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Near To Me

May 15, 2026

I know once again
You are near to me
I feel your touch
Your breath breathing
Quietly

My heart pounds
My finger seek
To caress
The very essence of you
That be

To keep
Keep you forever
Here
Near to me
~ Patrice

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

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I Hear You Call

May 14, 2026

I hear you call
I see you
fly
you don’t know
I exist
and
truthfully, neither do I

We fly through our life
we laugh, we cry
but
are we really here
are
we alive?
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026

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I Am Grateful

May 13, 2026

I am Grateful I have you
to
Show me
to
Guide me thru.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026

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Two years ago yesterday, my friend, Patsy passed away.
She had a lifelong disability that made walking stilted and slow. But that didn’t stop her! Oh no, she walked miles for years. Even walked to town for her groceries. Sometimes someone drove her home but if they didn’t, she walked back with her groceries!!! And it’s a 20 minute drive on a good day on a dirt road with steep, STEEP hills.
As she got into her 70’s, it became more difficult for her to go far. There came a time when she could only make it to our driveway, rest and go back home.
I put this chair out for her to rest. Sometimes she’d come on in and visit before heading home.
The chair goes out each year at this time. Just in case she’s on a little walk and needs a break.
Miss you Patsy – you were a special person 💖

Holding On, Holding Still ~ Photo by Patrice

Holding on, holding still
waiting for the world
to explain itself
when
we ask
the question

Why?

But
that question
answered
is nothing that’ll
stop
the world turning
no it won’t

But still. . .
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026

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I Don’t Know

May 11, 2026

I don’t know
I haven’t seen
anything of consequence
nothing that
hasn’t been.

You too
have you seen
anything important
anything
that’s been?

Maybe together
maybe as one
we’ll be able to understand
understand
all that has been
all that
has been done.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026

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My Heart’s Memories

May 8, 2026

Patrice’s Art & Poetry

I went back after several years, to the place where I grew up.
The place where I had many happy times and wonderful memories.
I was overwhelmed to see what time has done.

My Heart does break
My soul knows
The past has gone
It exists
No more.

Times remembered
Times
From long ago past
Have faded in my memory
But
I thought
They’d last and last.

The land has covered
Over
The lane we used to walk
Trees died
Their stark bodies bent
Cracking in the wind
While bushes have overgrown
Where happiness
Should’ve been.

Surrounded
By empty, barren fields
Flourishing weeds covering in
What used to be
Fertile land growing crops
That
Nurtured creatures
Way back then.

Only memories
Now
Only fading memories
Of what was but not now
Or
Ever again.
~ Patrice

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

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