I see your life in front of me
I see when you fail
And
When you succeed.
Yours is not a life of in-between
You go for all
You leave nothing undone
Nothing not tried.
Yes
That’s the way
The way it all seems.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Never heard them say
Words seeking disaster
No, not today.
But may I testify
That words were said
In anger
Words that need not
Be said
Not one more day.
Keep them contained
In humour
Make those that need
Laugh today.
Never more
Courting disaster
Never hating ever again
If only for just today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
All I can know
You have given me.
Nothing is left
Out of my destiny.
No heart pumps
Without a soul,
No mind smiles
Unless they know.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Sing the song you hear in your head
play the tune rhyming there instead
for if you follow all those sweet words
joy will be your reward
love will accompany you wherever you may tread.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
I know you haven’t been
Fully in love
No matter what is said
What is seen.
You smile and laugh
You offer your hand to help
But still, still part of you
Doesn’t love, doesn’t feel
Anything.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Let the world turn
resolve the problems
that really are not our concern.
Let the sky be blue not with sadness
but remembering memories not gone
not lost from me, from you.
See the earth tremble
cry in anticipation of wondrous joy to come
never seeing anything but a good outcome.
That’s what we should see when looking out
looking at the world and all the things
that will become.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Have I been helpful, have I’ve been the best?
Looking back upon the year
What would I change, what would I let rest?
No time to dwell, no time for remorse
For I must move forward, look ahead
To the year yet to unfold
And
Anticipate it to be full of wonders
Yet to be told.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson.com
Holding on, holding tight
Trying desperately to make it
Thru the day into night.
No one to help, no one to say
Words of wisdom
Nothing on this day.
Where will I be, what will I say
In a world where I’m on my own
For today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
You haven’t been there
And I haven’t seen
All the wonders
In the world
All
That has been.
But
Tomorrow we’ll go
Locked arm in arm
Down the path of wonder
Into tomorrow
Feeling
Seeing no harm.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
The path is varied
The trail travelled a lot
My thoughts are hurried
Stepping on this path
I’ve got.
Where will it lead
On what road will I pass
people I know
Those whose friendship
And love will or won’t last.
All questions and answers
I find on this road
Travelled
Will last, last forever
Forever last.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
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