I Don’t Care

I don’t care
If you’re white or black
Whether you’ve seen the sacred cow
Or
Any of that
That makes us different
In thoughts and acts
We are still human beings
We are family
Joined it seems
To live life as best we can
Making full of love for all
All of us
Humans
And
Other beings. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Hold Me Close, Hold Me Tight

Hold me close, hold me tight 
Let me be safe in your arms forever
And
Thru this dark, dark night. 

Let me see the love you give 
Feel your presence holding me 
Hear your words of wisdom 
Evermore 
Forever, into eternity. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Feel Your Presence

When
I feel your presence 

When
I stand beside of you 

I can’t fail 
for
there you’ll be 
holding. guiding me 
all
the way through. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Understand

Understand 
Understand what I should do 
Be
What I should be 
And
Believe in myself 
My being 
Being a kind, gentle 
Human being. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Have Seen

I have seen 
I haven’t been
the one  you want 
this I know 
I haven’t been. 

Days go by 
nights seem 
to melt into nothingness 
where nothing lives 
nothings been. 

Still you’re on my mind 
and I have seen 
there’s a chance 
you’ve heard my voice 
you’ve seen. 

I’m here
I live, I love 
I am
a human being. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Happy ‘CANADA DAY’ tomorrow!!!

Working Thru

In the midst of working thru 
What bothered me
In the dark, dead of night 

Frightened, scary, morose 
And all those things
That I need not care about
Nor harbour in my heart 

Not now 
Or in the still 
Dead quiet of the night 

No, I need not. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Solely Knowing

Solely knowing the past, present 
and the distant future
are one. 

They are my life, my breath 
and
my soul. 

Let it be good 
let it leave a lasting impression 
on those that know. 

This life I’m living 
this life 
this, the only one I’ll ever know. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Feel Your Presence

I feel your presence  
Your breath softly
Falling in and out 

I hear your call 
Your mournful voice 
Reaching out 

I remember
Your presence here 
Now gone 

I miss you 
I miss you so 
My love 

You’re all 
All
I think about. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Thinking And Planning

Thinking and planning 
figuring out 
what
I’ll do today 

The future’s open 
ready 
waiting
for my decision 

Exciting
these feelings  
I’m letting be real 

First
in my mind 
then
in my life 

And
finally

My heart. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Stolen From My Mind

Stolen
from my mind.

Lost
in the wilderness
of
confusion, despair.

Solely injured 
from
brutal stabs 
of
casual indifference. 
~ Patrice  

 

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022