No one’s listening
To my heart beat
Nor saying
Any encouraging ways.
When I speak
The echo goes far, far away
Even I can’t hear
It come back my way.
No one’s listening
To anything, anything
I speak or say.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Remember when
Life was soft
And
Then the world burst
Spewing anger.
That is when
I fell from my heart
Landing in a den of angry giants
Eating,
Crunching hapless wrens
Cried in anger, feared for death.
That is when
I saw the world
Issue out some justice
My tears were dried, my heart soothed
And
I remembered when.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Seldom do you see
Different species fight
Like you, like me
Seldom
Seldom do you see.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
My heart grows old
With stories that are told
Snuggled in a soul
That will never, ever
Grow old.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
Feeling mixed
And
Feeling strange
Grapple with the concept
Never knowing how
The game is played.
Truthfully told
But not explained
I listen in awe of those
Who have been
And
Those who came
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
I have been there
Seen everything
Held my breath
And
Tried not to scream.
Sadness mounts
Envelops me
Reason why
Evades
Not only me.
Maybe tomorrow
All will be ok
Til then
I’ll live thru
This troubling day.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020
I will come with you
I will walk at your side
together
we will face the heartache
and
come out the other side.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Coffee taste
Lingers
The aroma whirls
Round my senses
No
Other feeling
Neither
Happiness
Nor
Dread
Can accommodate
Like this
In
My sleepy
Morning head.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Knowing all
Does not help
To know
The best.
Knowing less
Leaves you open
To seek, question
All the rest.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2020
Wandering now
Where I’ve never been
Seeking now
Things I’ve won’t begin
Leaving now
Thoughts I shouldn’t have held so tight
Gone now
From the darkest night
Flowing now
On a path not so straight
Holding now
Promise as I go to the light.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2016
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