Archive for the ‘My Musings’ Category

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Total Failure

November 9, 2021
Total Failure ~ Photo by Patrice

Total failure
Is not an option 
I’m taking 

Maybe drawbacks
Maybe roadblocks on the path
I’m creating 

Still I’ll stay
On my course, my dream
My yearning 

And
When I arrive 
I’ll realize

That I’ve been here 
From
The beginning. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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I Feel A Heart Beating

November 5, 2021

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Ursa's Birthday Party ~ Photo by Lorra

I feel a heart beating
Here in my own heart
I feel a sadness blue
I know I’ve lost a time
When I lost

Lost you

 Moved on
But every now and then
I think
And that’s when
I find myself

Missing you.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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I Write The Words That Come

October 28, 2021
I Write The Words That Come ~ Drawing by Patrice

I write the words that come 
I see them in their entirety 
some are in colour
others grey 
altogether they make 
the words I write 
I say. 

Tomorrow
they’ll be different 
they’ll say something I never thought of
not til that instant
when they came and I wrote
wrote what they told me 
to say. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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Holy Smokes, Holy Cow

October 27, 2021
Holy Smokes, Holy Cow ~ Photo by Patrice

Holy Smokes, Holy Cow 
The world it turns
It revolves 
But
Not around me 
No
Not at all. 

It may tomorrow 
Or
The day after that 
And
You know 
I’m not sure
Where it turned
Way far back. 

The only thing 
I do know,
I see 
Is that it turns 
And
I take the ride 
The ride for free. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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Horrors Be

October 26, 2021
Horrors Be ~ Photo by Patrice

Horrors be 
can’t take them
away
away from the head 
they stay  
mentally. 

The body will heal 
but 
the spirit, the soul
keep 
those things into
eternity. 

We know we must 
must let them
go 
throw them away 
don’t let them
crush 
your spirit
your kind soul. 

Today, just today 
let them go 
no more in your head 
to fester
create dread 
let them go, let them go
instead. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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The World Spins

October 5, 2021
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The world spins 
Swirls around 
How we stand up is
Extremely profound. 

Not a sound is heard 
It’s all underground 
Just spinning thru space 
How exciting 
How profound. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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Fingers Trudge

September 29, 2021
Fingers Trudge ~ Illustration by Patrice

Fingers trudge
across the page 
feeling
the paper’s texture 
smooth
hardly any grain. 

Will the pen 
fill the lines
printed
on this page 
or
will it be vacant 
unused
crumpled
thrown away? 

Fingers hesitate
and then 
pick up trusty pen
and say 
words that fill this page 
with all they want
need
to say. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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My Heart Aches

September 27, 2021
My Heart Aches ~ Illustration by Patrice

My heart aches 

Surrounded by people 
who think me stupid 

My heart aches 

For these people have judged
convicted me of dumb behaviour 

My heart aches  

At the moment I see no alternative 
it must be true 
I have no saving grace, no saviour 

My heart aches 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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Disappears

September 21, 2021

Taking hold, making clear 
the world has become 
a place where
no one hears 
the cries of those lost 
those
that have disappeared 

Bring them back, hold them dear  
for it is up to us 
to make our earth whole  
where everyone has a path
can be heard and never again 
disappears. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

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Quiet

September 7, 2021
Quiet  ~ Photo by Patrice

Living in the
Quiet 
Listening to the solitude 
Feeling all emotions 
Surface. 

Maybe tomorrow will be
Riotous 
But for now living today
Where all is
Quiet. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021