I have to seek
I have to find
the answers in this mess
make it
Divine
I reach out
I ask
they look back at me
they don’t answer
blank
is
all I see
I must seek
I must find
all
the answers
to make my world
a place
of
peace
So
Divine.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I see the beauty
The magnificence
In all the land.
As I stand in awe of all
She reaches down
She touches me
She touches all.
She understands.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018
My heart
Shines
A smile comes
Spreads
Across my face
The sun beams
Bright
and
Victorious
The clouds
have
Cleared
All
is
Right
I will
Persevere
I will
Succeed
I will be
Victorious
Today
Tonight!
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Hold my heart
hold me still
let me see beyond
the gate
far, far across the hill
take my hand
let’s walk we two
to a place
where forgiveness
reigns
and
gentleness
is a way of life
There we’ll stay
living
in
perfect harmony
Oh, yes
that
would be nice!
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You come to me
you tell me
things
I shouldn’t hear
I shut my eyes
not to see
what you’re
showing me
I close my mouth
not to taste
the bitterness
you bring
to me
I run as fast
as I can
putting safety
between
what you are
and
what I don’t want to be
No don’t come
please
anymore
to
visit me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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
Rain leaks
into small spaces
it’s refreshing water
drips
drops
Onto parched lips
it’s taste
not
forgot
Growing strong
pouring down
windswept landscapes
feel
as if they’ve been
drowned
Then with a quiet stop
all you hear
is
drip
drop.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You told me
I didn’t listen
I went on
my way
Why didn’t I listen
to
your kind words
soft and loud
telling
of things needed
to be
addressed
not allowed
But I didn’t listen
I didn’t say anything
to
stop the sadness
settle the anger
or
quell the foray
No, I did nothing
nothing like that
today.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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