You had me
at
the start
You didn’t need
to say
another word
I just hoped
you wouldn’t
depart
For
I need you, I cherish you
I always have
Right
from
the start.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Posts Tagged ‘nature photography by Patrice’
The Start
April 23, 2025
Oh The World
April 21, 2025
Oh the world
is a miserable place
no joy
no saving grace
only heartache, sadness
anything else
I can’t endure
embrace
Then
a robin alights
on my garden gate
living in happiness
in delight
courting, laughing
as robins do
building a nest
making love
in the mists of evening’s dew
All will be
all is
as the creator planned
we’ll live
till
the sun sets on our lives
whether with
happiness
or
crying eyes.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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My Heart Is Full
April 17, 2025
My heart is full
my mind
does not dwell
on all
that could be wrong
I’m open to the world, the sky
I can see beauty
magic
in the smallest thing
I understand
how the world works
and
with your help
the universe
is mine
To dwell in
mine to embrace
give me what I need
I want
not just a little
but
everything.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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Don’t Let Him
April 16, 2025
Don’t let him
be
the master of your destiny
leading you to chaos, killing
despicable misery
Don’t let him
be
the one who takes
you down
a path of loneliness, hatred
anarchy
Don’t let him
take away your livelihood
your dreams
destroy your country
your forests, rivers
diluting, polluting
everything
Please
don’t let him
let him do these things.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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Awful Things Do Happen
April 14, 2025
Awful things do happen
bodies
cry and bleed
This is why
I need you
need you close
forever
close
holding, protecting me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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We Don’t Know
April 2, 2025
We have not
begun to know
how
vast the universe
our galaxy, the oceans
or
what lies beneath
the frozen snow
We don’t know
How
the sun shines for centuries
not reduced to
just a glow
We don’t know
we don’t know much of anything
yet
we think we do
We think we know.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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Heaven Hopes
April 1, 2025
Heaven hopes
and
does tell
the world’s troubles
oh so well
While seeking in heartache
something
so good, so divine
Let me
not forget
this path has troubles
that’ll guide me
show me
Build a self within me
so strong
so very kind.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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It Came In Silence
March 31, 2025
It came in silence
it came
in broad daylight
dripping
dropping
then
and
throughout the night
Clutching branches
trees
houses
everything in sight
Silently freezing
covering them
in
a grasp
so tight
In horror
we heard a branch
limb
tree
crack
break
falling on lines
Sending silence
to
homes
yesterday
today
tomorrow
and
tonight
Gone
but
leaving
in it’s wake
destruction
devastation
throughout the country
No more silence
only
chainsaws
generators
roaring
every hour
all day
into
dark, dark night
Freezing rain
has
gripped us
all
so tight.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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Holding On And Holding Fast
March 28, 2025
Holding on and holding fast
Not letting go.
Til the earth is beneath my feet
The sand whispering in my ear
And wind blowing too and fro.
Then
And only then
Will I let go.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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A Tear Drops
March 26, 2025
A tear drops
falls
to
a forgiving ground
No one sees
that
teardrop fall
No one
no one, not at all.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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