Soldiers Soldier

Soldiers soldier,
lovers love 
Peace, tranquillity
come to those that soldier on
with love

Make me not
one
that believes
not in love

Make me a soldier
in that army conquering
hatred, prejudice
giving only 
unconditional love. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Lick Your Wounds

Lick your wounds
Forget your ego
Dust that battered self off
While looking
To the future

See what’s best for you 
Feel no regrets
Lose no sleep wondering why
What happened
Happened

Don’t go deep inside self-pity
Know this was a message
Sent 
To keep you well
Moving forward 

Not
Skipping a single
Beat. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Fortunately For Me

Fortunately for me 

Life
Brings changes
Things
I need to see, to be

Fortunately for me. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Once Again

Once again I write
What I see
What I’m to hear as the words
Begin to be.

Sometimes so great
Sometimes just grim
But all those words need
Need to be written.

Spoken in text
To those that need them
Those to who
They were meant to be given. 
~ 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 

No One Sees

No one sees
what
I need to see.

No one cares
if it’s good
or
just a necessity. 

It’s left for me to decide 
live with it 
or cast all aside. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

When You Stop

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

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Don’t Tell Me

Don’t tell me 
I must be the same
same as you, not me.

Don’t tell me
my beating heart
doesn’t count.

Don’t tell me 
my thoughts are just lies.

Don’t tell me 
the tears I weep will never
bring back ones lost.

Don’t tell me this
I ask of you
I plead, I cry. 
~ 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

The Essence Of Me

No one can 
or
will be 
the essence of me. 

Me, alone 
is the only one 
I am. 

Pure with faults 
that’s who 
who I am, I can
will be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022