No more can I
be
the one that stands
in front of
thee
Protects you from the evil
festering
beneath the filthy sea
the cursed land
that your heart stands upon
longing
to be free
No more can I do this and be
I’m pleading
free yourself from all this trouble
harming you
please, please
break your own self
free.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
I couldn’t be
all that I was suppose
to be.
I couldn’t seem
to succeed
at being
what you wanted me
to be.
No, all I’ve ever been
all I need to be
is
that person
I am
That person
God wants me
to be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Holy can I be
If you’re here
Guiding, directing me.
You know my heart
Breaks, falls apart
When I think of all
Whose lives
Had to depart.
May they be
With you
From now to forever
No more needing
Like me.
Cause they too
Have you
Guiding, directing them
To thee.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Holding on to memories
I shared with you
Some good, some bad
We danced in sync
In a dance of life
We had
Just we two.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Can you see
The sun shine
The bees be?
Can you see
See me?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
Hiding still
holding my love
in
my arms, my hands.
Facing the strange, challenging
world
hearts intertwined
hands clasped
in
a loving grip
only
we can understand.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
No more can I be
the one you trust
me to be.
No more can I say
those words you need
to hear today.
No more will I be
someone you can rely on
me to be.
No more, no more
will I be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
When I fall
you pick me up
my life is saved
My heart
also
is picked up
Safe and serene
standing straight up
I feel your presence, I feel your love
And that’s when
I race
to another
who needs me
to
pick them up.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
With all that happens
the sky stays blue
the earth
a golden brown
leaves of trees
wave
in the wind
and
I
I begin to live
all over
once again.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024
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