You are close
you’re very near
yet I can’t see you
feel you
no way do I know
you’re here.
My lips do cry
my eyes do weep
they fall upon my heart
it moans
I cannot speak.
Do come
near
do let me hear
your soft voice caressing
away
all this sadness
all this fear.
Maybe then
I’ll be okay
maybe
I’ll know for sure
you are close, you are very near
oh, my sweet dear.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Kindly be
everything to me
let me not
want for anything
except
the things
I need.
Most of all
from you
I need
your love, your kindness
your honesty.
That’s all
I need now
forever
and
maybe
for an eternity.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You are
who you are
Don’t fret
Nothing
can change that.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Shaped
in
such a way
Depicting the life
it wishes
to display
No subtle changes
no
great curves
Just a shape of a life
a life
lived
celebrated
in
such a wondrous way.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Do I know you?
Do you know me?
Do you wake in the night
Wondering how I could be?
Is your first thought in the morning about me?
Your last question as your eyes fall asleep
Is it, is it all about me?
I didn’t think so
I knew it wouldn’t be
Cause I never think of you
And
You don’t know me.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
May Happiness, Love and Gratitude be with you always 💖
HAPPY EASTER!
🐰🐣🦋
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You find me
I try and find you
together we’ll muster
all our thoughts
and
really make it through
Our minds will create
a space
so pure, so true
Our arms will
embrace one another
bring us
to a world full of kindness
honesty
everything needed
to be best
of me
of
you.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Soldiers soldier
lovers love
Peace, tranquillity
come to those that soldier on
with love
Make me not
one
that believes
not in love
Make me a soldier
in that army conquering
hatred, prejudice
giving only
unconditional love.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
I treasure all
you have to say
I know your words
speak truth
no matter what
comes
what goes away
I will listen
hope to understand
the depth
the meaning
of
those words
You speak
you say.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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