Moving forward is the only thing
The only way
With gentleness and resolve
Make your way
Walk your path into tomorrow
Living in today
Leave yesterday where it is
It’s had it’s time
It’s day.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Moving Forward
February 27, 2026
I Creep I Crawl I Cry
February 26, 2026
I creep, I crawl
I cry
No idea
what I need
I feel
so wrong
so bad
Will I die?
Words
I hear
words I say
Are they real
or
a dream
I had yesterday?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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I Hold You Close
February 25, 2026
I hold you
close
I feel your
breath.
I take a chance.
I move
closer
to
your heart
to hear it
beat.
Your arms envelope me.
What could be better?
What else do I need?
Questions
Answers
Don’t need them
when
I’m beside my love
the one
I cherish
the one I need.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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Let The Bird
February 24, 2026
Let the bird
sing
calling out
to all creatures, things.
Let the bird
cry
telling the world
he’s here
he’s alive.
Let the bird
be all
that heaven
meant him to be.
Let him sing
hear
his call
his melodies.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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They Ache, They Cry
February 23, 2026
My heart, my soul
they ache
they cry
Please tell me why
for
I don’t know
I don’t know
why
they ache, they cry.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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Heaven Told Me
February 20, 2026
Heaven told me
not to tell
About the kind gestures
You gave to all that needed love
So I didn’t
I didn’t tell
Instead
I held you in my arm’s embrace
To let you know as well
You are loved
You are needed
But
Please don’t tell
For heaven needs you
Heaven wants you
There
To do your work of kindness
Cause
You do it oh so well.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Hold Me
February 19, 2026
Hold me
don’t let me
down
let me feel
all the wonders
that
do abound.
Hold me
show me the way
guide me
down the path.
Send me
on my way
to
love
from heaven
comes.
Love
from all I loved
yesterday
and
hope
in my future
those
I love today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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Tenderly Be
February 18, 2026
Tenderly be
the one I need
No questions
asked
No what if I fail
just be
Tenderly
Tenderly be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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My Heart Beating
February 17, 2026
Hear my heart
beating
beating sweetly
Not asking anything
just
quietly beating
beating
beating my entire life
It beats
oh
so sweetly.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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Valentine’s Day
February 13, 2026
I met my love
A long time ago
And
Far, far away
On this day
This
Valentine’s Day.
We’ve travelled
Thru life
Together
Living, loving, laughing
Maybe
A little fighting
Whatever
Life brought us
On that particular day.
Looking back
I smile and say
Life has been good
Since
Way back
When I met my love
On
Valentine’s Day.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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