So much is required
So little to give
Delve deep down
Deep down and dig.
Bring forth all that’s buried
Dig down and live.
Live in the moment
Not in the past
Dig down find the way
That gives joy now
Dig down, dig deep
Nothing required
Except to live.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2011
Heaven helped, heaven loved
Nothing lost for that is love.
Holding close, holding tight
Living in it’s radiance tonight.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Sacrifice nothing
Don’t let it go
Hang onto something
Let the winds blow pass
All around you
Let them go
Keep that, those you care for
Close and together
Never ever, despair.
Sacrifice nothing
Act like you have nothing
Not a care
Cause I know and will share
That the world will hold
Envelope you
In it’s gentle
Loving care.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
When I try to understand
Sometimes
The way is not so clear.
Should I take a step behind
Or move forward
So to be near
To the heart of the matter
The source of my dilemma?
Sometimes the way
My way
Is not so clear.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Herald the coming storm
Dark of night enveloping
With mighty might
Crossing over land
Thundering
Making creatures cringe
While most don’t understand.
Here I am
Waiting, watching, listening
Holding on
As the coming storm
Keeps coming on.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Dangerous messages lying in repose
Waiting for the time
When damage can be imposed.
Nothing right, all is wrong
No recourse
The words too strong.
Those dangerous messages now litter the throng
Holding hostage all that’s good
Ruling with what is wrong.
Sadness part of the hour
Part of the one holding
Dangerous messages changing the world
All around.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
I don’t know, I don’t know
How the world turns
Or where storm clouds go
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know
Why everything has an enduring spring
A cascading fall in between
Summer hot or cold, white winter falling
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know
Which one shows me life to live
Steps to take through it all
I don’t know, I don’t know.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Conscious of nothing
Enveloped in a vacuum of nothing
Echo, hollow resounded on nothing.
Then
Kindness opens up the earth to everything
Making the world mine to believe and enjoy.
Nothing is left behind
But
Cared for by everything.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Dear Lord let me be strong
And full of dignity
Let me see your guiding light
Bright
Even in the darkest night
Dear Lord let me be.
Let me feel your guiding hands
Pull me in the way you command
Dear Lord let me be
A child of your God in your image
Strong and free
Dear Lord let me be.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
Heading into life
Meeting it with optimistic delight
Pushing aside the snide
Those that cried
Things that need not be denied.
Stepping one step at a time
forward
Forward into life
With optimistic delight.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2015
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