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Poetry

I never

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lose focus on what is important to me because I know once my eye is off the prize it will be forgotten and tossed to the side. 

I don’t want to forget for this time it is important and the most responsible thing I have to do for myself. 

No more holding back or hoping things will get better, for it’s time to move on and forward with the things I really want to do. 

The unknown will become the fuel I need to move forward with the faith that everything will workout in the end. 

For I don’t know what will become of me but I do know right now this situation will not be the conclusion to my story now or ever. 

Written BY: Deirdre Stokes 

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    That time

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    of year when it’s so cold outside and it’s time to put on my favorite coat that always keeps me so warm when I’m outside. 

    I love the green and red in my coat just makes me feel like I’m wrapped up in Christmas my favorite time of the year.

    With my red nails and my joyful spirit this time of year, I can’t think of nothing I rather  do than take a walk on a cold day just to see my breath right in front of my face. 

    Written BY: Deirdre Stokes 

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    I thought

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    you could see though my fake happiness

    as I keep moving forward with everything.

    Even though all I really want to do is run and stay as far away from this mess as I can.

    Stuck inside your head

    Stuck inside this place

    Stuck inside and I’m losing it

    For I crave so much more than this little box can offer me.

    I’m walking so fast that I might as well be running to get away form here faster.

    Only time will tell if things end up working out in this situation and the timing couldn’t be better.

     

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Poetry

    We don’t

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    know why something’s just don’t turnout so well

    but, I don’t want to give up on things I know will workout in the end.

    Even when the beginning feels like a disaster waiting to happen and the outcome doesn’t even look like it will make it past noon.

    I know I must keep my head up high if I don’t want the negative things to overwhelm me.

    I know I didn’t see what was about to happen and even though it’s all took us by surprise.

    We could have just pushed it away and moved on, hoping this moment would change us from being so close.

    To being complete strangers all over again was not the deal we signed up for when we became friends so long ago.

    We could wish for things to go back to what it was before but, through the days and weeks and months we have been apart, things have not been in the same.

    And we have grown through our sadness and our hurt.

    We have become more or less of what we needed to be

    strong and proactive this year.

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Poetry

    Fall

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    You’re having so many mood swings with the weather being so cold then warm and then rain.

    Yet, I still the beauty in you as the colorful leaves fall to the ground and spread out all over the place.

    The smell of crisp leaves and the chill around me warns me of colder days but, for now I will enjoy what you give me Mother Nature.

    As I enjoy this time of year and this moment in my daily walks.

    I hope to keep you leaf and hope to keep you safe even if it’s just for a while.

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Being

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    older can be nice sometimes

    but then you begin to think of all that you have done.

    Being younger can be nice too

    But then you begin to think of all the things you have yet to do or can do.

    You want to make sure you get as much done as possible because once you get too old you won’t have the energy or the desire anymore.

    Being alive makes being younger and older possible but it doesn’t make the outcome feel any better when the struggle is hitting you from both sides.

    But, you don’t give up because only you can make the present count and always believe in him even when you are down for God has a plan for you that only he can help deliver you though it.

    Don’t give up even when a lot is not going your way for that might just be sign that things will start to look up.

     

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Happy Birthday

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    to me.

    I am glad to be able to spend another birthday on this world with those that I love and those that love me.

    To be able to write on this blog and read all the great work of other writers.

    So thanks you all that follow me and read my work, today I am grateful to continue to be grateful for all your support.

    Today I am a year older and loving it and hope that today will be great for all of you as I know it will be for me.

    Bless you all and I hope that even through your darkness days you continue to have faith and  don’t give up!

    And that when times are great, I hope you pocket that good times and know you are never alone God is always watching out for you.

     

     

    Love,

    Deirdre

     

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    How

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    could I have let things get this way 

    when all I had to do was follow directions and do what was on the list. 

    So much time has gone by and now I just don’t know how to go back and correct the things I’ve messed up. 

    I know that I should feel bad right now about all the things that have slipped my mind.

    But, with no time to do them I just can’t feel too guilty right now at all I just got to keep moving forward and hoping things will workout for me and those around me. 

     

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Always

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    putting my best foot forward 

    only to have it stepped on continuously. 

    Soon there is this cloud called darkness following me around and it rains on all the good that I do. 

    I try so hard to not go dark when things become rough and tough. 

    I don’t want to step away from the warmth of the light shining on me but, how much more can I take of this darkness before it swallows me whole. 

    I know that I am strong and this too will pass but it’s been going on for months I just don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel like I used too.

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    October

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    you have arrived and you bring so cold air with you as fall finally comes around. 

    Yet, you still bring along your friend the rain who has rained too many times this summer that he isn’t really welcomed in October. 

    He wants to rain down and bring lots of grown in the grass and other things but right now he has over-stayed his welcome. 

    It’s time for the rain to take a  vacation and let the cold air be just enough for everyone to use a light jacket outside. 

    You welcome the cold and hope now you don’t get sick because well everyone is counting on you. 

    But, as fall comes and soon winter to follow you know that time is slowly running out and this year is soon to be over. 

    What will you bring October and will November follow with no rain and nothing but shine and just the right amount of cold and cheer too? 

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    Staying

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    sometimes doesn’t make things better

    in the end.

    The words that slipped from your lips that day

    feel like something you read in a book.

    I didn’t think you really meant the words that came out your mouth

    because I thought all you wanted was for me to stay.

    You’ve shown me that your words come with action and you follow through with

    the things that matter to you.

     

    Written By : Deirdre Stokes

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    Even

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    though my body is tired and my spirit feels wore out

    I made it through the day with what little strength I had left.

    Feeling like I will have no time to rest and no time to catch my breath

    as the load of work just seems to pile on like I am unlimited to have much

    I can take on.

    There is no words  to say right now as my body and mind are so gone that thinking is harder than before and everything just seems so slow and wrong.

    The time isn’t going by that fast and you wonder where the relief will come because you can’t keep going on like this right now.

     

     

    Written By : Deirdre Stokes

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    Peace

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    I feel refreshed and relax with nothing on my shoulders right now feels nice

    I know that I will always love writing and finding the right words to say or write down when the time is right.

    Maybe some time things need to push to the side for you to realize that you have so much to live for and you don’t have to put too much on the table for you to feel full in your life.

    You know what you want and only you can go for it and stop holding back because your scared that this is the end of all that you’ve worked so hard on.

    Maybe it’s time to stop hoping for things to workout and just do it because you love doing it and if it works out in the end than great and not at least you took that risk.

    I don’t want to look back and realize that I’m the one that ruined my chance not someone else and I will have to live with that and forgive myself and hope that something else will come my way before it is too late.

     

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    How many

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    times will my smile light up your day 

    will they all be real or just faked when I see the sadness in your eyes. 

    Will you remember how many times I was there for you and even though I was hurting 

    I but my feelings to the side so your happiness came first. 

    You laugh and smile was always worth putting first when I knew at the end of the day I was happiest when you were too. 

     

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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    In my

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    Safe haven I read a new book in hopes of distracting myself from the things in life that just can’t shake from my mind.

    Peace of mind is all I’m looking for right now and I just can’t wait to find it today.

    I don’t know how long I will be here reading but, I know the peace that has fallen over me is so worth getting lost in this book today.

    I know I needed this and I know that there will come a time when I won’t get to do this for a long time.

     

    Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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