Meant To Be

You can’t be
And
I’ll won’t let you be
Less than what you’re
Meant to be. 

All the parts fall together
Melt into a tapestry 
So beautiful, so majestic
Such beauty. 

And
That’s, that’s what you’re
Meant to be
Nothing less I’ll make sure
You’ll be. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2024

No Way To Go

No way to go
No way to know
The path that’s right
One that doesn’t veer left
Nor
To the right

Straight as an arrow
Moving thru obstacles
Moving
Directly through
The dark 
Sinister night

To a salvation
So glorious, so right
But
I don’t know that way
The way to go 
Today, tonight 

Don’t know
Either
What’s wrong
Or
What could be
Right.  
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2024

Make Me Be

Make me be the one
That sees joy, laughter
In all that comes near 
Before me.

Let me
Not
See the tyrant’s anger
The anguish of the beseeched
Who need.

No, make me
A place of quietness
Filled with pleasantries
For all that
Come to me, that I meet. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2024

It Hasn’t Been

It hasn’t been
The easiest thing 

It hasn’t been 

Toil, stress  
Heartache and distress
What a mess 

Easy
It hasn’t been 

Tomorrow, next week
Maybe
Next year 

Things will be
Easy
Simple and clear 

But 

Today
Today, it hasn’t been. 
~ Patrice  

Patrice Clarkson – 2024

No Matter What Happens To Me

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No matter what happens to me 
the world will turn on into its destiny 
flowers will bloom, bees be busy 
nothing matters except the going 
the moving from what has 
to what will be. 

Save your breath for breathing 
your words to speak adoration 
of the heaven that has given all 
just for you 
asking nothing in return 
only wanting to be. 
~ Patrice  

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Closely, Slowly I Come To You

Closely, slowly
I come to you
I feel your breath 
Breathing
Breathing on me
All around
you. 

I see your eyes looking
Past me
Looking to a future
With
Or
Without me? 

I can’t answer
This question
For
You. 

I can only answer
I want 
Need
To spend
The rest of my life
In this world
With you. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

The Choice Is Yours

The choice is yours
The time is right
Don’t hesitate
Make yourself extremely clear
If it’s wrong
Or
If it’s right
Makes no difference
It’s yours today, tonight.  
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

With Me

I feel you close
I feel you here 

With me 

No more alone
No more crying
Endlessly 

My heart pounds in ecstasy 
My eyes cry tears of joy
My arms embrace your very essence 

I have you close
I feel 
I know you’re here 

With me. 
~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

No Matter

No matter the place
No matter
Where I’ve been
The world remains round
It comes round, around again.

Have I been here before?

Will I come back again? 

Questions
Answers only answered
As they come round
Around
Once again.  
~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

No More To Say

No more to say
No more
Today
No more coming tomorrow
Or
Needless to say
Yesterday. 

Cry if you wish
But say
Say what you need to
Til you have
No more
No more to say.  
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023