You hold me close
you tell me
you love me most
then
walk away
not
a glance back
my way
My heart, that heart
you said
you loved the most
is broken
shattered in a million pieces
No way to make it whole
no way
unless you’re back
back to me
to
forever stay
My dream, my hope
but
I know
no way, no way.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I have heard
and
will reply
to
the kind words
given me
beneath the blue
blue sky
Words
so needed
words so wise
I’ll listen
to
and
so graciously reply.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
How grateful I am
to see
trees sway
on the wind
howling
through the quiet basin
Silent they are
but
not forbidden
to feel
or
move in rhythm.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
I feel
your gentleness, your courtesy
I feel your love
enveloping
me
I need your strength
wrapped around me
I need to know
you’re behind, backing
me
For you see
I’m in a awful place
can’t see
a way out
no saving grace
Still I hope with you
beside me
with everything in place
I’ll be okay
you’ll hold me in your heart
you’ll be
my saving grace.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Sometimes the truth
hurts
and
not the best thing
to hear.
Sometimes its good
to accept the truth
as it is
as it seems.
Sometimes you can
make the truth
the truth you need
to embrace
and
to believe.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
You know
but
I don’t see
The magic
in
all creation
everything
Maybe
tomorrow
I’ll join
the rest of thee
Feel
the essence, the kindness
the magic
All around
of
you and me.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
You had me
at
the start
You didn’t need
to say
another word
I just hoped
you wouldn’t
depart
For
I need you, I cherish you
I always have
Right
from
the start.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Let me understand
the way the world turns
never
on demand
My heart may say
words that mean something
just today
tomorrow things will change
tomorrow
is
another day
Then
on that tomorrow
will I understand
how the world came to be
how it turns
and
where upon it
I do stand?
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Oh the world
is a miserable place
no joy
no saving grace
only heartache, sadness
anything else
I can’t endure
embrace
Then
a robin alights
on my garden gate
living in happiness
in delight
courting, laughing
as robins do
building a nest
making love
in the mists of evening’s dew
All will be
all is
as the creator planned
we’ll live
till
the sun sets on our lives
whether with
happiness
or
crying eyes.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Working forward
Working is a process
To pass thru life
Feeling accomplished
Feeling
I’m doing my best
Will there be rewards?
Will there be stress?
I’m sure lots of both
Lots to look back on
Knowing I did all I could
Knowing
I did my best.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022
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