Can I fix it?
Will I be the one
That’s the hero
In a situation
That should not be?
Crushed and miserable
Full of doubt
Must move forward
Cast it out.
Smile with gratitude
Mean it
See it radiate
All about.
My strength and smile
Will cast misery out.
Can I fix it?
I have no doubt.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
When I look in the mirror
I see an old lady
Starring at me.
I agonize over
Whether she
Really likes me.
Does she think
Me silly
I can’t see.
But so want to tell her
I’m happy
She got to be an old lady
Just like me!
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Heaven helps
Helps me see
The things I need to see
Feel the things that will guide me
Hear the beauty in everything
Everything
Everything around me.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Sadness comes and overwhelms me
It sinks into my heart
Envelopes me
No escape can I find.
Sadness reigns, is defined
By coursing thru my veins
To my head, to my heart
Sadness indeed does reign.
Sadness is in control
Is a thought
I can’t help but feel
It steals all love
All sacred thoughts.
This sadness
Great sadness is in my heart.
~ Patrice
Rest in peace dear friend Clive.
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Will my dream
My dream come true
Will it spread wealth, happiness
Throughout for me, for you
Will it stay
Keep me from being blue
Feeling blessed
Near the God
Who makes it all come true.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Celebrate your life
Celebrate yourself
See the world in your heart.
Tread upon the lifeline
Follow it to happiness
Let it reside in your heart.
Take nothing for granted
All of it has helped you
Find what lives in your heart.
Start celebrating your life
Celebrating
All that’s in your heart.
~ Patrice
Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Wondering, wondering
What has happened
What lies ahead
Wondering.
Know nothing
Can be changed
Nor improved upon
Still, still wondering.
Will it happen once again
Or be so different
From the past
I’m wondering, wondering.
No one knows for sure
Yet hopes
Assumes the best
While wondering, wondering.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
I think
Think of things
Will they come true
Or will they fall into
An abyss so blue?
When I think like this
I may sometimes cringe
Or sometimes laugh
Cause sometimes
I think
Think of you at last.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
It’s cold, it blows
It doesn’t seem to want
To go away.
It strikes my heart
Piercing all that’s warm
Freezing it today.
No pleading, crying
Can make it melt
Becoming rain on a sunny day.
No, it’s cold
It blows all thoughts
Of lovely spring away.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Cold, dark with swampy damp
Crusty mould moves over sodden land
No one speaks nor do they roar
Injustice reigns
Gentle loving is no more.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
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