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 

I See You In The Morning Light

I see you in the morning light 
in the depth of deep darkness 
somewhere
in the middle of a quiet night. 

You give me pleasure 
you give me strength 
something to hold on to 
when I feel lonely 
weak 
and out of strength. 

No one else
could I conceive will keep me
safe 
and be the one
who carries me far from here
far into eternity. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Have Done What I Need To Do

I have done what I need to do
No one else can make
This journey for me
Neither he, she or you.

My heart aches
That you don’t know
This to be true.

But then what do I know
About your journey
That journey, like my journey
You’re travelling too.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

Keep Them Secret

I mustn’t tell
The things I know
Keep them secret
No one else
Should ever know.

Let them be
Secrets known only
To me
Don’t let the world see
These secrets
I keep inside of me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

The Way The World Goes

Haven’t told my heart the way the world goes
Haven’t said the words that no one else does know
Won’t even tease the strings
That connect her to my sauntering toes
Nor let her ears, my lips know
Just how the world goes.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018