You knew something was going on when she just had a sudden change of her mind.
You had known her for a long time and her barely ever changed her mind.
She was stubborn that way and always that if she couldn’t decide then it wasn’t meant to be.
She was always thought long and hard before letting anyone know her secrets and announcements.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Walking in the forest where I feel safe and surrounded by the nature that I love
hearing all the birds chirping and the wind blowing around me.
As leaves rustle around my feet as I walk on this old path many have traveled on before, I feel so calm and at one with my life right now.
I walk alone trying to clear my mind and find the hope that today is just a one day option for me.
I need this peace more than I need the air around me to breathe because, what’s the point of breathing when all I feel is misery and tired.
I want and need to live this life full with the hope that everyday will be different and maybe it will be but not on their time.
This forest is where I can truly be me and just stand in the feeling of peace and happiness and take it all in on my own time and suck it all up until I know I’m full on it.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
The laughter coming from the back of the store could be heard from the front door and it made you just happy to hear someone having a good moment in there long work day.
You begin to think that without laughter things would be so much more stressful and less enjoyable.
Because, laughter can burn away all the things that make you feel like you just can’t wait for this day to be over.
You work so hard but you realize what were you thinking when you decided to go this way.
Your laugher is so much harder to find and all you hear is a harsh voice coming from you and you wonder what happen to that happy laughing girl.
The past you was so close to that laugher that now you sometimes you don’t know how to react because laughter hasn’t been apart of your life for a very long time.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
The things in my life were changing faster than I could get things together.
Everything that I had dreamed of seem to be fading way each time I blinked an eye
the answers that I had been looking for were nowhere to be found.
I had hope things will be going towards less stressful days and yet somehow I was not looking forward to the things that were leading up to the life that I was living right now.
I had chosen this path thinking it was better than the one that I was on and, yes I wouldn’t go back to the one before but I so badly want to get off of this one.
I have to find a way out of this maze that is my life and cut back on all the darkness that is flooding into my life.
I barely see the good in people anymore for I see so much ugly and no care in the world.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
As the weather gets nicer more people will want to flaunt their body that they worked so hard on in the winter.
They will want to show off their new clothes as they start to wear less layers and enjoy the sun on their skin.
They will want to be out and about to enjoy the weather and see what is going on around them now that the weather is more enjoyable.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
If I was surrounded by a bubble and had to go through life with it protecting me from germs and people anything that could hurt me.
I feel sometimes I want that bubble to protect me from all the crazy things that are going on in my life right now for I feel like people are getting to close.
I want to have wall up that will truly keep people out and not have this worry that they are going to act out because things are not going their way and I’m the only one around for them to come for me.
I am lost in the feeling that this bubble is about to be popped and I’m right back where I started from with the people who feel having a layer of protection is not what they are looking for.
I just want to go back to the day when I was a little kid and blowing bubbles on a sunny day was something to look forward too.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Someone who taught me something I may not have figured out on my own.
They changed me from the troubled child to a good and kind Adult.
Who realizes that the things that I did in the past helped me to be better in the future and to not take crap from anything one.
I know you would be happy with who I became and I’m glad to have remembered the things you said to me those days.
You were the light to the path I thought I would not go back too but now I’m on that path again and things have changed since last time.
Your words are the reason I have not given up on my dream and I know one day it will all work out and maybe not the way I want it too.
But it will be the best that I can do.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
My life is like a tide coming in from the sea.
Good moments come into my life and they sometimes last a lifetime.
But eventually, they go away and drift farther away from me.
Until those good times are long last memories that only seem to come back to me when my mind is unfocused.
Those good times I try to hold on too don’t say for long.
But, when they do come back again it always puts a smile on my face.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
I observe you from afar and what I’ve learned is you are a person who has to put up a shield and hide certain things just to get through the day.
You are kind and sweet but certain things in your life has left you bitter and angry and as much as you want to fight the battle feels like a losing one.
The misery you feel just keeps growing day by day and you no longer smile like you used to.
You are broken and I so want to help you but, like everyone else, I am on the other side of the wall you put up to protect yourself.
The pain I see it flick every now and then through your sad and blank brown eyes, I want to so bad to erase that pain you feel for once and for all.
Maybe one day you will let me in and then things will be different between us and you will smile again and the wall will be down at least for me.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
The words that fell from his mouth that day had changed everything and now all she could think about was what he said.
She was mad and sad and just over it at the same time but, she knew, in the long run, things were going to change.
A change that would, in the end, change the game from pleasant to downright nasty.
I know things will be rough but this was not just about one thing it was about many and she had the right to do what was best for her.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
I raised my sleeves up and got to work
but the end results don’t feel like it was worth working so hard for.
I tried to not hold a grudge but, how can I walk through life trying to do more than what
I guess I should be doing.
Just to be treated like someone who you think is a fool and will fall for anything that comes out your mouth.
The time to stand up and not let anything get in my way is now for I’ve worked too hard to be treated like I’m slipping.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
His actions surprised me with great wonder for he had not acted this way before.
So grumpy and quite rude that you just started to wonder what could have brought now this nasty mood change.
But, the situation to that problem would have to wait as you have so much on your plate to deal with now that you can’t stop and help brighten his mood today.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Sunny days and so nice out turns
into cold and windy days.
That somehow turned into long tiring days for people to grown to be throwing a tantrum because they can’t get their way.
I want to put them in their place but that’s not my job.
To just for once I like to live in a moment where there is no stress and conflict coming my way.
I don’t want to argue for it solves nothing and I rather just be in a calm and inviting place.
Days turn into weeks of dealing with grown children acting a fool because the word no just boils the blood inside them.
No one to blame but you because you are right in front of them, no situation is easy for you anymore and the days leading up to seeing them again just makes you depressed.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
It’s been rough lately and my focus is not as clear as I need it to be.
I needed to go to a spot that would connect me back to nature and be one with myself again.
The little creek by the park with the metal bench always was a great spot for me to just sit down and lose myself in my music and writing at the same time.
It was a beautiful day out today and as I blocked out all the noises around me I just wrote until I was happy with each piece.
It’s one of those days that I am just glad I was able to be off for and now the feeling of being relaxed is all I could have asked for.
As the sun shined down on the creek I found myself thinking I hadn’t been this at peace and happy in a long time.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
That day was one of the days I really appreciated what you had to say about it was so remarkable.
That if you never said anything as wise and bright as those words to me ever again then I would remember that saying more than anything.
You will definitely be remembered for that speech and the how happy and satisfied you seem after you gave it and everyone close to you hugged and clapped for you.
I’m glad I was able to capture that moment with a picture because I know after that day you didn’t feel so happy and the spark inside of you died down a little and every day I try to help you get it back.
But, it just seems to be taking too long and you are running out of patience right now.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes
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