Can’t know
what’s right, what’s wrong
all’s
in a mess
must get it
right not wrong.
Which direction do I go?
Which one do I select?
I don’t know.
My world’s
in a mess
I must get it together
must get it
right not wrong.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Curled up
and
fast asleep
I think not
you will weep
when you wake
and
see the sky
filled with wonder
it’ll make you try
to be
your best
to be the one
that gently wakes
others
to
this wondrous morning sky
embracing all
no one
left behind
no one will feel alone
or
will they cry.
This I think
as
I watch you
curled up
and
fast asleep.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Can you hear me?
Can you see me
feel me
touch me?
I want you near
I want you
close.
Then I’ll know
the sky won’t fall
the rivers rush
and
birds will call
songs of love
all summer long
into
fall.
I need you
here
I need your breath
breathing softly
close
to
my heart
my
chest.
Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
No more
Today.
Tomorrow
Will be
What it turns out
To be.
But
Today, only today
I’ll let it be.
I’ll sit back
And
Enjoy my solitude
My serenity.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
I’ve heard your voice
I’ve heard you
call
I’ll come as soon as I can
no hesitation
no
not at all.
Your words uplift me
they keep me
calm
with you at my back
nothing gets left
undone.
May I keep you
always
by my side
gently touching, loving
leaving trouble
somewhere
on the path I stride.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Heard you tell
the things
you did
heard you say
it was you
what saved the day.
That’s what
you said you did.
I’m not sure
what is right
what is wrong
cause
the only one talking
is you.
And
I have a suspicion
that it’s not right
that you
you’re very wrong.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Come, hold me close
cuddle
til the sun
is
a ghost
in the evening sky.
Let the river run
quietly past
our
touching feet
on that
sandy shore.
Words not needed.
nothing said
yet
each of us knows
what our hearts
believe
have spoken softly.
I will cherish
this moment with thee
I will know
all is well
when you smile
and
hold me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You didn’t tell me
You didn’t say
Those words I needed to hear
Before
Before you went away.
Silence is all I hear
Silence
Fills the hour, the day.
I’d hoped
To hear you speak
I’d hoped
You’d say
Soft, loving words to me
Before you left
Before you went away
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Hold me
close
once again.
Let me feel
your heart
beat
again and again.
Let not
my eyes lie
let them speak
the truth
of our love
over
and
over again.
Let my feet take me
down
that path you trod
just to make it
back to me
once
more
once again.
Then you’ll hold me
close
you’ll speak loving words
we’ll be together
us two
once again.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
The quietness
the
solitude
they all speak to me.
I revel
in
their gentleness
their
honesty.
Let me forgive
those
that did wrong
to me.
Let me forgive
myself
as I sit here
quietly.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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