Sometimes
Things get old and stale
Sometimes
We wonder what ever
Will prevail
But then
Without a trace
The world comes into focus
We feel blessed
We feel as if nothing ever
Could be wrong
All is new, shiny
And
So very strong,
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No one in the world
Sees the countryside, the sky
Others in my journey
Exactly
Just like me.
They see a different world
They don’t see
What my eyes experience
No
Not just like me.
But then
I don’t see the countryside, the sky
Others on this journey
Exactly as they do
No where near
What they do see.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Show me
When
I must be sad, lonely
Not happy
Tell me if I’ve made
A mistake
Took for granted a kind gesture
A sweet refrain
For
If I have
If I’ve been callous, miserable
unforgiving
Then let me know
Let me see
A better way
And
Be a happy, giving
Carefree person
Who loves with no mistakes.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Feeling the heart pound
Listen
Listen to that sound.
Life is given, taken away
Only the heart moving
Signifies life breathes
We live
We live today.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
No way
Can I see the falling leaves
Leaving anything but beauty
All around me .
No way
Will I be alone for all eternity
For you’ll be there
Beside of me.
No way
Can I hear
The footsteps in the fall
Walk away from all
I love.
No way
I’ll let it be
Nothing but love, beauty
Surrounding me
Now and all eternity.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
I’m holding on, holding tight
To all that I love
Now and throughout
The dark, dark dangerous night.
Let no one feel
Once more, ever again
The awful feelings I felt
Way back then.
Let them be good, be great
Let them give me safety
Solace.
Let me
Radiate
Kindness and love.
Let me take all of this with me
As I move through life
The coming year, the day
The dark, dark dangerous night.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
The world turns, it goes
Then comes back around
No breath is taken
Except on its sacred ground.
The future is hidden
The past is the past
Nothing now will forever
Last.
Turning slowly, turning fast
The world is ours
Hold on
It’ll be a blast.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Help me hear the voices say
Wondrous words
Spoke in love and kindness
Now and everyday.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2019
Feeling all the love
Feeling
It all the time
Nestled deep in my heart
Beating love
With
Each stroke of time
In rhythm, in rhyme.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
No one sees
All those things
Things of beauty
And
Disgusting things
They are kept
Well within
Inside of each
Brought forth
Out
Only to review
And
To teach.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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