No More

No more
To
Tell

No more
To
See

Moving on
Not
Looking back

Nothing there

Nothing
Of
Quality.
~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

Heaven Helps

Heaven helps
heaven waits to save 
comfort when you fall
when your heart sinks
and no one comes
even if you ask, you cry
you call.

Heaven stands strong
stands tall
reaching down, lifting up
saving you, giving
asking nothing back
nothing at all.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022 

You See

You see
I’ve been there too
I know the heartache, the sadness  
Nothing, no one is left all alone 

You see
someone, somewhere has been there too  
we’ve never been alone 

You see
now you can be for someone else
the same as was done for you 

You see 
I know you see now too.
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I’m Alive

My heart is empty 
A soul full of
nothing 
I walk thru the world 
a zombie 
feeling, hearing, seeing 
nothing. 

Will I wake 
I will arrive at a place
full of love 
joy and happiness 
a place where 
I can cry
I’m alive, I alive! 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Yesterday

When it happened
What did you say
How did you rationalize
All the people breaching
The Capital building
Yesterday?

Nothing, no one
Can make it seem right
in
Today
Tomorrow
or
Yesterday.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Holding On, Holding Tight

Holding on, holding tight
Trying desperately to make it
Thru the day into night.

No one to help, no one to say
Words of wisdom
Nothing on this day.

Where will I be, what will I say
In a world where I’m on my own
For today.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

Deep Breath In

Deep breath in
To where my heart
Love flows
Holding all
Nothing far apart.

And
In the morning
When I rise
All will be at peace
I will survive.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

I Have Not Seen Anything

I have not seen anything
I’ve looked and looked
But nothing, nothing.

My soul cries
Hoping to hear a answer
A answer for all these tears.

My feet do walk the world over
Treading, walking
Walking to find sacred ground

Where I can lie
Lie next to things that happened
Long ago, so profound.

Is this my journey’s life
A life lived seeking answers
Where answers are not to be found.

I hope, hope this is not
What will be
Will come to be around.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2020

Feeling The Anger, The Pain

Feeling the anger, the pain
Of not being the answer
To what drains the life
From my world, my heart, my family
All that encompasses
Contains.

Could it be tomorrow
When things change, answers answered
The world full of laughter, families together
And nothing, no feeling
That everything is circling
A filthy, dirty drain.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

The World Turns

The world turns, it goes
Then comes back around
No breath is taken
Except on its sacred ground.

The future is hidden
The past is the past
Nothing now will forever
Last.

Turning slowly, turning fast
The world is ours
Hold on
It’ll be a blast.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019