My heart is empty
A soul full of
nothing
I walk thru the world
a zombie
feeling, hearing, seeing
nothing.
Will I wake
I will arrive at a place
full of love
joy and happiness
a place where
I can cry
I’m alive, I alive!
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
See the rings
The rings of life
See them circle
Bringing
Embracing life
Different colours
Different lines
Going round
Since
The beginning of time.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Only if I could see you
feel your presence
Only if I could keep you
always near
This I would do
only if I could
Could be forever
with you.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
I hold you close
I keep you
tight to my chest
No one will come
between our love
you are the one
the best.
Our love will live
into tomorrow
all the days ahead
for you are my love
the one I live for
long for
forgetting all the rest.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
I let them go
He held me close
No words were said
It was as if
He was a ghost.
Tomorrow may be
A different day
I hope
He’s with me
Keeping all
That’s bad at bay.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
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
Why haven’t you held me close
Protected me from the worst, the gross
Why haven’t you?
Why haven’t you heard my pleas
My calls for help
Why haven’t you?
Why haven’t you seen the worst
And fell upon the evil that has me cursed
Why haven’t you?
Why haven’t you seen, heard, felt or been
The one I need
Why haven’t you?
Why haven’t you?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
Another day not the same
A cloud, a veil
Lifted
Now I see my terrain.
All is clear
My purpose, my direction
My refrain.
I sing and live
What gives me satisfaction
Gives me
A life to live.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2017
Holding on
Holding safe
Letting go
Not to replace love
With hate.
It may be
Tomorrow
It may be
Later today
I will see the world
In a wondrous
New way.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021
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