Hearing the words spoken
In love and respect
Makes my heart leap and regret
All the things that I’ve said.
Not believing the actions
The smiles
The love I did get.
Now
I know there was nothing pretend
All was truthful, out in the open
Love with no end.
I will embrace all that I have
Give back, be happy
Never again be sad.
For this that you’ve given me
I will embrace, love you forever
Knowing
It’s our chosen place.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
A token of my gratitude
Shapes the way
I meet the day
Up to me
To see lovely beauty
In every thing, every way
There is badness
In the air
But no need to bring it in.
Let it go
Let it go away
You can deal with it
Another time, another day.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
No way to go
No way to know
The path that’s right
One that doesn’t veer left
Nor
To the right
Straight as an arrow
Moving thru obstacles
Moving
Directly through
The dark
Sinister night
To a salvation
So glorious, so right
But
I don’t know that way
The way to go
Today, tonight
Don’t know
Either
What’s wrong
Or
What could be
Right.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Can you see
Where I’ve been
What I’ve seen?
Can you see
Can you see me?
I’m here
Nowhere
Nowhere else
But
Here.
Can you see
Can you see me?
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Solely heard, solely said
Those words
That
Were racing
Racing around my head.
Are they good?
Are they bad?
Answers in between
Something I’ve seen
But
Never had.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
The world spins
revolves around
taking lives on a journey
the world beyond.
Grass grows, birds fly
rain drops
and sometimes
lovers must say goodbye.
The world is ours
We make it what we can
happy or sad, we live our lives
as the world revolves round
once again.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Could it be?
Could it be that I can do
Whatever I need to
To be the one I want
Can be?
The answer
Is in my heart beating
Waiting for me to ask
To see
The path I need to take
To be
Be the best at what I want
What I can be.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
I don’t know
What’s best for me
I only know
What is given
What I feel
I see.
Tomorrow I may know
I may climb to the heights
Stand
On solid rock
Caress
The clouds
Feel the snow.
But
For now
I don’t know.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Hold your horses
Be at peace
Let the world pass by
One hour at a time
No rush
No strong words
Do you speak.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
It hasn’t been
The easiest thing
It hasn’t been
Toil, stress
Heartache and distress
What a mess
Easy
It hasn’t been
Tomorrow, next week
Maybe
Next year
Things will be
Easy
Simple and clear
But
Today
Today, it hasn’t been.
~ Patrice
Patrice Clarkson – 2024
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