Hearing the breath breathe
Is heartening to us
Cause tomorrow may bring
Happiness or sadness
Or something
We haven’t seen.
But today we’ll hear
The breath breathe
And know
That just for today
We’re living, breathing
We’re okay.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Some days are sad
In remembering the past
The heartache and anguish
Seems to last and last.
You know years have passed
You know all have moved on
Yet still some days are hard
The sadness seems to go
On and on.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
Treasures happen
treasures can be within sight
or
sought, seeking far, far
into the reaches
of
the still, quiet night
No man speaks
but
all know his thoughts
that treasures keep him loved
from morning, to noon
then far, far into
the still, quiet night.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
When I hear the voices call
My heart bumps
skips a beat.
When I hear that melody
I know
know I’m not alone
nor to be.
When I hear the voices sing
sing of love, compassion
everything.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Suddenly,
in the heart of things
the world turns and it brings
glories so magnificent
it’s undeniably the world’s
best of things.
Suddenly,
spinning round once again
you see new fantastic things
then and there, deciding
it’s best to let the world
be turning, turning into more
stupendous things.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
No one else
no one will be just the same
cause as you may know
or can see
we’re all unique
never not the same
not the same as
you and me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
When I fall
I must get up
Look to the horizon
Never giving up.
Failure is only a learning step
Nothing happens
That you can’t accept
Learn or forget.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
I am a survivor
I survived hatred, anger
things
that made me a victim
I am a survivor
I came through
growing into someone
who understands how it happened
I am a survivor
Only hurt, remorse for those
who inflicted that hatred
that anger
I am a survivor
Have moved forward
built a life full of love, generosity
no hatred, some anger
I am
I am a survivor.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Holding on, holding close
all that I love and cherish
through
the darkest time.
Let us not be separated
or
hurt in anyway
any kind.
This I ask
I pray
to
the wondrous, great Divine.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Don’t know
where I’ve been
or
what I’ve done.
The truth
is
I believe
my life, my journey
has
just begun.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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