I Live, I Die

I live, I die 

in-between 

I laugh, I cry. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson -2021

Hold Me Close

Hold me close 

Don’t let me fall 
Between the cracks 

No not at all 

Let me see beauty 
Spreading far and wide 

No divide 

This is my wish 
My sole cry 

Hold me close 

Let not 
Our differences

Collide. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Together

Together we’ll be 
Together we’ll stay
For the earth is wondrous 
Creating love 
Each
And everyday. 

Let no man pull us apart 
Let no one fear nor cry 
For together we’ll be 
Forever
Far past the day we die.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

I’m Not The One

I’m not the one 
to cry, weep or wail 
for the sky opens 
and all possibilities
will be at my disposal. 

Nothing to hinder me 
not one soul that fights 
is against the role 
that I see coming
for me. 

Laugh, cry
sing
a song of happy 
for it is truly
the road to eternity. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

I Am Feeling Down

I am feeling down and all alone
Feel my heart beat a lonesome tone
Crying, standing in the wake
Of not where I want to be.

Hoping the mists of sadness
Will disappear, leaving behind
A world bright and clear
Full of anticipation, happiness
Not this awful, nagging fear and sadness.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

I Fear My Heart Will Sink

I fear my heart will sink
Deep beneath all those things
That
Run my world
Bringing morning sun
And everything.

Then
Will I still be able
To laugh, cry and see
Moon beams streaming
Love
Filled with ecstasy?
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

So Much To Say

So much to say
So little paper to write it
All out
What so many people are talking
Laughing, talking about.

Suffice to say
When I find that scrap of paper
Filed somewhere
Yesterday
I’ll laugh, I’ll cry.

Because even then
I know there’s been
So much to say
So little paper to write it
All out.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

I Know You Haven’t Seen

I know you haven’t seen
The world I see
Know you most likely
Don’t really care.

But to me, it’s everything
It’s my world, my life
My very being
I live it everyday
I wake up wondering
What the universe
Will bring me today.

Will I laugh, will I cry
Or just be silent as I watch
This world come
Take me on a journey
You’ll never see
It’s mine
It belongs only, to me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

Hear The World

Walmart employees comfort one another after a shooting at the store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Hear the world come to it’s end
Listen to mourning flowers
Sway to and fro
And then

Hear the mighty mountains
Roar their anger
Frustration
To all that’ll listen.

Hear the world plead
Cry
For those lost
In the mayhem.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

Do I Have Something To Say

Do I have something to say
Will anyone listen
Have I gone to the past
That now lasts and ever lasts?

What will I do if the words
I spoke prove to be untrue
Will I cry
Will I speak of why?

Don’t know the answers
To those questions
Illuminating my mind.

Only know
I speak the words
That fill my questioning mind.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018