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Me

May 6, 2025
Me ~ Watercolour Art by Patrice

Lonely
I may be 

Happy
I will be 

When I see you dancing
all around
me 

Your voice will sing
a song
of ecstasy 

Your heart will comply with beats
I feel inside
me 

Your feet, your feet
will move
in such a happy way 

Your eyes will see
me
no longer sad
nor lonely 

Only filled
with the deepest love  
now
that you’re here
you’re holding
me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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I Don’t Write

May 5, 2025
I Don't Write ~ Photo by Patrice

I don’t write
I clear my head
of
the thoughts
swirling round
coming from those
that
are dead. 

They need to say
to
ones alive 

“I love you
I’ll help you through life
you will survive” 

Sometimes
they’re kind
sometimes they’re sweet
sometimes though
they say
what needs to be said
to help
loved ones
get back up
on
their feet. 

I thank them
for
coming
I appreciate they do 
cause I too benefit
from
their words
that may be written
just for you.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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When I Look Out To Sea

May 2, 2025

Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

When I Look Out To Sea ~ Photo by Patrice

When I look out to sea 
I see you looking
looking back over
just at me 

The waves roll in
and
back out again 
bringing with them 
a message from overseas 
a message
you sent just for me 

In my thoughts I touch your lips 
say words of love 
then send them
on the wind 
over water, overseas 
to you with love 
just from me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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No Way

May 1, 2025
No Way ~ Photo by Patrice

You hold me close
you tell me
you love me most
then
walk away
not
a glance back
my way 

My heart, that heart
you said
you loved the most
is broken 
shattered in a million pieces 

No way to make it whole
no way
unless you’re back
back to me
to
forever stay 

My dream, my hope
but
I know
no way, no way. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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I Have Heard

April 30, 2025
I Have Heard ~ Watercolour by Patrice

I have heard
and
will reply
to
the kind words
given me
beneath the blue
blue sky 

Words
so needed
words so wise 
I’ll listen 
to
and
so graciously reply. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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Trees Sway

April 29, 2025
Trees Sway ~ Photo by Patrice

How grateful I am
to see
trees sway
on the wind
howling
through the quiet basin 

Silent they are
but
not forbidden
to feel
or
move in rhythm. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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You

April 28, 2025
You ~ Watercolour Painting by Patrice

I feel
your gentleness, your courtesy
I feel your love
enveloping
me 

I need your strength
wrapped around me
I need to know
you’re behind, backing
me 

For you see
I’m in a awful place
can’t see
a way out
no saving grace 

Still I hope with you
beside me
with everything in place
I’ll be okay
you’ll hold me in your heart
you’ll be
my saving grace. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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The Truth

April 25, 2025

Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

The Truth ~ Watercolour Painting by Patrice

Sometimes the truth 
hurts 
and 
not the best thing 
to hear. 

Sometimes its good 
to accept the truth 
as it is 
as it seems. 

Sometimes you can 
make the truth 
the truth you need 
to embrace 
and 
to believe. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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The Magic

April 24, 2025
The Magic ~ Watercolour Painting by Patrice

You know
but
I don’t see

The magic
in
all creation
everything

Maybe 
tomorrow
I’ll join
the rest of thee

Feel
the essence, the kindness
the magic

All around
of
you and me.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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The Start

April 23, 2025
The Start ~ Photo by Patrice

You had me
at
the start 

You didn’t need
to say
another word 

I just hoped
you wouldn’t
depart 

For
I need you, I cherish you
I always have 

Right
from
the start. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025