Lighting Strikes A Hummingbird

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Lighting strikes a hummingbird
As she sits, sleeping in the night.

Thunder crashes
Wind wails
Rain weeps.

No right is done
When tragedy screams thru
A dark, unforgiving night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Cold And White

Cold and white
Blowing blizzard on this night.

Blaze aflame with no aim
To be the one who warms your heart
Frozen by drifting, deadly white.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

Lighting Strikes A Hummingbird

Lighting strikes a hummingbird
As she sits, sleeping in the night.

Thunder crashes
Wind wails
Rain weeps.

No right is done
When tragedy screams thru
A dark, unforgiving night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

Beautiful White Neither Dark Nor Cold

Beautiful white neither dark nor cold
In the night holding close
Tender ones needing hearts warmed
By a cloak of soft winter snow.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

Lighting Strikes

Lighting strikes
In the night breaking heat
Streaking across the deep
In a split so brief
Revealing a piece of night
Not seen
Since quiet morning light.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

The Focus Is Bright

The focus is bright as day turns into dark, dark night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

Pass Thru The Night

Pass thru the night
Can I get some sleep
Some more sleep tonight?

1 a.m., 2 a.m.
3 a.m.
And then some snore.

4 a.m., 5 a.m.
What a chore.

Can or should
I sleep
Some more?

6 a.m., 7 a.m.
There’s not
A chance
I’ll sleep
Not even
Once more.

Pass thru
The night
Hope to sleep
And snore.
~ Patrice

 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

Did You See The Night?

Did you see the night?
Did you see it as it crept
Atop of daylight
Covering each day
With darkness of the night?

Did you see the night?
Morose and sad
Bleeding sympathy to the mad
Whispering night floating through
Corridors filled with sounds
Made to scare, do beware.

Did you see the night?
As it gently held lost souls
Til daylight could unfold
Washing ‘way cold misery
Never to be told.

Yes, I have seen the night
Soft and full of promise
Stars twinkling
In bright nightlight
I did, I did see the night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

For The Sake Of It All

For the sake of it all
I trust it will make it right
This mighty force
That guides me
Through the night .

It will be alright.

It will take me pass
The frightening plights
That harbor sorrow
On this dark and scary night.

Lift up my eyes
Let the light beam down
Leaving not a trace
Of tears streaming
Down.

It will be alright.

The mighty force
Will help me
Thru the night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2011