My hearts a mess
There is no rest
No peace, no quiet.
Racing, racing on
Racing fast
How will I ever last?
When can I see
Peace
Quiet and dignity?
When will I feel
My heart pump
A slow, soft, quiet thump?
Can’t hold on
Can’t see
How I got here, how to leave.
All I see is
My hearts a mess
There is no rest, that’s all, all I see.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Let me know your answer
Way before the question’s asked
Know the infinite
Hasn’t questioned, hasn’t asked
For she already knows
She has made it come to pass.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Only I
Know the reason why
Only I
Sit in a place filled
With loving gratitude
And grace
Only I
Feel the presence
Of a spirit so strong
Knowing and forgiving
Only I
Is who I see
When I look in the mirror
And see
Only me.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Hold heaven up tonight
See
The sparkle in
The dark night light
Follow
A shooting star
Race
Across the sky
Know
Heaven exists there
And
Within you and I.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Looking forward, looking back
Living in the present
Trying to keep on track.
No breath is taken lightly
No heartache will
Keep me back.
Living on the precipice
Yet staying on
That beaten path.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Things change, wheels turn
Looking back is not my concern
See the path ahead
Focus on feeling
No trepidation
Remorse nor dread.
Heart holding
Embracing the best
Smile comes
Easing the way
As the sun shines on
Another brilliant day.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Healthy and whole
I face the day
Grateful for everything
That has come my way.
No turmoil, no destitute
Just the rising sun’s
Rays
Warming all the land.
And grasses waving
Hello
In the meadow
Where they stand.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
All days melt together
Blending in the night
In the quiet,
Long way before
Sun’s rays break
At daylight.
Hopes for tomorrow
Despair on yesterday
All fall away
In the blending of today
From here, from there
From yesterday.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Holding up, holding down
World revolving upside down
Maybe tomorrow norm will come
But tomorrow
What will be the outcome?
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Our hearts grow old with sadness
You are lost to us in life
Gone to glory in the sky
While your memory lives
Still here in our lives.
May your journey be a lustre
A brilliance in the sky
May your star shine forever
illuminating all those
Who now cry.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
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