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The door to unlock

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Three Line Tales, Week 97

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Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
Link back to this post (& check the link shows up under the weekly post).
Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.

 

I wanted to open that door so bad, for it was time to say goodbye to the past and hello to the present and all that it has to offer me. 

So I knew that breaking those chains and opening up the door was what I needed to do today, I needed this change so bad right now that I would do anything to get it. 

I would leave  it all behind and move forward without worrying about the things I thought I needed in my life and move forward to the things I know are better for me in the long haul. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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The door to unlock

Poetry

A moment to remember

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 48

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Walking this path today was great  the sun was out and cool breeze was blowing around me and it felt just great to be out and about.
The birds were out and chirping to such a beautiful sound this morning, at first I walked around just enjoying the place I always loved to spend time in.
I started to take pictures and keep the memory of such a wonderful day out because, soon the weather would change and the snow will arrive and this moment will be gone.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: A moment to remember

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Daily Prompt: Patina

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As he waited to be seen by his doctor

he looked at the surface of the coffee table in the lobby and wonder

what they used to get the surface to look so good.

He knew no one in the office would know for they most likely wasn’t involved with picking out the furniture.

I guess the answer to his question will not ever be answered but it was such a pretty thing to look at while waiting to see your doctor on a Monday morning.

When you rather still be at home not thinking about things that will happen at work when he goes back tomorrow.

If only the weekend had lasted longer because it just seemed to go by way to quickly for his taste.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Patina

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Daily Prompt: Sparkle

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You have such a beautiful sparkle about you when you talk about the things that you love.

It’s not just in your eyes but it is in your smile when you look at me and laugh with me as I say a joke.

The sparkle in your eye always reminder me of the stars as they shine in the night sky.

I know that you feel the pressure to do so good and make the right decisions in this new journey were about to go.

But, don’t let the things that are new to you stop you for shining as bright as you have always but if you ignore the reality that your sparkle is unique and you are not like everyone else.

Which is a good thing and the minute you accept who you are everything else will fall into play and you will do just great at this thing called life.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Sparkle

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Daily Prompt: Age

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As we come to a certain age we want life to hurry up and  rush through our childhood because maybe being a teen would be more fun and more freedom.

Then maybe your tired of being a teen and so you want to be adult and that’s when you realize there is so much more you have to be in charge of.

Once you became that adult somethings just weren’t the same anymore and you begun to miss the things that used to be.

And resentment settled in and you reason  that you had that life would be easier and simple but, things are more complicated than you thought possible.

You reason you can’t wish to go back to being a child again for that is not how it works in life for you age up not down.

Soon you will begging for a break from the world of grown ups and so many things that send to be solved and made  presentable.

You try to get some sleep and hope that the days to come won’t be as bad as the day you are having right now.

So do I enjoy this age that I am now or hope that when I get a little older that I will have finally found my way or accomplished so much.

I guess only I will know when the journey is complete and I come back to this spot and evaluation how far I have gone and how much I’ve learned along the way.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Age

 

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Lord I

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hope that one day I can make you truly proud of who I am and who I have yet to become, as you guide me on this path.

I want to say thank you and that I am grateful for things that I have been blessed with and thank you for the things I didn’t think I needed in my life.

The hope that shines inside of me is so bright and even when evil blows my way the light inside of me blocks out the things that I don’t need to hear.

I hope I will always know what’s right and what’s wrong and the spirit inside me will guide me away from the things that I don’t need to touch and let into my life.

The hope that my kindness will get to someone and maybe they will think twice before they react a certain way to someone who means no harm to them.

The hope that not only will I become better but others that trust and love you will continue to do better as well.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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LIVE A LITTLE WITH ME!

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 47

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Why is it that every time we go on vacation that I’m planning everything and trying make the trip fun.

And while I’m doing all the work what are you doing?

Taking selfies and not new and unique ones just the same old pose as every pic I see on your Facebook .

For once I just wish you would take the time to enjoy everything that is going on around you and just put your phone down and live a little.

For sometimes these moments only happen once in a life time.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Knit

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I want to knit you something for the holiday

and I need to be quick for the days are going by fast.

Soon Christmas will be here and I just know you will love my gift, I’m going to knit you a hat and a scarf and maybe some gloves too.

