When I find the secret
When I’m fine
When I find what’s behind
The smoke smouldering
Over a red black sky.
When I find my secret
That secret holding all
The answers
All the answers for
All time.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
When I Find The Secret
May 16, 2018
Stolen From My Heart
May 15, 2018
Stolen from my heart
A sense of love
Forgot
Got away.
Burdened with such
Array of emotions
Can’t hold back
Hold at bay.
Smouldering anger
Burning things precious
Held dear
Stolen, forgotten
Got away.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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Tenderness And Wonder
May 14, 2018
Tenderness and wonder
A childlike holiday.
Smiles, kind gestures lead
Guide the way.
Laughter and hearty jokes
Make the hard an easy time
Almost like play.
No one falters
All are in
On their merry, lighthearted way.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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Wondering Once Again
May 11, 2018
Wondering
Once again.
Wondering
What is best?
Wondering
If I’ll make the right decision.
Wondering
Will it affect the rest?
Wondering
What will come to be?
Wondering
What will happen to me?
– No answers come but still –
Still I’m wondering.
Wondering
Just the same.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2014
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Procrastination, procrastinating
May 10, 2018
Procrastination, procrastinating
Get it done now
– maybe
Guilty, guilty, guilty
See it done later
– maybe
In the meantime
I’m sure
– positive
I’m not lazy
Just don’t want to do it now
– too busy
If I put it off
I’ll always have something to do
– crazy
Procrastination, procrastinating
See it done later
– maybe.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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I’ll Take A Stand
May 9, 2018
I’ll take a stand
And hold still
No breath will breathe
No heart beat
Only sounds are my feet
Standing still, holding fast
Protecting all
That must now last.
Then the gull cries
Mustering forces
That heed that shrieking call
Not forlorn, not alone
I stand, holding still
Upright, strong and tall
We’re together
And together we will conquer all.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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The Heart Knows
May 8, 2018
The heart knows
The eyes see
The hands hold
As
The mind finds beauty.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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Did You See?
May 7, 2018
Did you see?
Did you see the beauty
Reigning all around me?
Did you see the magnificence
Holding me
Embracing me?
Did you see the soul
Who told me
I was loved unconditionally?
Did you see, did you see?
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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The Heart Is Mended
May 4, 2018
The heart is mended, the life is fine
No thought is taken
Of what happened back in time.
Moving forward, risking not
Becoming ice
In a land that’s hot.
Then in the midst of emptiness
She dares, she dreams
she dreams a lot.
~ Patrice
® Patrice Clarkson – 2014
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Dreadful Thoughts
May 3, 2018
Dreadful thoughts
Lead the way
In the morning
Throughout the day
My purpose it seems
Is to take
Those awful thoughts away.
Put them in a place
They can’t speak
Can’t have their say
Those dreadful thoughts
Which are just a heartbeat
A moment
A thought away.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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