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Strange Dreams

July 11, 2017

Winter Snow ~ Photo by Patrice

Strange dreams populate my night
They make no sense telling stories
Of places never seen
People I know
But they are in a strange dream.

Somethings seem familiar
In an odd way
I’ve been there
But I can’t tell you
When or on what day.

I awaken quizzing
Just what was this experience
No words to describe
That strange dream experience.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson -2017

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The Heart Is A Treasure

July 10, 2017

Saluki ~ Watercolour by Patrice

The heart is a treasure
Hopefully, never to be seen
It guides, beats life in a body
Where she is queen.

The mind may be king
But the heart, she is queen
Without her
The mind can’t do anything.

Giving life, birthing life
Holding life in between
No one lives a life without a heart
Hopefully, never to be seen.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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Hearing All The Noises

July 6, 2017

Golden in Trouble ~ Illustration by Patrice for Dogs In Canada Magazine

Hearing all the noises
Bashing in my head
No time to see the goodness
Only misery, loneliness and dread.

Honestly don’t know
What became of my lighthearted soul
Mired down in stress
Burdened with things as dark as coal.

No one will help me out
No one really cares
All I hear is bashing, crashing in my head
Filled with misery, loneliness and  dread.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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Knowing Not

July 5, 2017

Summer Flowers ~ Photo by Patrice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowing not
What the day will bring
Hoping, anticipating
All great things.

Here in my heart
I will bring
The best I can
It will mean everything.
~ Patrice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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Heaven Help The World Understand

July 4, 2017

Winter Flower ~ Photo by Patrice

Heaven help the world
Understand
There is no tomorrow
If we don’t stand and
Let nature be around.

We alone cannot supply
Our food nor make rain
Come pouring down.

Understand
We are but a small dot
In a world
Simply
Spinning round.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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You Are On My Journey

June 30, 2017

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You are on my journey
I’m on your path
The way, it wanders but I can see
There is no more wrath.

Quiet acceptance
Honouring you, honouring me
Moving on into each our destinys.

I am on your path
You are on my road
We pass by smiling full with love
Wondering what life does hold.

Bide your time
I’ll let it be
A wondrous world spreading out
In front of thee.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

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Sleepy Tired

June 29, 2017

Old House ~ Photo by Patrice

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

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Feeling

June 28, 2017

Downy Woodpecker ~ Photo by Patrice

Feeling lonely, feeling sad
Feels like I’ve been bad.

Feeling so much
Feeling nothing, feels numb.

Feeling heartache
Then feels like I should run.

Away from all this feeling
Feel something no, feel none.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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The Water Falls

June 27, 2017

Marten River ~ Photo by Patrice

The water falls
Cascading over everything
No place is dry or wanting.

Soft rainfall falls
Breathing life into everything
Feeling life, making.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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Memories

June 26, 2017

Family ~ unknown photographer

Memories
Memories come flooding back
Some with remorse
Some with a laugh track.

I don’t know if anyone else
Remembers it like that
But I remember
Memories
Just like that.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017