Quietly
I said the words
I know will take me through
everything
I need to go.
Quietly I spoke
a smile upon my face
for I knew the words
would go out
way out into space
where once again their meaning
would replace
all the hatred consuming
leaving scars across the land
across our face.
Quietly I hope
my words will come true
so
together in this world
we’ll know
only
tenderness and love
even if it’s
just we two.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson -2026
You are close
you’re very near
yet I can’t see you
feel you
no way do I know
you’re here.
My lips do cry
my eyes do weep
they fall upon my heart
it moans
I cannot speak.
Do come
near
do let me hear
your soft voice caressing
away
all this sadness
all this fear.
Maybe then
I’ll be okay
maybe
I’ll know for sure
you are close, you are very near
oh, my sweet dear.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
Seek to find
The answer
Pleased
To know today
I have
The directions
To navigate all obstacles
To journey
Find my way.
~ 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
You are the one
the only one
that
makes my heart
beat fast.
You are the last one
the only one
who my love for
will
last and last.
You are the one
the only one
I see in the morning
when I wake
and
at night
when I sleep
at last.
A sweet kiss from you
lets me
know
I am the one
the only one
that makes
your heart beat fast.
We’ll share our love
a love
that
will
last and last.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
I know you
you know me
we have been together
through all
that it seems
would destroy us
tear us apart
but
yet
together
together we have been.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
You showed me
the way
the course that could be
it’s up to me
to start
to
discover all
those wonder things.
~ 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
Kindly be
everything to me
let me not
want for anything
except
the things
I need.
Most of all
from you
I need
your love, your kindness
your honesty.
That’s all
I need now
forever
and
maybe
for an eternity.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2026
This morning comes alive
Breathing new life
In the day
The moment
Throughout all waking hours
To
Evening night.
Never speaking
Of
What must be done
What should be
Left behind.
Only moving through
The day
Bringing everything
To evening
Where to rest, sleep
In the quiet
Peaceful night.
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023
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