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Poetry

I don’t want

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to get lost this time around as I strive to do the right thing for myself.

No, I don’t want to share this time around, and I have every right to say no to you as I fade deeper into my comfortable cave of one.

I know for you, things are different and I also know that doesn’t mean the way I am living isn’t right for me.

And that this path we have both been on is great for you and not so much for me anymore.

It doesn’t mean that we have to separate completely, just means that as we move forward, I will be in a different space than you.

And maybe it’s for the best, for we have always been different and same in so many ways, but the fact is I want to grow in a way that I don’t see you wanting to.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Just as

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Quickly, as I leap for my goals and dreams, they seem to fade away in the blink of my eye.

Like pieces of paper, each dream blows away as the wind blows through and sometimes life tortures me and allows me to get close to grabbing those pieces, only to have it disappear just as my hand connects.

When will I be able to live these dreams and will they last longer than the things that ain’t my dreams?

Will I be able to make the leap towards what I want or will I keep fighting for something I don’t want just to get by and not think of the struggles of my life.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

It’s always

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you and I that make up a heart and jumping for joy when life’s blessing came our way and a new adventure too.

Best friends for life, we said, for we were inseparable and knew we would one day have to face the world as adults and no longer children.

We would have to stand up for ourselves and we would declare what we believe in and we would appreciate those that have helped us along the way.

Our plans would take us in two different directions and at one point we reconnected, and it was great.

But now we are forever connected as friends for life and the support and love is still there but we both realize things would change as we grew up and lived our lives our way that it wouldn’t be the same and that is okay.

For we both have grown into beautiful ladies and we both have set our own paths, and the story we have written is not over as we continue to grow each and every day.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I knew

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you were trouble when you smiled at me on such a grey day

Not even the rain could hide the darkness coming from you, filling the streets with no joy in sight.

But your eyes were so innocent and filled with joy and peace.

But now those same eyes show nothing but darkness and cloudy days ahead.

And as I watch you from a far now, I see how you stalk your prey and when they least expect it you fall right into place.

Setting the trap that is needed to capture them and even though I tried to warn them.

I couldn’t shake them off your spell and when it was over, it was me they warned, for they thought I was next.

Yet I’ve already been in their shoes, and he doesn’t return for seconds, for once he ruins you he doesn’t notice you again.

You become the ghost of his past and even if you haunt him, he won’t care, for there is no heart or conscious in this man, if that’s what you want to call him.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Finally we

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Week 271 of Three Line Tales

two people in a boat on a canal

have arrived at a place that will allow us to get away from the life we have lived for far too long and we have stressed and relaxed but not fully cleared our minds of all that has happened this past year.

For all we know is the door that we have been waiting for is about to open and there is no going back once we walk in.

Knowing that this so-called peace may not last longer than two weeks but to make the most of what we have is to be grateful.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

I guess I’ve

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Photo by Camila Quintero Franco on Unsplash

always wanted to shine like a star so that they would all notice me.

But I wasn’t ready for all the attention and noise all at the same time.

It all made me want to just sit down and crawl back into my shell to hide away from it all.

Until they forgot who I was and moved on in life because I am and maybe never will be ready to be out in the spotlight again.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I wish I could

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Say I have it all figure out

But that would be a lie

And I’ve realized that well lying doesn’t get you very far in life.

So everyday I do something to well figure out who I am and what I need to do to become who I’ve meant to be.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Like a flash

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Photo by Mathis Jrdl on Unsplash

Like a flash you’re on your way

to new things and better places.

You’re gone so quick sometimes

I wonder if I imagined you.

Your focus and quick decisions

let you accomplish so much

in the blink of an eye.

You have achieved everything

in so little time; and yet

I just wish you’d just slow down,

and appreciate what’s happening

all around you, right now.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

How can

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I complain or feel sorry for myself.

When we each carry a different story, an additional pain that we either hide or show to the world.

Who are we to beg for things that others are struggling to get on their own.

But you always with your hand out asking for more as if he is your bank.

As if she didn’t have to work hard at a job she didn’t love just to make a difference in her life.

As if he did escape what little he had to make something of himself.

His fault was that he worked hard and missed out on things to be able to pay the bills.

Or that she instead save and live a little bit, not go out all the time.

Now she lives in a world where less time out means she has less chance of getting COVID-19.

But still, the risk of having it all is out there, and yet she is always judged, but for what now?

And even though she knows they all want to know.

There are things she won’t share, and so there are things she won’t complain about either.

So happy she seems but is that all of her, you see.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I don’t know

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what to say tonight but I’m craving to reach out and say something.

But the truth is I’m holding myself back for I don’t know how this is going to go

and what if I speak too soon and things get worse.

I don’t know why I’m holding back because it just seems like were going in circles too many times before.

I know tonight is the right night to let it all flow out and as I hit send I know there is no going back this time and I am okay with that.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

You said

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Week 265 of Three Line Tales

three line tales, week 265: a woman in a green ballgown walking down a dirt road barefoot
photo by Jason Yoder via Unsplash

Dress to impress, and she did in her new green dress, the dress that would have people complimenting her all night long.

First, she has to get to the party since his car died two blocks away from the party and four blocks away from her house.

Tonight you both are trying your best to get there on time and still enjoy it all.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

To create

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Week 264 of Three Line Tales

three line tales, week 264: a graffiti artist's studio
photo by Matthieu Comoy via Unsplash

Something with my hands again would be nice.
To be able to set time aside and color or paint something new.
To feel at peace in a space that is all mine.
I hope that I can create and release something great in my eyes; even though it will be different, it will be a work of art.
It will be light and colorful as the light inside me pours out onto the sheet creating something I can’t seem to express in words that day.
The feeling that all the stress has left my life and it’s time to face the music for hiding behind everything is no longer working out.
Creating and growing today is all I know and want as I lay down my tools and make something today.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Three Line Tales 264 | Only 100 Words

Poetry

Like fire

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You light the way and

With a smile on your face, you guide the way .

Your hair is all I remember that day when we had to leave town and walk out on the cold, snowy grounds.

Away from the mountains because the cold was coming in, our little town could no longer hold the protection we needed.

We hoped we could find safety soon, or the cold would quickly get us too.

The red of your hair reminded me of fire, and I kept that close to me as we walked ahead.

Trying to stay warm and not let the cold get into my mind, or it will all be for nothing.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Rise and shine

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They said to me on this beautiful morning.

So much to look forward to.

Until I realized I had so much to get done and so little time to do it.

So walking away from a beautiful sunrise to start my day was well hard enough.

But the ability to get up from the warmth of my bed to deal with the cold outside.

It’s like waking up from a nightmare and realizing it wasn’t all a dream.

And no matter how many times you try to reclose your eyes, it’s not going away.

And that sunrise that woke you up and shined some light on your day can’t save you from every moment of the day.

For the cards that have already been dealt for you, and the outcome is still not care to us.

But soon, you will have to face them head-on.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I’ve got

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A long road ahead of me if I want to make this work.
If I want to take this seriously, I have to do what I’ve never done before.
Beat at the roadblocks in my way and fight through them even when I feel I don’t have any energy left to go on.
I won’t just sit around anymore, being afraid of the outcome.
I may have a long road ahead of me, but the road behind me is not worth going back to.
So from now on is the only thing that I know now will work out for me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes