Gently Lay The Burden Down

Gently
Lay the burden down 
Caress it softly
Hear the ground moan quietly
From the weight you laid down

Feel no anger, no remorse
Your work is done
You’ve travelled the entire course
Now, you are the one
To show the way.

Not deviating 
No 
Not today. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Take Hold Of Me

Take hold of me 
And please hold tight 

Protect, guide me
Through the darkest night

Let no harm come to me
Or those I love

This I ask, I ask of you
My sweet love. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Am A Survivor

I am a survivor 

I survived hatred, anger  
things
that made me a victim

I am a survivor

I came through
growing into someone
who understands how it happened

I am a survivor

Only hurt, remorse for those
who inflicted that hatred
that anger

I am a survivor

Have moved forward
build a life full of love, generosity
no hatred, some anger

I am

I am a survivor. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Holding On, Holding Close

Holding on, holding close 
all that I love and cherish
through
the darkest time.

Let us not be separated
or
hurt in anyway 
any kind.

This I ask
I pray
to
the wondrous, great Divine. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Don’t Know

Don’t know 
where I’ve been 
or
what I’ve done. 

The truth
is 

I believe
my life, my journey 
has
just begun. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Hold Me Close

Hold me close, hold me tight
help me understand
the goings on that happened
have changed
my life.

Let no word be spoken
in anger nor strife
let love begin to heal
the hurt, the pain in this
my only life. 
~ 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

I Can

I can see
but
can I understand? 

The way the world turns
upside down
then
back up again?

Can I stand, stand straight
as it spins
never moving
from where I stand?

I can
oh yes, yes I can. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Holding Out, Holding Close

Holding out, holding close 
Thoughts of yesteryear

Knowing they arrived
Played out
And
Now have disappeared.

Reasons why, reasons known
I can’t decipher
I can’t cry out

All I know
they happened
They’re with me now 

Till I leave this earth, till I too 
Am no longer here.  
~ Patrice  

 

 

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Remember

I remember
when my heart was full 
my eyes didn’t cry 
my soul 
my soul could go 
anywhere and never die 

I remember
I remember then. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022