When the day has ended
And I go to sleep
Please let me dream
Dreams so sweet.
No controversial or angry things
Only pleasant happenings
And loving themes.
My day has ended
And I hope in dreams
Sleep will bring
A happy finish to everything.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
May the heart
Not be cold
But filled with wonders
Love untold.
May this be all
I do, see, behold
With a heart filled
Of love untold.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
I listened to you speak
Saw what you want
And seek.
A sadness overwhelmed
The likes of me
Realizing neither I
Or anyone on earth
Could satisfy such a hunger
Such a thirst.
I came away feeling
Worthless in this sadness
that makes me cry
For nothing, nothing
I could say or speak
Would give you
What you want and seek.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
NELSON MANDELA
July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
Nelson is dead
Can’t believe these words
I just have said.
A brave, courageous man
Lived a life to make it better
For all men.
I bow my head in reverence
Say a pray
For those left behind.
For you see there will never be
Another such great
And wondrous, loving man.
Rest in peace Nelson Mandela
You brave, courageous loving man.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
Wonder what did happen
Wonder how it got to this
You can ponder many things
But the answers may not answer
Or necessarily exist.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
We are joyous
Moving along, forward
Into a distant future.
Hesitate, reach down
Look around, see
All the wonders
Growing
Living by your side.
Know
You’re not alone
Nor ever going to be.
For intertwined
In your soul, mine
And all that
Has ever been.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
Never understood
How you could walk away
Never turning round
To even say
A kind goodbye
Never understood.
Can’t figure out why
Why it made me cry
Wish with all my heart
I too
Could leave and maybe die
Never understood.
Not now in that awful moment
Moved on and found
The world a lovely place
Full of treasures, beauty, grace
Making all that heartache
Pass away
That, I understand.
But in brief moments
Of some days
I think of you
And still
Can never really understand.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson ~ 2013
The consensus is never let your heart rule what never is.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
Arco ~ Rest in Love and Peace
In his eighteenth year
He left your side
Left a wondrous life in which
He travelled far and wide
And did amazing things.
Not one to cringe or hide
Courageous to the end
Standing bravely by your side
Still now, as he did then.
His soul will help
Will guide you thru all this sadness
And then he’ll pass in time
To be in your heart forever
Never to leave again.
Please feel no regrets
He knows you done your best
Loved him like no one else
Could ever do.
Now is his time to hold you up
To steady, not to fall
For you see
He’ll forever be standing close by
The both of you
You and the man he loved
Called Steve.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
Maybe it’s okay
And maybe all right
But tonight it just
Doesn’t feel right.
Take care, be right
You’re not perfect
But definitely all right
In this dusky morning
Of tonight.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2013
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