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Trying To Make

April 1, 2022

Aww yes, still true today

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Hollyhock and Bumblebee ~ Photo by Patrice

Trying to make
All my work complete

Make things tidy
Tidy and neat

Exhaustive work
Mental trying times

When and where
Did I get so much

So much to do
In so little time?
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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My Heart Aches

March 31, 2022
My Heart Aches

My heart aches
my soul cries 
for a time
of clear innocence 
a time that time
has taken 
to the past 

No more to feel 
to bask
in rays of light
hearted laughs 

Sadness overwhelms 
hurt
seems to last 
til no more tears left 
to sob
crying for the now
distance past. 
~ Patrice  

Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Figure It Out

March 30, 2022
Last used March 30/22

Figuring 
trying to figure it out 
can’t understand
the way, the procedure
to get it done 
figured out. 

Will work on it 
I’ll think about
what may be the way
to do this, get it done 
to
figure it out. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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See Me Be

March 29, 2022
See Me Be ~ Illustration by Patrice

See me be 
The best
I can possibly be 

No sacrifice 
No sleepless nights 
No what if’s
or
Buts 

Just 
Just the best
Me 
I can be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Hoping For A Way

March 28, 2022
Hoping For A Way ~ Photo by Patrice

Hoping for a way to belong 
belong to the day 
I see
unfolding 

Reach the morning light 
caress softly the fleeting sunset 
feel the rain 
let the wind blow 
empty
hollow thoughts away 
as
I embrace the magnificence
of an ever-changing
landscape 

This is where
I want to stand 
my feet firmly planted 
belonging 
in
this day, this world 
this land. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Clouds Part, Sun Rises

March 25, 2022

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Costa Rican Sunrise ~ Photo by Patrice

Clouds part, sun rises
Filling all hearts
With peace
Warmth and gratitude.

Joy comes to mind
As day winds down
Folding into night
Star studded.

Holding tight
Precious souls
In their solitary walk
Through life.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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I Seek But Will I Find

March 24, 2022
I Seek But Will I Find ~ Photo by Patrice

I seek but will I find 
The lost, hidden 
The divine. 

No path is shown 
No way is clear 
Trudging onward 
Holding on to thoughts 
Of what may be
Near. 

Maybe passed by
Shrugged off
Not
Realizing 

Sometimes
Good things 
Stand 
Being there for me
To embrace 

Hiding
In
Plain sight. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Feeling, Remembering

March 23, 2022
Feeling, Remembering ~ Photo by Patrice

Feeling, remembering 
seeing
touching things from the past
bringing them 
to the present. 

Projecting them 
to
the future
to be part of my world
forever 
forever to be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Solely Hope

March 22, 2022
Solely Hope ~ Photo by Patrice

Solely hope
That I do come to see 
The way 
The light of all 
All I want to do and be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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A Sadness Deep Inside

March 21, 2022
A Sadness Deep Inside ~ Watercolour by Patrice

A sadness deep inside 
festering, crying 
pleading
to be let out 
let outside. 

To be free 
to wander, find solace 
be happy 
come alive 

This is all 
that
sadness asks 
all’s needed 
for that sadness deep 
deep inside. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022