I’ve been in a bad place
My heart sad
My soul disgraced
I didn’t know what was pure
What was right.
I didn’t know, I couldn’t fight
That hurt I felt
It cut me through
I didn’t
I couldn’t sleep at night.
Better now
Now I feel rays of warmth
Holding
Basking that same soul
In glorious full sunlight.
Now I know
Now I see
The world is mine
It’s all it has to be.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
When I reach for the sky
I lose the restraints that keep me tied.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Sadness comes
and goes
Strive to feel
The pain
Then let it go.
No use to dwell
And ponder
Just see it
And let it go.
It makes you
No less
It makes you
No more.
It just makes you
The one to love
For evermore.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012
Heaven helps those that need
No asking, just need
If you look, if you care
Those you need will be there.
Heaven helps, heaven cares
Feel it round, feel it near
Know it’s always
Always here..
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
You know the answer
You know what’s sane
You know no one can make
Your life full of pain
The only one who can
Is living there in you
And you must make sure
No one lets it happen
No one
Not even you.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
A bluejay came
Looking for seeds today.
Then as I watched him fly away
I’m sure I heard, heard him say
“Do hurry and get them
Please don’t delay!”
I heard him
I’m sure I heard him say.
~ Patrice
Patriceclarkson – 2016
To cry is human.
It shows you care.
To laugh is human.
It shows you have joy.
To anger is human.
It shows you feel.
To remember is human.
It shows you have been.
To die is human.
It shows you have lived.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012
Tenderly, I think of you
For the world was right
When I could hold you
With no forsaken thoughts
On my mind
As we laughed and talked
And oh so tender
Were those thoughts.
Tenderly, I think of you
You were my world
You gave me life
You showed me how
To navigate throughout
Any cursed strife
To hold on, to believe
For you gave me love
Tenderly.
~ Patrice
© Patrie Clarkson – 2016
The journey begins
Down a winding path untold
Breathtaking exposure
On this the chosen road.
No concrete answers
To questions asked
Feel only wonder
Seeing a brilliant sky at last.
Excitement for
The journey begun
All comes together
Like a well known song sung.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Going thru the gamut
From frustration and anger
To the highest excellence
And of course all in between.
What is right to do?
What have I done wrong?
What should I do in the future?
Not letting my emotions
Be so strong?
The answers to these questions
Along with those I’ll ask
I suspect in not too long
I’ll hear their answers
Bright, clear and strong.
The answers will be
Whispered in my ear
If I’m quiet, holding still
They will be answered
They’ll come along.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
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