You know it isn’t true
I know it is
You know you came here
I know I never did
You know the heart is true
I know it doesn’t believe any of this
I know you turn away
You know I hold with kindness
Together we know life
can seem so different
Yet we are here
as one
Side by side
thru all of this.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You come to me
you tell me
things
I shouldn’t hear
I shut my eyes
not to see
what you’re
showing me
I close my mouth
not to taste
the bitterness
you bring
to me
I run as fast
as I can
putting safety
between
what you are
and
what I don’t want to be
No don’t come
please
anymore
to
visit me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Hear the bells
ring
their melancholy sound
Ringing, ringing
Throughout the valley
and
mountains all around
Sending messages, greetings
and words of sadness
so profound
Hear the bells
ringing
Ringing, ringing
Listen
listen to their sound.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Rain leaks
into small spaces
it’s refreshing water
drips
drops
Onto parched lips
it’s taste
not
forgot
Growing strong
pouring down
windswept landscapes
feel
as if they’ve been
drowned
Then with a quiet stop
all you hear
is
drip
drop.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
The world’s mine
is
what
I thought
Then
I grew up
and
found
I thought
I’ll have to work
for it
my whole lifetime
through
And
never, never
stop.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson- 2025
You told me
I didn’t listen
I went on
my way
Why didn’t I listen
to
your kind words
soft and loud
telling
of things needed
to be
addressed
not allowed
But I didn’t listen
I didn’t say anything
to
stop the sadness
settle the anger
or
quell the foray
No, I did nothing
nothing like that
today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You see me
but
I don’t see you
I don’t feel anything
anything
for you
You came into
my life
when I was vulnerable
and
blue
you made me feel
I had something
to live for
unfortunately, it was
not you
Please forgive me
I don’t know what to do
I owe you so much
but
but I don’t
don’t love you.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
More
is
never enough
All
is the trouble with
not enough
Figuring
it out, making sure
I know
what I need, what I have
and
that it’s always
just enough.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Do you tell me?
Can I say
those words needed
to get through
this
one day?
I won’t know
what they are
I won’t voice them
today
Unless you tell me
Tell me
those precious words
to make
this
one glorious day.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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