I haven’t been
As close as I should have been
It seems life has dealt me
a heavy load
A load I think I need to carry.
Please, if you could
Let me see where
I can lay down
All that isn’t necessary.
Giving me
The time, the space
To be the one
You need, I need to be
For an blessed eternity.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Take away the sad
the lonely
take them far away
replaced
with
kindness and happiness
Breathe deeply
breathe a long deep breath
For you
see
you are all
that’s needed
to
make your life
the best.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson -2026
Hold me close
let me not see
the anger
all
the wretched happenings
Let me feel
safe
secure in your hold
let me not pass on
any nastiness
or
behold
I ask you
of
this
you so brave
and
so bold
Hold me close
tell me stories of success
generosity
and
kindness
all about to unfold.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Can I be
be the one
I need to be?
Can I be?
No one
answered
no one seemed to see
Then I heard
a quiet voice
say
Yes
you can
you can be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
The crash
on
the rocks
the mounting sea
nothing
nothing is as beautiful
as
thee.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Do I know you
Have you been
My friend?
Will I know that in times of trouble
I can count on you
Once more, once again?
Questions, answers
I say, ask
Over and over again
Still
I don’t know for certain
You really are
My friend.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023
I hold you in my arms
do you feel
my warm embrace?
Do you know how much
I love you
or
is the feeling lost
gone
without a trace?
my heart knows
I love you
my mind accepts it
with grace
Now all I have to do
is to convey
this love
I have for you
deep within
this
my warm embrace.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
No more to see
no more
to do
everything done
and now
now it’s up to you
Can you do it?
Can you be the best
the world knows
the best you want to be?
Yes, you’ll be
all
that you want to
all the world needs
everything you asked for
everything
you want to be.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You find me
I try and find you
together we’ll muster
all our thoughts
and
really make it through
Our minds will create
a space
so pure, so true
Our arms will
embrace one another
bring us
to a world full of kindness
honesty
everything needed
to be best
of me
of
you.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Let me hear
the world sing
hear
bells chime
the wind
wail
knowing
that everything
breathes and lives
in the goodness
of
nature’s love
For all time.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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