I know once again
You are near to me
I feel your touch
Your breath breathing
Quietly
My heart pounds
My finger seek
To caress
The very essence of you
That be
To keep
Keep you forever
Here
Near to me
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Near To Me
May 8, 2023
Bright Beautiful, Sunny Day
May 5, 2023
A deer came by my window
She stopped. looked me in the eye
She flicked her tail, twitched her ear
As she listened for danger near by
Then on down the path she went
No longer seen by me
Disappearing into the woods
On this bright beautiful, sunny day.
A few minutes later as I was off to run
There she lay, mortally injured
Unable to run
She heard my voice, so near, so close
Her tail flicked, her ears twitched
She tried once again to run
But her eyes were closed
Nothing worked and there she lay
Dying slowly, dying
On this bright beautiful, sunny day.
A woman in a big Ram truck
Slowed up just to pass the time of day
Not seeming to notice
A deer dying, on the side of the road
Nor if I had called the police
I had, they came, they put her away
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All Giving Majesty
May 4, 2023
Were you there
Did you see
The beauty, the kindness
And
All giving majesty?
It took my breath away
My eyes could not believe
All that wonder
Right there
There in front of me.
Let me not forget
All this
That I’ve seen.
Hoping you’ve witnessed
Too
This beauty, this kindness
And
All giving majesty.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Don’t Know
May 3, 2023
Totally don’t know
What to say
Maybe later, later in the day
All will be clear
All
Understood
And
I’ll know, know what I should say
I surely should.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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No Way, No Where
May 2, 2023
No way, no where
to be
so travel on
to
somewhere
kind and decent
Make sure you care
that
your heart
is
filled with love
that
there’s no way
no where
else
you’d rather be.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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I Figure And Figure
May 1, 2023
I figure and figure
Try to scheme
The best way to maneuver
All life’s dreams
Sometimes I’m pleased
Sometimes
Not
So much
But
It all boils down
To
What I want the most
Want so much.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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You Showed Me How
April 28, 2023
You gave me life
you showed me how
to
live life
exist in a world
that
sometimes wears a scowl
You didn’t accept the mundane, the trivial
you shot for the heights
you tried, you did it
then
you showed me how.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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May
April 28, 2023
May the trees survive winter
Blossom in the spring
Sending forth life
Giving all, nourishing.
May the sun rise in the morning
Rest asleep at night
To come up the next morning
Bringing warmth, love
And fields of waving buttercup delight.
May the seeds dropped in fall
Spring, rise, growing tall
Spreading roots out for nourishment
Leaves reaching up, growing
Til the fall.
May the wind blow breezes
Both strong or gentle
And then not at all.
May they bring on currents
Moisture, rain to quench
The thirst of everyone
Everyone, everything and all.
May, may we live
May we live us all.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
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Thoughts
April 27, 2023
Thoughts come, then they go
Some back to where
They need to go
Others stay in my mind
Developing, expanding, growing
Growing.
So what do I do?
Follow thru
Or
Leave them
To fester, to stew?
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Where You’ve Been
April 26, 2023
I don’t know where you’ve been
My heart it cries
My soul is lost upon a sea of sadness
As
Winds blow despair
Through a place so sorrowful
So extreme.
Then you come
You are here once again
Joy rises
My lips are filled with loving kisses
Ecstasy
Thunders in my heart
Yes, you are everything
You’re all I need.
Come lie beside of me
Let us be together
Never again
For me to wonder where
You could have gone
Where you’ve been.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