I want them to match and be your favorite color too that way you will love them not just because I made them but because they look great too.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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The Daily Prompt: Mercy

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To have mercy on someone who has done you wrong, sometimes is hard for all you want to do is be nasty right back at them and not forgive them at all.

But, then you think two wrongs won’t make a right and the right thing to do is forgive them and move on.

For if they lie once who knows if they will lie again, but you don’t let them keep you distracted for long.

For you have so much to look forward too that the world that seems to be throwing the hard times at you isn’t trying to break you and let you stay down but in a way it’s having mercy on you.

For God will give you for your sins but it is up to you to change your ways and even if you don’t believe you know what’s wrong and what’s right and to have mercy on others is probably for the best for you never know when you need someone else to forgive you.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Mercy

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Happy Thanksgiving

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for everyone who is celebrating today with their love ones.

I’m Grateful today for my family and my dog but most of all for my God.

I’m grateful to be able to be so close to the ones that I love the most. 

I hope everyone enjoys their day and eats lots of good food. 

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Left behind

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100 WORD WEDNESDAY WEEK 46

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Like the rat trying to drink some left over Starbucks drink, I’m just trying to survive and not keep struggling with the same things going on in my life.

I’m just looking for an option that will set me free from the things that I’ve been running from lately.

I am standing on top of all the things that didn’t work out and all the people who tried to tear me down, and I am finally free from the stress and the struggle that has been in my way.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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How did

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you know that I was worthy of your love, your friendship and your time, when I don’t feel like I deserve all the attention you give me.

I’m just trying to survive in this world and not think too much about a future for I don’t know what will become of me.

I want to do so much but, lately I feel so lost and not sure the place I’m heading to is the right destination for me.

I want to find my way so badly lately but, I just don’t seem to have the strength to explore the many options in front of me.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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I’m sorry

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that I wasn’t worthy of your time 

and that even though I was always around I wasn’t counted as someone who was there for you during the tough times in your life.

I wonder now why I felt like I let you down when I was there fighting to keep you safe even when you didn’t think you deserved to be saved. 

You were apart of my growth as I found myself and in the end you just didn’t seem to care about all that we had done together to make it out of the darkness of our lives. 

I helped keep you up when you couldn’t walk and go through the light for you knew all that you had done was not hidden away but out front where everyone could see. 

I stood there handing your hand and comforting you so that there was not a moment that you felt alone and heart-broken. 

Your pain was my pain and now it’s like, I was invisible the whole time and every moment that I experienced was not true as you removed me from your life. 

You said I was  there but what I did was not enough and the one’s that were around only on your good days were the ones you choose over me and the day I walked away. 

I felt so bad for you for when you expected them to be there for you and the one’s that would try for a while will eventually leave too and when you realize  I’m gone.

I won’t come back even if you beg for my forgiveness, for I will forgive but I will move on for I feel like once you’ve burned me the possibility of you ever been trusted again is just out of the question.

For I will always  know what you did and that in the end tells me it’s time to just let you go for good. 

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Sludge

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The rain poured down outside all day long and as it stopped before she left for work

she didn’t think much about how wet it was for she just needed to get to work on time and not get wet along the way.

Or how so she thought but, as she took a couple of steps away from her home and was starting to be on her way to work.

She slipped on a big spot of mud and rude everything she thought she be wearing on the way to meeting someone before work.

Turned out in the end of being washed and for her to dress up with only five minutes to leave before she becomes super late and everything she worked hard on will all workout in the end.

Usually mud doesn’t matter her and for the first smile and the first picture of a baby smiling was sometime times an act of cuteness but to Morgan it feels like a win or negotiation.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Sludge

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The Truth

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is I’m trying to be okay with the change that is coming but, I too have my limits and lately it’s like I’m at them and yet I still want to keep going and not give up.

But, I’m aching and the relieve that I am looking for its not happening fast enough for me.

So as time goes on I am pretending to be  happy and just completely not thinking about the things  that do make me happy  for I can’t run now, not when things are working out right now.

The present is laying out the path for the future but sometimes the desire to know too much before the time is meant to be does more harm than help.

The results when sweet are nice but when ugly it stings and seems to stay with you forever even though you know what you are capable of now.

Nothing can stand in your way as you make it on that stage and smile because you have come such a long way.

I’ve been running from the things that I have no answer too, just to end up showing the truth and living in that light that you have given us so that we can be equip with the things that we may need when that day comes my lord.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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