Looking forward, looking back
Living in the present
Trying to keep on track.
No breath is taken lightly
No heartache will
Keep me back.
Living on the precipice
Yet staying on
That beaten path.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Looking Forward, Looking Back
April 13, 2020
Things Change
April 9, 2020
Things change, wheels turn
Looking back is not my concern
See the path ahead
Focus on feeling
No trepidation
Remorse nor dread.
Heart holding
Embracing the best
Smile comes
Easing the way
As the sun shines on
Another brilliant day.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Healthy And Whole
April 8, 2020
Healthy and whole
I face the day
Grateful for everything
That has come my way.
No turmoil, no destitute
Just the rising sun’s
Rays
Warming all the land.
And grasses waving
Hello
In the meadow
Where they stand.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Blending
April 7, 2020
All days melt together
Blending in the night
In the quiet,
Long way before
Sun’s rays break
At daylight.
Hopes for tomorrow
Despair on yesterday
All fall away
In the blending of today
From here, from there
From yesterday.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Holding Up, Holding Down
April 6, 2020
Holding up, holding down
World revolving upside down
Maybe tomorrow norm will come
But tomorrow
What will be the outcome?
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Our Hearts Grow Old With Sadness
April 3, 2020
Our hearts grow old with sadness
You are lost to us in life
Gone to glory in the sky
While your memory lives
Still here in our lives.
May your journey be a lustre
A brilliance in the sky
May your star shine forever
illuminating all those
Who now cry.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
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No Crows Come To Call
April 2, 2020
No crows come to call
Stay hidden from it all
Silent in the day
Letting time pass
Away.
Maybe tomorrow
The sun will shine bright
All will come out
Rejoicing in the broad
Board sunlight.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Looking Back At Last, At Last
April 1, 2020
Looking back
You just gotta laugh
Things you thought tragic
Made life better
Later on
At last, at last.
Giving choices
Crossing bridges
Making decisions
That made you live
Live and love
At last, at last.
Looking back now
You smile
You know
You just gotta laugh
At last, at last.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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Coffee Taste Lingers
March 31, 2020
Coffee taste
Lingers
The aroma whirls
Round my senses
No
Other feeling
Neither
Happiness
Nor
Dread
Can accommodate
Like this
In
My sleepy
Morning head.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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In Retrospect
March 30, 2020
In retrospect
I see so clearly
The problems I had
Answers
That evaded me
In retrospect
I could have
Done things
Differently
In retrospect
I know my life
Could have been
Changed drastically
But
In retrospect
Then I would not be
The person I’ve become
I need to be
In retrospect.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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