Hold me
so
I don’t feel
that heartache
that
tragedy.
My mind will
go
to a place of peace
if
you’ll only
hold me.
Hold me
so that
not another thought
will make me
cry
but
sing with joy
eternally.
Knowing you are
just
holding me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Can I be
or
can I not be?
Is the question
I ask myself
as
I gently glide
through
to
my destiny.
No one else
knows
the answer.
No one cares
for
you see
they too are working
thru
to
their own
magnificent destiny.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Standing on the precipice
Going forward
Then
Looking back to see
All those who stand
Stand with me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023
Carry me.
Carry me forward.
Carry me
to
the place
that will keep me
full
of gratitude.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Kindness
be the one
that wins hearts
across
the world
across the sea.
Kindness
does bring
happiness
to all
that feel it.
Even me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
No one can, can be
no one can see
things the same
same
as you or me.
Travel through life
live as well as you can
smile
be the best possible
as only you
you can.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
You coach me
you tell me what to do.
Am I a good student?
Do I listen?
Or
tell you
what you should do?
You coach me
I hope I listen.
I hope
I know what I should do.
Then
grow
become someone
who can help another.
But
I won’t need to tell you!
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
No one believes
And
I can’t see
The solution, the remedy
To
What ails the world
And
Unfortunately me.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
You tell me
something
you say it”s so
but
in reality
how do I know?
Your lips
they move
words come out
your finger
points at writing
someone else
has
composed.
I don’t know
from
where they came
I don’t know
if they’re right
or
written
just to complain.
Then I hear
someone call
their voice
wails
do they know?
I’m not sure
not at all.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Slowly
curling up
slowly
in a ball that’s me.
Trying to escape
all the awful stuff
those things
that
haunt me in my dreams.
Crying doesn’t help
neither
do those words
my heart cries out.
Nothing helps
it seems.
I may look like
I’m standing upright
smiling
all those things.
But really
I’m curled up
in
a ball.
Hopefully
a ball
that can protect me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
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