Holding all in my hands
Feeling your strength and power
At my command.
Journey long, journey far
See the beauty
In a single rising star.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019



Agonizing, difficult regret
Struggling to understand
Just what I did to regret
For no soft heart opens up
Or holds me close
Only solitude, loneliness
Are at my command.
Life of near and far away
Feels trodden upon
No joy to lift me up
No smile that helps me stand
Only agonizing, difficult regret
Struggling to understand.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015