Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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I Can’t Help But Feel

May 19, 2012

I can’t help but feel
The strength and power
That is real
Real inside of me
Waiting
Waiting to fill my destiny.

Bow and scrap
To its mighty weight
You will see an escape
Into life meant to be
The best for all
Especially me.

Thank you God

Thank you Lord

For giving me
Power for all I do adore
I can not help but feel
The strength, the power
In this life
I do not rent.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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My Teck

May 16, 2012

No hope, no hope
So sad. So very, very sad
For a wonderful dog he is
So wish I could save and
Make him whole and healthy
But not to be
Not to be.

Goodbye my guy,
My friend,
My Mister Man you be
I love you still, I always will
Move on through Heaven’s door
We’ll see in days to come
A better life
I love you Teck
Be free of  pain
No pain for thee.

Goodbye my guy
The wonder dog you be
My heart breaks
Hemorrhaging such heartache
In what I wish wouldn’t be.

 

 

Adieu my friend
We’ll meet again
May safe you be
On this your long
Last journey.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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Robin In The Nest That Be

May 16, 2012

Robin's Nest and four Eggs ~ Photo by Patrice

 

 

Robin in the nest that be
Built an impressive place
For turquoise eggs to be
In their little comfy nest
Do rest
Patience be

Keep an eye on all
That may be around
To harm
This little nest that be

Tucked away
Hidden in leaves
Where no one sees
This little nest
A robin’s nest
That be.
~ Patrice


Happy Birthday Sharon
and many more! 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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Send The Troops

May 15, 2012

Send the troops
I need support
Can’t tell what is right
Or good.

Send the troops
Let them decide
The way to choose.

Let me rest
For I profess I have not
The strength to do battle
The way I should.

Brief rest is best
Then I will progress
To wage the war
The way I should

But just for now
Send the troops
Please
Send the troops.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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Gentle Soul Gathers Strength

May 14, 2012

Gentle soul gathers strength
Far beyond the power you envision
Dipping down gather up
All the pieces of a frail buttercup
Gently place there, in a safe place
To gain itself, to grow, mature
Into a gentle soul
Gathering strength for you.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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Just To Say

May 8, 2012

Just to say
This is another day
A better day?

Whose to say

Guess you’ve got to make it
Not just another day
Maybe the best day
Of any other day.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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We Deal With Death

May 7, 2012

Today I am going to write the feelings I felt when hearing of my friends beloved dog’s death sentence – aggressive bone cancer.
A few weeks back I wrote of his experience of having some teeth extracted. Unfortunately, they were not cracked or decayed. His jawbone was infected with cancer and now he has only a few weeks.

We deal with death every single day
We survive to breath, not fade away
Into nothingness soul in tow
Morse dismay, sadness, heartache
Hard to bare this weight of death
Crushing, nothing spared.

Remorse loving lost
Cherished deep, deep down here
We deal with death every single day
It never ever goes away.

Heartache, sadness bitter truth
Forcing all to see despair
Brought on in innocence
No more to hide in cloak of light
Opened up with angry fight.

Tender loving stroke your fill
For tomorrow never will
Bring true happiness in this
Sad, sad land where death comes
To ones we love
That stand on guard
Dying here with no, no nothing feared.

God grant us just a chance
To spare this life
And not deal with death
This single day
Let it stay far away.

Blessed be the soul that comes
Holding love for all sadness one
Love, hurt, anger, dread crushing down
Feel no more
Be it tender heart to soar
High up where the mighty roar.
~ Patrice

 

~ For Kado and those that love and cherish him ~

 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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This Is Mostly What I Say

May 4, 2012

This is mostly
What I say
Digging deep
Down away.

Hold your own
Don’t be swayed
From what you know
To be the way
You need today.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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Thunder Rushes Full Speed Ahead

May 3, 2012

Thunder rushes full speed ahead
Crashing, banging
Leaving dread all around.

Down to ground lighting speeds
Flashing, crashing
Creating dread all around.

Rain pours all over ground
Soaking, pouring dread
As it rains down.

A storm has come
Crashing, flashing, pouring down
Leaving dread all around.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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We Are Blessed

May 2, 2012

We are blessed
Knowing right
coming down
On dark of night.

Some are lost
Some heed the call
Blessed be
Heathen all.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012