When I think all is lost
You come and hold me.
You give me strength
When I feel so weak
You give me hope
A chance to speak
The words that heal me.
My heart’s not broken
It mends, it sees me
Go ahead with life
With you beside me.
~ Patrice
In memory of Monica – Rest in Heavenly Peace
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
What has happened
To the day, the month
And the year?
It has been here
Now gone on its way
Becoming nothing more
Than yesterday.
Seeking to see tomorrow
I lost sight of today
Where I had hoped to live
Everyday.
Realizing it only
When I looked back
To see yesterday passing
From tomorrow right on by
Thru me today.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
When I hear the bell
My heart stands
Stands still.
My breath gasps
When
When I hear the bell.
No sounds sing
No voice cries
Words worth keeping.
Only
Only nothing
Nothing.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Enjoying the moment
Enjoying the scene
All its well
And in some instances
Serene.
Blessed be this moment
This moment I’m in
Only me in this moment
And never to occur
Again.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Where will it end? Where did it begin?
Answer not there
Nor has it been
Obvious to us watching
Listening in.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
The parcel is wrapped and ready to go
To someone deserving this I know
But please let them see
Love wrapped happily and ready to go
To someone who’ll cherish it
And then let it go.
Don’t worry if it’s proper
Don’t worry if it’s right
Just send it off wrapped
Full of love
Tied lovingly tight.
Don’t wait for an answer
Nor expect one soon
Your love is the answer
Yours or someone who opens the parcel
All wrapped and ready to go
On to the world there to bestow
True love forever
Wherever it goes.
So just wrap a parcel
Fill it with love
Give it to someone
In need of a hug.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012
Keep me close
Keep me quiet
Silent sounds
Roar
Without saying
Anything profound.
Joyous words
Cannot speak
Heartache thumps
Echoing thoughts
Not uttered
Not to keep.
Surround me now
With love and joy
Embrace
My head, my heart
Let me go
To those that love.
Stay in touch
With loving souls
Sleeping in a bed
So soft
Never hearing another
Horrid thought.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Checking out the reason
Knowing the answer why
Crying for the blessed
Never understanding
Or asking why.
Don’t call the known
Nor respond to the one
That wishes only to die
Just moving forward
Hoping that right
Is the only reason why.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
We all sit here
Giving not a thought of summer’s hot
Seeds drop here and there
We flutter about with what seems
Not a care
Blissful in winter’s coat
We peck and munch
No time to crack a silly joke.
Santa’s’ coming soon
We hear
But to him we don’t give a care
For we see him
Flying in
Bringing packages
None which
Are for me, you, I or him,
We just sit here
Eating seeds
Life’s good it appears
It seems.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
I dreamed last night
And
I don’t know why.
I dreamed last night
Of a time gone by
Of power and might
And travel
At the speed of light.
I dreamed last night
The world is old
We have been here
For years untold.
I dreamed last night
Of losing power and might
Living
In bewilderment and strife.
I dreamed last night
From elsewhere we came
On a flash of light
Brightening the sky
Lighting the night.
This I dreamed last night.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012
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