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When I Hear My Heart Pounding

November 18, 2019

When I hear my heart
Pounding
My breath takes away
All the fear I had living
Past yesterday
My feet planted in heaven
My arms embracing love
Now I can face tomorrow
Knowing
I had you my dear
Sweet love.
~ Patrice

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Kindness Borrows

November 15, 2019

Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

Kindness borrows heaven’s sorrows

Stores them in a safe, grace filled place

Now gone from ladened brow

A smile crosses that once saddened face

Lifting up in hopeful praise

No more to see, feel or fear

Just held with kindness

In heaven’s grace.
~ Patrice

Sleeping Cougar ~ Photo by Patrice

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Wondering Who Is Listening

November 14, 2019

Wondering who is listening
Hearing my words
Speaking, understanding those
That they’ve heard.

Will I go on or say not a word
A quandary
I’m taking to heart
Without
Writing down a single word.
~ Patrice

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Everyday I See Something

November 13, 2019

Everyday I see something
That resembles twelve
Part of nature, earth, sky
The clouds.

Breathing in, breathing out
Spectacular
as I turn
Whirl about.

Maybe tomorrow
I’ll understand, take it all in
Then tell the rest of the world
What it’s all about.
~ Patrice

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Making Way For Another Day

November 12, 2019

Making way for another day
Forcing nothing
Living by the rules
Set in my head the other day.

Merry, happy I’ll trudge
Thru the falling snow
Breathing in, letting out
All thoughts gone wrong, bad
In yesterday’s head.
~ Patrice

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The Ultimate Sacrifice

November 11, 2019

Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

The ultimate sacrifice,
The ultimate gift.

I thank you
for my freedom,
for my right to live
and choose.

If not for unselfish giving
and bravery beyond
we’d not be here today
and have that right to choose.

I bow my head
and thank you
for your service far beyond
and show my gratitude
for all those
that have gone.
~ Patrice

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Don’t Make Me The One

November 7, 2019

Don’t make me the one

Don’t make me
Fall from grace
Have no fun

Don’t make me the only one

For the flowers speak
The waters wave and the trees bow
Knowing they too

Don’t want to be this one.
~ Patrice

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One Day

November 6, 2019

One day will all go away
not sure why, not sure how
but gone, gone away
in the future, like the past
someday
this day will become
that day.
~ Patrice