No more will I be
the one
who saves you
always full of courtesy
No more will I be
the one
who laughs
dances to a silly song
no more
No more will I be
the one
who helps you up
cradles a ailing, sickly little pup
no
no more
No more
will I be that one
For you see
you have come to me
you have made
me see
I don’t need to do
all that
Cause it’s you
now
doing all this
for me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I don’t care
if you’re white or black
whether you’ve seen the sacred cow
or
any of that
that
makes us different
in
thoughts and acts
we are still human beings
we are family
joined
it seems
to live life as best we can
making
full of love for all
all
of us
humans
and
other beings.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Change the game
change
the way we look
the way
we play the game
Makes no difference
who sees
we hold
all
the cards
We know
the stakes
we’re going to play
to
win
We’ll change the outcome
we’ll play
the game.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
There have been
regrets
in
my life
things
I’d rather
not
dwell on
Live twice
To find
joy
in those times
is
hard to accept
hard
to find
This is why
I acknowledge
they
happened
maybe cry
then
let them go
But did they
help me change
help me
grow?
You know
I just don’t
know.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
The goodness in the bad
sometimes
is
hard to find
Keep looking
for it will
be
most divine.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Let me see
what
could be
Let me see
what
was
In
between
I live
Being
the best
I can
Living, giving
all
my love.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Crying heart, crying times
remembering
those
whose voices
sang
words of love
devotion
all
those wondrous things
Gone now
gone from the world
gone
from
everything
Except
my sad heart
my wailing voice
my mind
that
remembers
Remembers
all
remembers everything.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You can hear me
call
you can see me
cry
Yet
no where
do I see you come
to
me
Help me
thru
this that keeps me
trapped
No, not that I’m aware
I hope tomorrow
or
the day after that
I will feel
your embrace
Know that you
indeed
do
care.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
They thought
I was crazy
they thought I was nuts
I heard laughter, jeering
silence
smirks that did suck.
From there I went forward
farther than most
believing in my worth
holding tight to that dream
I brought to fruition
this life
I hold close.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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