You Didn’t See Me

You didn’t see me I know for a fact
Nor did you want me
Want me back.

I slide into the shadows
Paused in a quiet spot
Before heading away from you
And all, all your self-centred thoughts.

I won’t be back and I think
It’s a well known fact
That you’ll never miss me
You’ll never ever, ask me back.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

Before The Light Begins To Fade

Before the light begins to fade
See the beauty in all you survey
Let no small thing be overlooked
As you feel your heart pounding
In a life lived with gratitude
Giving all
No matter what comes to be
This, I think
We need to see.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

I Feel A Heart Beating

I feel a heart beating
Here in my own heart
I feel a sadness blue
I know I’ve lost a time
When I lost
Lost you.

 Moved on
But every now and then
I think
And that’s when
I find myself
Missing you.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

I Think

I think
Think of things
Will they come true
Or will they fall into
An abyss so blue?

When I think like this
I may sometimes cringe
Or sometimes laugh
Cause sometimes
I think
Think of you at last.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

When I Think Of You

When I think of you
I think of me too
I think of joy, happiness
And all things filled
With memories
We made happen we too.

When I think of you
I think of me
Me too.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

I Was The Girl

* Each day this week, I’m going to be posting writings that came to me in the middle of the night after watching a documentary on Janis Joplin. Whether it is Janis writing these words thru me, or my perception of what I watched, I have no idea. Yours to decide and I hope, enjoy.

Janis Joplin during photoshoot for Big Brother & Holding Company, Forest Knolls, CA. 1967. © Lisa Laws

I was the girl who stood in the back
I was the one who didn’t say any of that
I was the one who laughed and cried
I was the one who breathed the breath
Who stood alone amongst the rest
Never knowing my heart
I think, I guess.
~ Patrice

© PatriceClarkson – 2016