My heart aches
My soul longs
for times of joy
all long gone.
No more to be
no more to say
loving words
I heard, heard
yesterday.
Now has come
a time of pain
sorrow
my heart aches
my soul knows there’ll be
no tomorrow.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Sleepy tired
Worry wakes me in the night
Toss turn
Feeling no sleep
As anguish plays on my sleepless stage
In a darkness with no saving light.
Maybe in the morning
All will be clear
A path opening up, a way from here to there
But tonight greeted with only so many questions
Keeping me sleepy tired
In a dim, dark hopeless night.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Let no man see the turmoil
Boiling inside of me
Let it be something to handle
Not take control
Of all of me
Joy and gratitude
Are the ones I want to see
For they will take me
On a journey full of happiness
Just for me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Holding down and very still
As the world moves round
Round
Revolving forever
Never still.
Will I fall off
Or
Hold on
Grasping threads
Of what’s to come?
Hardly know
Just holding on
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Together we’ll be
Together we’ll stay
For the earth is wondrous
Creating love
Each
And everyday.
Let no man pull us apart
Let no one fear nor cry
For together we’ll be
Forever
Far past the day we die.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Write
What you need to.
Write
What you feel too
Doesn’t matter if it
Never sees daylight
Only known on pages
Of a book closed tight.
Write
Let it out
Let it be recorded on
The slate that makes you be
What you’ve become
You see.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
I know I haven’t been
The best you’ve ever seen
I’ve tried, I tried
But after all the manoeuvring
It hasn’t happened
It hasn’t come to be.
I haven’t seen my way
And settled with
The acknowledgement that
I’ll be the best of me
The best I can
The best I’ve ever been
Today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Feel the anger
The pressure baring down
Grasp the lighter, redeeming saviour
Hold him close
Move to higher ground.
Let no one’s hatred, anger find you
For you have a buffer,
A wall of love all around
You are safe
No more pressure baring down.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Nothing to say not in any way
All has been said
Then left to be
Easy to live with or diving down
Into pure agony.
Nothing can stop all these
Bad thoughts
But you can replace them
With something pleasant
Making your face into a huge smiley.
No, nothing to say
Not this morning, this evening
Not today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
When I think
Of all the things
That have disappeared
Gone away
Happened yesterday
My heart joins forces
With my soul
To help me understand
Why it all had to go away
Yesterday.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
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