Don’t tell me
I must be the same
same as you, not me.
Don’t tell me
my beating heart
doesn’t count.
Don’t tell me
my thoughts are just lies.
Don’t tell me
the tears I weep will never
bring back ones lost.
Don’t tell me this
I ask of you
I plead, I cry.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
A sombre day
in
a troubling
time
Make sure
not
forgotten
Not lost
in
time.
– Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You feel me
close
you feel my heart
I know you do
No words are spoken
no kisses
felt
yet in the future
I hope
I’m all
you think about.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Watch them
live
watch them grow
Nothing
you can purchase
nor
bestow
Watch
seasons past
and
you’ll see
Changes
The new growing
from
the old
Yes
it’s beautiful
to
watch them grow.
~ 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
Closing out
closing
down
Everything
is
at
peace
As
we watch
the sun
go
down.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You have me
you
hold and care for me
I live to be
close
near to you
You are my everything
you
make me whole
you make me come
alive
I can’t see a world
a time
without you
by
my side.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Heaven helps
heaven waits to save
comfort when you fall
when your heart sinks
and no one comes
even if you ask, you cry
you call.
Heaven stands strong
stands tall
reaching down, lifting up
saving you, giving
asking nothing back
nothing at all.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
Let me feel
the sadness go
like
raindrops melting
into snow
Let me feel my heart
beat
not too fast
not
too slow
Let me know
in this world
that
brings me
sadness, heartache
caresses me
also
with gentle kindness
and
enduring love.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
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