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Poetry

Trying

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to block it all out as the noise is just too much for me.

I used to enjoy these moments but nothing I do now makes me found them even pleasant.

I try to block out the thoughts of that place that robbed me of my happiness.

I know I can only survive if I stop letting it in and live like it doesn’t exist.

I no longer care for this place and so I’m running and when it’s time.

I will do what I have to do, not walk through those doors because of them.

I will walk in because I need something but, I will be free of them for good.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Notable

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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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Daily Prompt: Notable

Poetry

Goodbye

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Those were the last words I heard from you 

and how much you would not forget me. 

The memories of the past are gone and I realize I don’t think of you anymore but

that day when you said those words I was so mad and hurt at the same time. 

Nothing could have prepared me for the day you walked out of my life.

I guess I never thought this day would come but when it did it shocked me to my core and I didn’t know if I would recover. 

But, now years later that memory only pops up now and then and well I’m not mad or sad anymore and I don’t think of you at all. 

Life now seems so different from before and I’m so thankful you let me go because I’ve grown so much. 

So thanks for the goodbye and closing of a door I didn’t need open anymore, I don’t look or hope that door opens up again. 

I’m glad to have gotten that goodbye and the closure I needed to let go and for that, I don’t fear goodbyes anymore. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Poetry

Lights

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 68

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The city light sometimes overwhelm me as all I want sometimes is a little bit of quiet.

The lights are so bright and I just want to get up and go and explore what is out there for staying inside for so long has made me quite restless. 

Today will be the day that I get to finally be at peace and relax, no time to stress or feel like there is nothing I can control because I only know the basic information. 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Lights!

Poetry

I thought

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this was the moment I would step up and things would amount to something.

But, things still seem the same even though some charges have happened.

The stuff in the past seems to come back and be more painful than before.

What was I thinking to believe that the impossible was so possible for me, so much doubt and so little time to change and realize I am more than what I think I am now.

It’s getting to be where the little hope that is coming my way is healing the old and new wounds, which is letting me see the light and the truth.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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I don’t

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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.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Thwart

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This wasn’t how the plan was supposed to go and she knew he had thwarted her plans again for it just wasn’t ready for the next step.

He thought he could be brave and well take on his fear yet again, but he couldn’t and well he didn’t want her to know of this fear he just yet.

So he made others get involve and be the reason they couldn’t go this time or that other time and so on.

But, she was tired of trying to make this plan come true so she simply just stopped trying and made other plans with him.

Until one day she just asked her right out of the blue what his problem was and that he better tell her now for she will not be defeated again.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Thwart

Poetry

The blur

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Three Line Tales, Week 114

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photo by Charles Etoroma via Unsplash

 

You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:

  • 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.

 

Like a blur you were gone before I could capture the real beauty in you that day, the only thing I saw was the yellow in your skirt and the black of your one boot.

You said you would slow down and try to enjoy these little moments in life that we bot h wanted to enjoy together was slowly cut short. 

You were gone and I didn’t know how to feel or how to get in touch with you, for your phone was not picking up and all I wanted to hear was love and calmness of your voice that day. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Haul

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You wanted so badly to haul the words that would make them all be so shocked because you were tired of hearing them  complain over and over to you.

You wanted to haul the words that they threw out at you because they were mad about something that had nothing to do with you.

You wanted to haul words and possibly things just to end the anger and frustration that had nothing to do with you.

You wanted to haul the words of I don’t care because well it’s you life and right now you are not listening to me.

So I’ll haul everything to the side and move on and let you figure it out on your own.

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Haul

Poetry

Sometimes

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I wonder if I let these things happen to me because I feel I’m not worthy of being treated better.

I feel like this will not ever end for they own me now and the way out is just not something I am blessed with.

Some come and go and yet I am still here through it all.

The pain will not end and so I feel it all everyday like it’s something brand new is happening to me.

But, it’s not new and it does not decrease but it increases until I can’t remember when it ends for by then I would have already passed out.

Sometimes I  think what if and why me and then I’m usually blessed with not knowing and I guess now I’m okay with the answers to these thoughts are not answered.

For eventually I forget about those things and move on to other things in hope that things will get better in the end.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Why

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do I try to fit in when I’m better at standing out.

I’m always showing you different sides of me for I’m not just one-sided person but, who you see is what you get when it comes to being true to myself.

I know that when you see me for me and you get to know everything about me then you will understand everything about me.

Nothing will be a surprise to you and, you will know when something is not right with me.

I don’t want to hide anything anymore and so I’m ready to let it all out and finally be free from it all.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Explore

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To explore the world and get out of one place is what I want to do for

being stuck in the same box for too long is no longer pleasant. 

The days are long and the places are well, all the same, nothing new coming my way feels like a maze walking around seeing the same things until you finally find your way out. 

I know my time to explore will be limited eventually, so, for now, I will take the time to see what the world has to offer me. 

For living with regret is not something I plan on doing now or ever. 

I want to have books full of memories of the time I travel here and explored everything and tells these stories I have to anyone who will listen. 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Daily Prompt: Explore

Poetry

Light the way!

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 64

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I stand here brave enough to lead the way in this place that has been so dark for so long.

I’m not afraid of what I may come in contact with in this place for I stop fearing stuff a long time ago.

For fear held me back from so many get opportunities that I just grew tired of standing on the sidelines while everyone else is doing what they love to do and pushing so many boundaries.

I too want to be great in my own way.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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Light the way!

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This is my path now!

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Three Line Tales, Week 113

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You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:

  • 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.
  • Have fun.

 

Everything in my body is telling me to follow that arrow and take a risk and go on this path that I know will lead me to bigger and better things. 

But, then there are the doubts that sit in the back of my mind that just tell me that I’m not good enough or blessed enough for something so great as this happen to me. 

I’m fighting to do the right thing and to finally believe that I too can be on the path that fills me up completely and, for once I won’t doubt what is to come or what is happening now for I will know this is where I belong. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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This is my path now!

Poetry

One

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All it takes is one thought and you are on my mind and then I’m forced to knowledge that things have changed.

And right before I blow to make a wish like I used to do when I was a child, I wonder what I really need right now.

Is it protection or love or both and what if I waste this wish will I get another chance to make another good one before things really change.

I want to wish that I have more time to really enjoy the peace I needed in my life right now.

But, back to reality I have to go and I know that life can be good and then the world throws me a curve ball.

And everything so dear becomes so much clearer than I thought was possible.

Where to go and what to do keeps running through my mind now that it’s all laid out on the table.

The truth and the lies!

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

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