Fingers Trudge

Fingers trudge
across the page 
feeling
the paper’s texture 
smooth
hardly any grain. 

Will the pen 
fill the lines
printed
on this page 
or
will it be vacant 
unused
crumpled
thrown away? 

Fingers hesitate
and then 
pick up trusty pen
and say 
words that fill this page 
with all they want
need
to say. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

I Don’t Have To Do Anything

I don’t have to write anything
Nor do I need to say
Kind or bitter words
I don’t have to do anything
Today.

Maybe tomorrow
In that different day
Things will be different
They’ll change from
What I do today.

But tomorrow
I’ll deal with it on that day
Because I don’t have to
Do anything, anything
Today.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson -2020

I Write Today

I write today things I need to say
Things that can’t be left in the back of a sodden mind
Need to get them out
Need to see just what they’re all about.

Today
I will write them down
Whether they be trivial or profound
That’s what I’ll write down.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014