Working hard
But seem stuck in debris
Struggling, attempting
Fighting
To get free.
Is help on the way
Or
Am I by myself
Can I pull it off
Sit back, relax
Harbouring no doubt?
This I hope, I do pray
But as of now
I’m stuck
In
Disaster’s stinking muck.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
They thought
I was crazy
they thought I was nuts
I heard laughter, jeering
silence
smirks that did suck.
From there I went forward
farther than most
believing in my worth
holding tight to that dream
I brought to fruition
this life
I hold close.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Trust me for I know a lot
Not that you don’t
I’m sure you know, know a lot.
It’s just that in this time of strife
I’ve been here, I know how anger
Can eat away all happiness
Leaving nothing in your heart.
Please put away your revenge
Your ‘Get Even Tools’
Please see the magnitude
Of what lies before you
And forgiveness be your attitude.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
No, you haven’t been
there for me or any of your next of kin
No, you haven’t been.
All about yourself
all about the great big me
thoughts of any other are non existent
never, haven’t been.
It could be tomorrow or the day after that
you’ll see the folly of your ways
step up, be all that
you haven’t
just haven’t been.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
I have felt
and
still feel you here
I know
know you are forever
with me there
I’ll try my best
to let you lead me
where I need to go
Guiding me
thru
that treacherous path
Coming out to a world
full of love and beauty
unsurpassed.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
No one said
nor did they show
the way to glory
and
all beauty to be bestowed
All was hidden
deep inside
barely known
to anyone outside
Why?
you say
Why would this be?
No one says
nor did they show
how to get there
the way to go
No one said
No one said
this I know.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Holding close, holding tight
making it thru
thru the dark, scary night
Tomorrow will be better
tomorrow I’ll see the light
leading to pleasure, happiness
and
all things of delight.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Feel the clouds
come rolling in
Hear the thunder clap
Experience rain
pouring down
Cleansing all
So once again
the world looks fresh
Growing
Reaching for the stars
because of rain
Life-giving rain.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Hear the bells
ring
their melancholy sound
Ringing, ringing
Throughout the valley
and
mountains all around
Sending messages, greetings
and words of sadness
so profound
Hear the bells
ringing
Ringing, ringing
Listen
listen to their sound.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
I have been feeling
Not so great
Everything matters
But not at stake.
The life I live
Must be honoured
No too hard
Nor can’t be done.
Understand I can
And
Will overcome.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
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