Hold your hand
Lead
Guide you on your way
The path may be difficult
But you have me beside you
All the way.
See no tragedy
Feel no anger
Taking you on the wrong path
Far, far away
Know I’m here with you
I’ll never leave your side.
And tomorrow
I know
You too, will be here
Next to me
Guiding me on my way
At my side.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
You don’t get to say
who I am
You don’t get to tell me
what to do
No, no
not you
I am the master
of
my universe
my own adviser
telling me
guiding
me
through
All you can do
is
join me on this venture
this life
I’m living
today and everyday
That’s
what you can do.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I know
you haven’t been
all
I want you to be
But
Have I been
all
you need
all you seek?
Likely not I feel
I see
I think.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Constantly
in
the morning
Totally
all
the day
I’ll move forward
singing praises
for
those
that made
it
this way.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Lick your wounds
Forget your ego
Dust that battered self off
While looking
To the future
See what’s best for you
Feel no regrets
Lose no sleep wondering why
What happened
Happened
Don’t go deep inside self-pity
Know this was a message
Sent
To keep you well
Moving forward
Not
Skipping a single
Beat.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Can I be
the one you love
Can I be?
Your heart is open
full of kindness
expressing gentleness
it seems
But is it for me?
Can I be
the love you love
for
all eternity?
Can I be?
I hope so
for
I love you
all so much
you see.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I know it
shouldn’t hurt like this
I know it shouldn’t
be
Still
deep in my soul
my anger festers, rages
because of all
I see
Why does one hurt
another?
Why kill or maim
a living creature
or
another
human being?
Makes no sense
no sense
to me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You can
tell me anything
you want
you can put me
on the spot
You cannot
let me say a word
for
you have
the upper hand
You have
what I have not.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You can’t make me
no, you can’t make me
into
someone
I don’t want to be
You can’t make me
sing a song
I don’t like
no, you can’t make me
You can make me
into
someone who loves you
always, forever
unconditionally
You can
yes
you can make me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
On Fridays, I usually look back two years and revisit something I wrote during this same month. I call it ‘Look Back Friday’
Today, the piece I want to share is a poem I originally wrote for Remembrance Day in November 2018, and first brought back again in 2022. Now, I feel compelled to bring it forward once more and share it with you. . .
I heard the wild goose call
I heard her plaintive tone.
I bowed my head in honour
Of all those left
Left alone.
On the field of war and anger
In the battle
No one wins alone.
I heard the wild goose call
Come
Come bring your brave soldiers home.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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