Struggle to be normal
Fight to be me
Not knowing if normal is really me.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013


Sunset rests and meditates
Sees life in all its states
Smiling sweetly, caressing care
This is needed, we must share.
Love of life not destitute
Living on the edge of gratitude
You are mine and I don’t care
To hold the reins of any old despair.
Travel thru bright, clear day
See the sunset rise
Filling hearts far into
Lovely evening tide.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

Can I fix it?
Will I be the one
That’s the hero
In a situation
That should not be?
Crushed and miserable
Full of doubt
Must move forward
Cast it out.
Smile with gratitude
Mean it
See it radiate
All about.
My strength and smile
Will cast misery out.
Can I fix it?
I have no doubt.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

I struggle with what I know
I struggle with life
A life I don’t know.
I struggle with honour
And a love to keep
Close to my heart.
I struggle never to weep
Or be lost in the depths
Of someone else’s heart.
I struggle here
I struggle there
Not knowing where to start.
Yes, I struggle
I do so struggle
Here within my head and heart.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

We did not go down and see
We stayed back and let it be.
Fear did not reign
The focus was on a tremendous time
That had gone and been.
Prosperity and affluence
Brought down poverty with distain
This was our focus.
As you see
When we left behind
All there thats contradictory.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

I have been
Some other place
Before.
Now I live here
In your heart
For evermore.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013




Everyone should be aware
Of what’s around
And
What’s out there.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013