You
couldn’t be
what I needed
you
to be
No
you were not
But
was I what
you craved
asked me
to be?
I think not
Because
I
too
couldn’t be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Posts Tagged ‘Art by Patrice’
Couldn’t Be
August 13, 2025
Know
June 25, 2025
You know it isn’t true
I know it is
You know you came here
I know I never did
You know the heart is true
I know it doesn’t believe any of this
I know you turn away
You know I hold with kindness
Together we know life
can seem so different
Yet we are here
as one
Side by side
thru all of this.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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I Thought
June 18, 2025
The world’s mine
is
what
I thought
Then
I grew up
and
found
I thought
I’ll have to work
for it
my whole lifetime
through
And
never, never
stop.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson- 2025
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You
June 16, 2025
You see me
but
I don’t see you
I don’t feel anything
anything
for you
You came into
my life
when I was vulnerable
and
blue
you made me feel
I had something
to live for
unfortunately, it was
not you
Please forgive me
I don’t know what to do
I owe you so much
but
but I don’t
don’t love you.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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Enough
June 13, 2025
More
is
never enough
All
is the trouble with
not enough
Figuring
it out, making sure
I know
what I need, what I have
and
that it’s always
just enough.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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A Leopard
June 11, 2025
A leopard
never changes
it’s spots
Only
hides, covers
them up.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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I Don’t Have
March 24, 2025I don’t have
all the answers
but
I am grateful
I do
have some.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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For The Sake
January 9, 2025
For the sake of someone
you love
For the sake of the world
you live
in
Take care of everything
Be a kind, generous
gracious, living human being
killing
only misspelled words
nothing living
breathing
For the sake
of
joy
For the sake of being
Live your life with no regrets
Live it
with tender, loving
feelings.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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I Paint
December 18, 2024
I paint
my calendar
I paint all night
I paint
till the morning light.
I know
my subject feels
the brush strokes caressing them
this beloved pet
I paint
today
and
most of tonight.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Watch the Creation of My Art & Affirmation Calendar!
Follow along as I bring each painting to life
and
enjoy videos of the calendar-in-progress.
👉 patriceclarkson.com/patrices-2025-art-affirmation-calendar
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Bags Of Love
November 12, 2024
Bags of love
come falling in
filling
up my heart
all the way
to
my chin.
Love spilling out
spreading
through the world
everywhere
all about.
Give me more
make it much
loving
caring
you can’t have
too much.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
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