Show me
When
I must be sad, lonely
Not happy
Tell me if I’ve made
A mistake
Took for granted a kind gesture
A sweet refrain
For
If I have
If I’ve been callous, miserable
unforgiving
Then let me know
Let me see
A better way
And
Be a happy, giving
Carefree person
Who loves with no mistakes.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Feeling the heart pound
Listen
Listen to that sound.
Life is given, taken away
Only the heart moving
Signifies life breathes
We live
We live today.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
No way
Can I see the falling leaves
Leaving anything but beauty
All around me .
No way
Will I be alone for all eternity
For you’ll be there
Beside of me.
No way
Can I hear
The footsteps in the fall
Walk away from all
I love.
No way
I’ll let it be
Nothing but love, beauty
Surrounding me
Now and all eternity.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No more to say
No more
Today
No more coming tomorrow
Or
Needless to say
Yesterday.
Cry if you wish
But say
Say what you need to
Til you have
No more
No more to say.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Waiting to hear
the voice say words
I need to hear
Each
Each and every day.
Emotion comes in
Filling my heart with tenderness
Leaving no room
For hatred or anger
To stay.
May I hear and say
Those words
Then give them all away
To ones that need
Need them most
Today
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
I’m holding on, holding tight
To all that I love
Now and throughout
The dark, dark dangerous night.
Let no one feel
Once more, ever again
The awful feelings I felt
Way back then.
Let them be good, be great
Let them give me safety
Solace.
Let me
Radiate
Kindness and love.
Let me take all of this with me
As I move through life
The coming year, the day
The dark, dark dangerous night.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
The world turns, it goes
Then comes back around
No breath is taken
Except on its sacred ground.
The future is hidden
The past is the past
Nothing now will forever
Last.
Turning slowly, turning fast
The world is ours
Hold on
It’ll be a blast.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
That girl has gone
Past away
Only one left is an old lady
Living in yesterday
Her smile says
I know who I am
I know where I came from
For what I stand
She doesn’t need to say
Anything else
For those that are near her
Love her
Know she loves them
That way
She understands that young girl
Didn’t die
She lives within her heart, her mind
Giving all as she did
When she walked the land.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No one comes
Nor
Do they stay
Close to destruction
No, not in anyway.
Try to resurrect
The old, the traditional way
But
Sometimes
It’s best to let it lay.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Feeling all the love
Feeling
It all the time
Nestled deep in my heart
Beating love
With
Each stroke of time
In rhythm, in rhyme.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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