Tender Is

Tender is the life
I live.

Tender is the heart
That beats
Kindness to the world.

Tender is the soul
Who knows compassion
Gives.

Yes 
Tender is. 
~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

I Don’t Know, I Haven’t Seen

I don’t know 
I haven’t seen
the truth 
The answer to all
That seems so mysterious
But
Serene. 

Let me look some more
Let me see
The beauty nestled
In this day
Unfolding gently
Beautiful and pristine. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

My Friend

Do I know you 
Have you been 

My friend? 

Will I know that in times of trouble
I can count on you
Once more, once again? 

Questions, answers
I say, ask  
Over and over again 

Still 
I don’t know for certain
You really are 

My friend. 
~ Patrice  

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

My Heart Beats Soft

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Slowly hearing
My heart beat soft
Taking in the beauty
Beneath, within
And
Aloft.

No words spoken
No words need said
For all is explained
In a beat so soft
Inside
Instead.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

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Let The Healing Begin

Let the healing begin

To heal the sins
That have been done
Against the very core
Of nature’s living
Breathing
Body and soul

Let the healing
Let it begin. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Lick Your Wounds

Lick your wounds
Forget your ego
Dust that battered self off
While looking
To the future

See what’s best for you 
Feel no regrets
Lose no sleep wondering why
What happened
Happened

Don’t go deep inside self-pity
Know this was a message
Sent 
To keep you well
Moving forward 

Not
Skipping a single
Beat. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

You’re Not The One

I know you’re not the one 
I’m supposed to be. 

I’m the one I need to be 
in my heart, my head. 

All things I do 
that’s who I’m suppose to be. 

You’re but someone 
who accompanies me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

The Breath Breathe

Hearing the breath breathe
Is heartening to us 
Cause tomorrow may bring
Happiness or sadness 
Or something 
We haven’t seen.

But today we’ll hear
The breath breathe
And know
That just for today
We’re living, breathing
We’re okay. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Treasures

Treasures happen
treasures can be within sight
or
sought, seeking far, far
into the reaches
of
the still, quiet night

No man speaks
but
all know his thoughts
that treasures keep him loved
from morning, to noon
then far, far into
the still, quiet night. 
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

When I Hear

When I hear the voices call 
My heart bumps 
skips a beat.

When I hear that melody
I know 
know I’m not alone
nor to be.

When I hear the voices sing
sing of love, compassion 
everything. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022