Thru the quiet door
I sneak
not pausing
for a deep breath
I creep.
To see
wonders unfold
treasures
a master did create
all this
to behold.
I won’t speak
I won’t laugh or cry
for my eyes
have seen
the most exquisite things
my lips
can’t describe.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Quietly
I said the words
I know will take me through
everything
I need to go.
Quietly I spoke
a smile upon my face
for I knew the words
would go out
way out into space
where once again their meaning
would replace
all the hatred consuming
leaving scars across the land
across our face.
Quietly I hope
my words will come true
so
together in this world
we’ll know
only
tenderness and love
even if it’s
just we two.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson -2026
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
Seek to find
The answer
Pleased
To know today
I have
The directions
To navigate all obstacles
To journey
Find my way.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
You coach me
you tell me what to do.
Am I a good student?
Do I listen?
Or
tell you
what you should do?
You coach me
I hope I listen.
I hope
I know what I should do.
Then
grow
become someone
who can help another.
But
I won’t need to tell you!
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You are the one
the only one
that
makes my heart
beat fast.
You are the last one
the only one
who my love for
will
last and last.
You are the one
the only one
I see in the morning
when I wake
and
at night
when I sleep
at last.
A sweet kiss from you
lets me
know
I am the one
the only one
that makes
your heart beat fast.
We’ll share our love
a love
that
will
last and last.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
I know you
you know me
we have been together
through all
that it seems
would destroy us
tear us apart
but
yet
together
together we have been.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You showed me
the way
the course that could be
it’s up to me
to start
to
discover all
those wonder things.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
No one believes
And
I can’t see
The solution, the remedy
To
What ails the world
And
Unfortunately me.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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