I can see
but
can I understand?
The way the world turns
upside down
then
back up again?
Can I stand, stand straight
as it spins
never moving
from where I stand?
I can
oh yes, yes I can.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Posts Tagged ‘inspirational’
I Can
October 11, 2022
Holding Out, Holding Close
October 6, 2022
Holding out, holding close
Thoughts of yesteryear
Knowing they arrived
Played out
And
Now have disappeared.
Reasons why, reasons known
I can’t decipher
I can’t cry out
All I know
they happened
They’re with me now
Till I leave this earth, till I too
Am no longer here.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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I Remember
October 5, 2022
I remember
when my heart was full
my eyes didn’t cry
my soul
my soul could go
anywhere and never die
I remember
I remember then.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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Wonders
October 4, 2022
You have been
I’ve seen
Wonders beyond belief
Life does give us
Such wondrous things
All we have to do
Is look, see and love
These lovely things.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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The Light
October 3, 2022
There before me stands
the light
The one that’ll be
my guiding light
to a world
I know exists
Where I’ll be
oblivious to heartache
melancholy thoughts
and pain.
Plus, other things
I can’t explain.
See me drench
myself in this light
Feel its warmth, beauty
and
unsurpassed delight.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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My Heart Aches
September 30, 2022
My heart aches for the life
That could have been
The life cut short for no reason
Other than seemed a good thing
To do in the universal scheme.
My heart aches, my eyes bleed
Nothing is fair that I perceive
Maybe tomorrow sense will breathe
Understanding into all of this
Catastrophe.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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Can I Be Vain
September 28, 2022
Can
I be vain?
Laugh
and
show distain
for that
which I don’t appreciate?
Would I be judged
and
found to be a shallow
miserable entity?
Can
I afford to be?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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You Heard Me Call
September 27, 2022
You heard me call.
You heard me speak.
Whatever happened
that
you didn’t seek?
Help
with all that’s wrong
makes you sad
makes you weep?
No help will come
If
we do not know.
No trouble solved
when
the answer isn’t seen
the question asked.
And
you sit in the midst
of what
you
just don’t know.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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My Heart
September 16, 2022
My heart rules, my heart says
Be the best and then leave the rest
Don’t look for bad nor tolerate those
That bring it.
My heart hears all kinds of things
Water crashing on distant shores
A baby bird looking for some more
The calling of a lonesome wolf.
My heart feels the touch of necessity
A coffee warm, so tasty
The gentle caress from one
So loved.
My heart does all these things
While beating life and breathe
Into everything.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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Maybe Tomorrow
September 14, 2022
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe
Another day
Maybe it’ll feel like forever
In the way you feel
Today.
But
Your end will come
In a moment
Or
It may have come
Yesterday.
Your purpose, your mission
Is
To live each moment
Each day
With joy and happiness.
So
When you close your eyes
For forever
You’ll smile
And
You’ll say
“That was fun
That was, a good day!”
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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