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The Words

October 11, 2019

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Ancient Mexico ~ Photo by Patrice

The words sit silent
Waiting to take a place
On a page, part of a sentence
A paragraph
Or just fill an empty space.

Never know what they are to be
Where they’re coming from
Placed upon the page
Uttered
From a pulpit
Graced by the shinning sun.

No matter, there they come
No longer waiting
The words have found their purpose
Their place, on a page, a paragraph
A voice
Greeting the morning sun.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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I Don’t Want To Be You

October 10, 2019

Dave's Boat in North Bay ~ Photo by Patrice

I don’t want to be you
I want
Want to be me
Allowing nothing to stand in the way
Whether the path be straight or crooked
It doesn’t matter
It’s the way I’ll travel on my journey
To be just me

Today.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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Let Me Be, Let Me See

October 9, 2019

©Hidden Robin ~ Photo by Patrice

Let me be, let me see

All the magic unfolding

Here in front of me

Let no one say

I didn’t laugh or cry

In the face of yesterday

Maybe then

I’ll be happy

In spite of all I think

I’ll never be

Today.

~ Patrice.

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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The World Is Moving Forward

October 8, 2019

Filtered Sun ~ Photo by Patrice

The world is moving forward
The old one has come to an end
The sadness in between is harsh
Sometimes you think
It’ll never end.

Then the dark clouds drift apart
A sun radiating brilliant light
Shines down
On the troubled traveller
Giving a guiding light.
~ Patrice

Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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Sadness Streams Down My Face

October 7, 2019

My Ursa and me ~ Photo by us

Sadness streams down my face
Dreams
Remembered of another place
Trying to correct wrongs done
In that other time, that other place
No help
Can be strong enough
No help to carry me away
From that sad, sad place
Today.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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The Coldness

October 4, 2019

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Fall Leaves ~ Photo by Patrice

The coldness covers and blossoms
Amongst dead and dying leaves
No heart is safe from these icy fingers
Embracing you, embracing me.

Covering, spreading across the land
Bringing cold some won’t withstand
Then it’s gone
Gone from the hidden, sleeping land.

Replaced by warmth growing
Flowering in the meadow, blooming in a tree
Another season guides life to expand
Spreading across this land
Thats’s in front of me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Hoping For The Best

October 3, 2019

3 Faces of Foxy - Watercolour Painting by PatriceHoping for the best
Waiting
Waiting for the next
Adventure to happen
Nothing says it’ll come
But
Nothing says it won’t.

Hoping for the best
Knowing it will be
A time I’ll caress
Enjoying
Nothing but the best.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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Tortured Are The Souls

October 2, 2019

Pale Bodies ~ Photo by Patrice

Tortured are the souls
I see
Writhing in pure agony.

No remorse can be seen
Only furious anger
Seething.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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The World Is Round

October 1, 2019

Wood Smiles and Sad ~ Photo by Patrice

I have found
The world is round
What is done comes back
Comes back around
So don’t make it bad
Don’t make anyone sad
Cause back
It comes back around.

Make it happy
Carefree, filled with joy
Then when it comes back
Comes back around
Your soul will know
Truly
The world is round.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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Hummingbird

September 27, 2019

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Last used Sept. 22/15

Hummingbird safe on your journey be
Many pleasures I’ve had watching ye

Time has come and I must let it be
Trust your flight south is a safe journey

In the cool fall light you make yourself ready
Ready for that long flight

Flower to flower do you fly
Sharing pollen, drinking til dry

Maybe next summer I’ll see you again
Humming beneath flowering stems

Drinking sweet nectar alongside some bees
Enjoying the warmth and raising a family

Right now though, all I see is a hummingbird
Getting ready for that phenomenal journey

Wishing you safe, wishing you well
Make it there and please, come back as well.
~ Patrice  

Note: As I finished writing this poem and rereading it out loud out on our deck, a hummingbird came up so close i could feel the air movement from her wings on the side of my head. She hovered…

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