I know once again
You are near to me
I feel your touch
Your breath breathing
Quietly
My heart pounds
My finger seek
To caress
The very essence of you
That be
To keep
Keep you forever
Here
Near to me
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Posts Tagged ‘Look Back Friday’
Near To Me
May 15, 2026
My Heart’s Memories
May 8, 2026
I went back after several years, to the place where I grew up.
The place where I had many happy times and wonderful memories.
I was overwhelmed to see what time has done.
My Heart does break
My soul knows
The past has gone
It exists
No more.
Times remembered
Times
From long ago past
Have faded in my memory
But
I thought
They’d last and last.
The land has covered
Over
The lane we used to walk
Trees died
Their stark bodies bent
Cracking in the wind
While bushes have overgrown
Where happiness
Should’ve been.
Surrounded
By empty, barren fields
Flourishing weeds covering in
What used to be
Fertile land growing crops
That
Nurtured creatures
Way back then.
Only memories
Now
Only fading memories
Of what was but not now
Or
Ever again.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Tender Is The Heart
May 1, 2026
Tender is the heart
That beats
Coursing love thru all that speak
Never once demanding back
Only loving, loving
And
That is that.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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You Showed Me How
April 28, 2026
You gave me life
you showed me how
to
live life
exist in a world
that
sometimes wears a scowl
You didn’t accept the mundane, the trivial
you shot for the heights
you tried, you did it
then
you showed me how.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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May
April 24, 2026
May the trees survive winter
Blossom in the spring
Sending forth life
Giving all, nourishing.
May the sun rise in the morning
Rest asleep at night
To come up the next morning
Bringing warmth, love
And fields of waving buttercup delight.
May the seeds dropped in fall
Spring, rise, growing tall
Spreading roots out for nourishment
Leaves reaching up, growing
Til the fall.
May the wind blow breezes
Both strong or gentle
And then not at all.
May they bring on currents
Moisture, rain to quench
The thirst of everyone
Everyone, everything and all.
May, may we live
May we live us all.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
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When To Stop, When To Go
April 17, 2026
Knowing
When to stop
When to go
Is
A feat that will
Save
Your life
Make all things
Prosper
Everything , all things
Grow.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Do You Know Me
April 10, 2026
Do I know you?
Do you know me?
Do you wake in the night
Wondering how I could be?
Is your first thought in the morning about me?
Your last question as your eyes fall asleep
Is it, is it all about me?
I didn’t think so
I knew it wouldn’t be
Cause I never think of you
And
You don’t know me.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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A Heart Touched
March 27, 2026
A heart touched
By a loving paw and a wet nose
Is a heart
Forever
Forever full.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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This My Life
March 19, 2026
I hold in my hands
The very essence
Of
This my life.
I cherish in my heart
All the things
That make it so blessed
In
All my life.
I seek to find
Meaning, strength in the path
I take, the people I meet
Making it the best I can
This
My only life.
This is my prayer
This is my life
I will take it take it to the top
Surpass all the rest
Going to
The highest heights.
Yes I will
This
This is my life.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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Tender Hearts
March 13, 2026
Tender hearts do not break
They stand their ground
So very strong
Dear
To everyone They know.
They change lives
They show kindness, love
Will grow
In places so vacant
So cold.
Tender hearts
Only
Need a chance
A chance to embrace
The lost, the hurt.
Hold them
Till they too bestow
Tender heart’s kindness
To all
All they know.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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