I Haven’t Been

I haven’t been
As close as I should have been
It seems life has dealt me
a heavy load
A load I think I need to carry. 

Please, if you could
Let me see where 
I can lay down
All that isn’t necessary. 

Giving me
The time, the space
To be the one
You need, I need to be
For an blessed eternity. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

Secretly

Secretly
I say the words needed to see
The goodness in bad
The needs needed
To be
Loved and lovingly.

Secretly
I say these words
With
Clarity.  
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

No More To Say

No More
To Say 
No more
To do
Going forward
Just
We two.

Loving
Every minute
Laughing
All the time
We will do it 
Just
Give us
A little more time.
 ~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

Thoughts And Memories

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Thoughts and memories
Come into my head
Some beautiful
Some filled with dread.

I think of them and then
Let those memories go
Back to the place where
All memories need to go.

There to stay til drawn again
To the front of my mind
To relive and live
Those memories one moe time
One moe time again.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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My Heart Does Cringe

My heart does cringe 
My soul weeps.

Happenings in the world
Are full of sadness, anger
Misery so deep.

How
Did we get here? 

When
Can we leave?

Questions – Answers
No one knows
No one speaks. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

No One Else

No one else 
no one will be just the same
cause as you may know
or can see
we’re all unique
never not the same
not the same as
you and me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022 

Take Hold Of Me

Take hold of me 
And please hold tight 

Protect, guide me
Through the darkest night

Let no harm come to me
Or those I love

This I ask, I ask of you
My sweet love. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

When You Stop

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When you stop doing the dance
They’ll play another tune.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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You Heard Me Call

You heard me call. 

You heard me speak.

Whatever happened
that
you didn’t seek? 

Help
with all that’s wrong
makes you sad
makes you weep?

No help will come
If
we do not know.

No trouble solved
when
the answer isn’t seen
the question asked.

And
you sit in the midst
of what
you
just don’t know. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe tomorrow 
Maybe
Another day
Maybe it’ll feel like forever
In the way you feel
Today.

But

Your end will come
In a moment
Or
It may have come
Yesterday.

Your purpose, your mission
Is
To live each moment
Each day  
With joy and happiness.

So
When you close your eyes
For forever
You’ll smile
And
You’ll say

“That was fun 
That was, a good day!” 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022