Make me be the one
That sees joy, laughter
In all that comes near
Before me.
Let me
Not
See the tyrant’s anger
The anguish of the beseeched
Who need.
No, make me
A place of quietness
Filled with pleasantries
For all that
Come to me, that I meet.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
It hasn’t been
The easiest thing
It hasn’t been
Toil, stress
Heartache and distress
What a mess
Easy
It hasn’t been
Tomorrow, next week
Maybe
Next year
Things will be
Easy
Simple and clear
But
Today
Today, it hasn’t been.
~ Patrice
Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Tired
Feeling stressed
Will the pleasantries
Ever come back
Be expressed?
Questions asked
Thoughts
Conveyed
Still
I stand here
With
Quietness, calmness
They seem to evade.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Don’t know what
Will become
Of
The life I live.
Will I succumb
To
The world around me
Accept
At all that it offers
All that I need?
I don’t know
What’s to be
But
I do know I can make it
Wonderful, great, most of all
Happy.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
In this day of my life
I see the love
Sweetness, heartache
And
Strife too.
I also see
Wonders that bloom
Bring life
To my world.
I’m surrounded by things
I don’t understand
But
Keep me safe thru this day
I was born to.
~ Patrice
Patrice, Clarkson – 2024
Closely, slowly
I come to you
I feel your breath
Breathing
Breathing on me
All around
you.
I see your eyes looking
Past me
Looking to a future
With
Or
Without me?
I can’t answer
This question
For
You.
I can only answer
I want
Need
To spend
The rest of my life
In this world
With you.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
I’m thinking, thinking
Things to do
Things I’ve done
And
Those accomplished
By me
For
You.
Some weren’t very big
Had no idea was to do
Then
There were others
Huge
On the scale of all things
Remembered
Lasting into the next millennia
Next spring.
I’m thinking, thinking
I really don’t have to do
Anything
Cause things happen
I’m thinking
Things happen
No matter
What I think I should do.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No one holds me close
No one
Holds me tight.
Instead I lay
Alone
Throughout
The long, cold lonely night.
Will there be someone?
Will they love me tender
Hold me close
Hold
Me tight?
I can dream
But
Will it ever be
On
This long, cold lonely night?
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No matter the place
No matter
Where I’ve been
The world remains round
It comes round, around again.
Have I been here before?
Will I come back again?
Questions
Answers only answered
As they come round
Around
Once again.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Let me not hold you close
Let my eyes not see
The beauty in your sweet being
Let me be all alone
Not near
Or
A part of anything.
Then I’ll know
How much I have
Then
I’ll be oh so glad
You’re in my life
I have a life
That’s perfect and mine to live
To have.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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