Archive for the ‘My Musings’ Category

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A World Most Divine

December 13, 2024

Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

A World Most Divine - Photo by Patrice

I seek to find 
the world 
in a place divine 

No hatred 
killing 
ever creeping slime 

Caring places all 
on the pedestal of sincere 
and right 

Full of joy 
laughter 
cuddling thru the night 

This is where I want to be 
this is how 
all things should turn 

A place I’ll seek, I’ll look 
I’ll find 
in a world most divine. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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No One Does

December 2, 2024
No One Does - Photo by Patrice

No one does
the same as me 
no one holds in their hearts
the vision, the hope
the same
as
me 

We may be
all together
we may be travelling
on
similar journeys 

But
no one does
whether hard or easy
the same path 
the same
as
me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Can You?

November 27, 2024
Can You? ~ Selfie

Can you be
someone I can count on
can you be? 

My heart says
I hope so 
but
can you? 

Can you sacrifice
everything
for me? 

Take what matters
make it be
all that I need
to become the person
I want to
that one
I need to be. 

This I’m asking you
can you? 

You that live
in my head, my heart 
that one
that has always been
me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Here Wondering

November 20, 2024
Here Wondering ~ Photo by Patrice

I sit here
wondering
delving deep inside
to
feel words
I need
to give and convey
love
gentleness
to all
that live in this
crazy 
crazy world
today. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Today, Tonight

November 18, 2024
Holding On, Gripping Tight ~ Unknown Photographer

Holding on, gripping tight
wondering what could
come to be 

Today, tonight? 

I see
the course
I see the path
but what
is
expected of me 

Today, tonight? 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Lies

November 15, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

Lies ~ Photo by Patrice

You haven’t been 
Completely honest 
With me, you or anybody 
Always telling half truths 
Bald faced lies 

The question is 
Why, why? 

Nothing gained by your actions 
All lost in the aftermath 
Of your lies 
Your sordid lies 
Lies. 

Will I tomorrow see 
A new you as you say 
The one to tell the truth 

Or 

Is it just another lie 
One of your many, many 
Lies. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Everything

November 11, 2024
Everything ~ Watercolour Art by Patrice

Where I’ve been
what I’ve seen
is
nothing
compared to you. 

It does not
raise the temperature
it doesn’t make
the news. 

But it’s
where I’ve been
it’s
what I’ve seen
it’s everything. 

Everything
that makes me 
me
not you. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Stories Told

November 1, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

Stories Told ~ Illustration by Patrice

Stories told 
Are the stories 
I tell. 

Are they true 
Or did I just say words 
That make the story 
Told well? 

Secrets revealed 
Bad parts left out 
Who knows 
How can you tell? 

Embellished or truthful 
Telling a tale 
To remember. 

Not because 
It’s told correctly 
But told well. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Heaven Knows But Doesn’t Tell

October 29, 2024
Heaven Knows But Doesn't Tell ~ Photo by Patrice

Heaven knows
but
doesn’t tell
secrets
from the universe
nor
the past
as well. 

Maybe it’s for the best
maybe then 
we’ll forge ahead
bask
in the brightness
of those things
that
she does speak of
those things she tells
so well. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024 

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Can I

October 24, 2024
Patrice in Costa Rica

Can I
feel, see  
the end coming
or
what was
my beginning? 

Can I
live in reality
being happy
or just
whining, complaining
full of misery? 

No answers come 

Cause
I’ve already made
the decision
to live my life
as
best I can 
can be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024