Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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No More To Say

August 1, 2024
Last used Aug. 1/24

No more to say
nothing
else to do
sitting, relaxing 
watching everything
I need to be reality

Come true. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Give Me The Kind Of Strength

July 31, 2024
Give Me The The Kind Of Strength ~ Photo by Patrice

Oh give me
the kind of strength
you show 

I should be 

Let me give the love
you do
forgiving
all that transgressed
against thee 

I know I haven’t
shame on me 

Then
I see you giving all
with no thought
of what may come
to be 

I’m in awe
of you 

I care, I hold 
I love you 

Desperately. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

Lil ~ May I be more like you ~ ♥♥

 

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Hold Me Close

July 29, 2024
Hold Me Close ~ Photo by  Patrice

Hold me close
let me cry
tell me all the things
I need to know
before I leave this earth
before
I die. 

Your arms are warm and tender
your voice sings
a sweet refrain
I know I’m held with love
I know
you’re with me
on this path
I travel. 

Our hands, our hearts
intertwined
our love forever
as we take
this last walk
down the old, familiar
country lane. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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On The Other Side, Sliding Down

July 26, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

On The Other Side, Sliding Down ~ Illustration by Patrice

On the other side, sliding down 

The slippery slope 
Laughing, crying I turn round 
Hope the way is clear 
The path won’t steer me wrong 

On the other side, sliding down. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Those Words

July 25, 2024
Those Words ~ Photo by Patrice

Cringe to think, to say
Those words
Forming in my mouth
Just today.

What do they mean?
What do they say
About me
My life and happenings
From
Yesterday?

I’ll keep them safe, tucked away
Till I figure out
What they mean
What they’re trying to tell me
Trying to say. 
~ Patrce  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Unacceptable, Acceptable

July 24, 2024
Unacceptable Acceptable ~ Photo by Patrice

Totally unacceptable
Totally
Not what I want
The question though
is. . . 

What do I really want? 

Something acceptable
Something that makes me happy
Something that
I want. 

Makes me get up in the morning
Sleep
Restful in the night. 

Yes 
That’s definitely
Definitely what I want.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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No More Can I See

July 23, 2024
Last used July 23/24

No more can I see
You loving me
Holding me, protecting me.

No more can I see
This happening with you
To me.

I thought our lives
Would be
Intertwined forever
Forever into eternity

But
No more, no more
Can it, will it be.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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To Know

July 22, 2024
To Know ~ Illustration by Patrice for Holt, Rinehart and Winston's reader, 'Flights Near And Far'

 Can I see? 

Be what I want to be? 

Know the path to go? 

Can I bypass the treacherous 
Not
What I need to see
To know? 

The answer is mine
To say, to see 
To know. 

For it’s all there
And that’s 
That is what I know. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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I Have Done What I Need To Do

July 19, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

I Have Done What I Need To Do ~ Photo by Patrice

I have done what I need to do 
No one else can make 
This journey for me 
Neither he, she or you. 

My heart aches 
That you don’t know 
This to be true. 

But then what do I know 
About your journey 
That journey, like my journey 
You’re travelling too. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Angels Come

July 18, 2024
Angels Come ~ Watercolour by Patrice

Angels come
Then they go
To the place we all hope
To know

Saying words quietly
Words so sweet
We are filled with joy 
Ecstasy.

Come listen to their voices
Relish in the words
They show

Let their beauty
Within, through you
Forever flow. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024