Why haven’t I seen
Your heart open up
Your voice speak
Soft, lilting words
Why haven’t I known
The place where all go
To be safe and unhurt
Why haven’t I?
I don’t know why
I haven’t been able
To experience all
Of these things.
I do know they exist
And know
Someday I’ll see all these
Beautiful, wondrous things.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
What is the cause? What is the effect?
What does it mean?
For hearts are broken, cities crumble
Crops decay
Lives destroyed.
And
In the midst of this
A sprout pops up, a giggle resonates
Thunder dissipates
Rain clears all filth away.
There is a God
There is a life
We will not disappear.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Sleepless night
Bringing early morning light
Restful peace eluding senses
Throughout the dark
The long, question filled night.
No answers come
Only questions filling, swirling
Round my exhausted mind
No time to sleep, to rest
To dream of better times.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Hold the tender
In your hands
Bask in sunlight
Lighting all the land.
Never believe
Your life’s not worthy
For you are mighty
You are mighty grand.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
When the world is laughing
And things are profound
Stand on their steps
Then lightly step down.
No holes will be barred
No one will curse or swear
Just jovial laughing
Not one bit of despair.
Hear the world laughing
Join the chorus of delight
Smile with pleasure
Let heartache take a hike.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
So long ago
I wrote my lines of love for you
So long ago
I lived my life for you
So long ago
I found I didn’t know you
So long ago
I left, left before you left me too
So long ago, so long ago
I loved you.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Pull It all together
Make it your own
Smile in the face of danger
Never leave a lost soul
All alone.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
I go to write
Listening for the words to form
Pictured in my mind they come
They take their form
On the page they rest
Now said, now wrote.
I thank the presence
That brought them to my mind
Formed the thoughts to convey
And then
Without another word
Quietly slipped away.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Focus on the present
Live in today
Pay attention to what’s happening
Still remembering yesterday.
~ Patrice
©bPatrice Clarkson – 2019
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