out on so much but I don’t have the fight left in me to fight to be apart of those things anymore.
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Just need to get away and find a place that will bring me a little bit of peace from this stressful place.
Some fresh air to breathe and first time feel like I can try taking deep breaths and not choke on all the pollution that is in the air around here.
I want to walk long walks and know that my lungs will be getting the best air and my legs will be going towards something great, for I want to truly laugh again and smile too.
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used and abused by you for too long.
I’m like recycling to you for you just use and reuse me until you are satisfied.
My pain is your gain and at the end of the day, you are not trying to make things better for me.
I have so much to say but I won’t disrespect you.
They say he will deal with you and I hope he does soon.
For I deserve more than this and I’m tired of being mad and frustrated.
I’m just trying to do my best but right now my mind is blown from the lies you said to me.
I’m not a kid and I don’t take the bullshit anymore and I see right through your lies and I want to laugh in your face so bad.
You’re a snake and I’m about to make you regret you ever thought a battle against me would end well for you.
I come to win and I won’t leave until I’m satisfied even if that means you have to suffer more when I’m gone.
I won’t feel sorry for the mess I leave behind because you didn’t care what a mess you were making for me.
Use me and you will wish you never met me.
I can be the nicest person but, do me wrong and you will never see it coming.
I will forgive but, I won’t forget and I will replay it to my advantage.
I’m trouble and you thought the problems you had before were bad but the truth is I’m worst than any natural disaster for when I destroy there is no coming back.
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how to feel right now for I have so many emotions running through me.
I am happy but yet I am sad and tired and feeling lost but with a somewhat focus on moving forward.
I want to admit so many things but, I’ve always been the one to keep it to myself and I start to wonder who truly knows me.
I’m sometimes open up about the things that go on in my life but, other times I keep it all to myself.
I wonder if I’m helping myself or hurting my chances at really seeing this world for what it truly is.
I know I’m trapped in a box that well always seems to be going in the same circle that only seems to drain me.
Nothing seems to bring much joy to me when I’m in that box because returning to it is not something I look forward too.
I can feel my smile slipping off my face as I walk through that place, I try to be positive and hopeful but, that pretending just isn’t happening anymore.
I don’t know when I will finally let it all out but sometimes it’s right there on my tongue and I just want to scream it.
And frankly, I don’t care how I look to the people on the outside for I’m done caring and well it feels freeing to know that this is not the end for me.
In time my plan will come to be and the scream will feel so right and strong for damn I will wonder why I waited so long.
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to say that words are enough and well it just isn’t this time and no matter how many I write I know the way I feel just won’t go away.
If I just get it all out maybe then things will seem so much lighter and maybe just maybe they will leave me alone.
Will my questions ever be answered and will there be somewhere new to go to when this is all over.
Will the path that I am on just go away once I move on to the right one for me to cross and travel on next.
Will I look back on this day and realize that maybe all the answers were always around me but, I choose to ignore them for I just wasn’t ready to let it all go.
For I can’t move on with the same stuff from before, everything new and everything old just can’t mix and match in this new place of peace and understanding for life is way too short not to have some tricks on one’s sleeves.
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Sometimes I wonder what’s going on in some people mind because the simple words seem foreign to them.
And they’re not hard to understand either, so I sit there repeating myself feeling like I’m not speaking English.
I feel like some brains are being wasted and when the mind is something you are taking for granted then what will the world become.
You have to slow down and think about things sometimes but, if you are not thinking about anything then the simple things like how may I help you begin to sound foreign to you.
Life becomes so much harder and that mind that could have been used and put to good use is wasting away in your head and you see nothing wrong with that at this point because you are way past saving at this point.
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for my words to reach you when I can’t reach you.
You stand there all alone as if you have no one on your side anymore, maybe you don’t reach out anymore because those hands that used to hold you dear.
Loosen up the hold on you and you slipped into a place you never thought you would end up in.
A tunnel that you walked alone at least that’s what you felt at first, everything you thought was the right path for you left you still feeling empty and unsatisfied.
You begun to search for the answer to what it was or who it was you were missing, it turns out you were missing a big chunk of your life line.
And once you had it, you couldn’t stop praising it and some understand the love you have for your god.
Well others respect that’s what you believe but, choose to live another way and as much as you want them to live your way.
You let them live for what they choose to live for but, that does not mean you don’t pray for them any less than you do for those who believe too.
You decided that day that you found your voice again and you won’t be quite for what if just one word or poem could help someone reach out and do what they love to do or decide they are worth staying in the world.
And their light is needed just as much as yours is, this is not the end but the beginning to so much more.
The struggle is there no matter who you are but, it’s the way you handle it that will help you to survive and be happy and strong again.
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I have forgotten all that have been around me when times were rough
as I live in the moments that are good.
But, soon the darkness comes back and I am faced with the truth did I let all that was good just walk away because I was being ungrateful to them.
Time has gone by and I just don’t know how much time has gone by that I’ve reached out and talked to you.
Life just keeps moving forward and all I want to do is just not be so tired from trying to do more than I am capable of doing.
No moment of rest just filling and filling and yet there is no end to the mess that we are in and the light that shined in at first now is just a spot in the corner.
You begin to wonder how long did I walk around in the dark ignoring the light that was trying to guide me home.
Because I thought I knew what was best for me and the path that I am on just doesn’t feel right anymore or maybe it never did but there was something good on the path so the stress and pain wasn’t so bad.
For that someone was taking all the hits and nothing was getting through to me but now that something is saying it is time to step off the road that is leading you no where good.
It’s time to listen to me and follow me from the hell you are living in and come into the light where nothing bad can touch you unless that thing was meant to show you the way to a better place.
To feel this overwhelming love and peace and to know that someone is always watching your back even when you feel you have come and delivered.
But, your life purpose is not yet over and it’s time to take a walk down a new path now and I hope you are ready.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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