My Heart Does Sing

My heart does sing
A song so pretty
Blossoms bloom 
Grass grows
And
Birds sing 

For the song
Sung
Doesn’t weep
but reaches, holds up with strength
All that’s needed  

To keep the earth whole
Skies blue
Stars shining 
And
Waters running 

For they too
Sing
Such a lovely song
Of grace, beauty  
And
Sincere gratitude. 
~ Patrice 

@Patrice Clarkson – 2023

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

Tender Ones

Tender ones 
live and become
the strength that makes us
survive. 

Living life 
so we too become 
become
the tender ones. 
~ Patrice  

 

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Hope

Hope is eternal 
Hope is strength 
Take all good things that come your way 
Hoping
Believing in a better day. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Art Is

Art is a thing of

Beauty

Sweetness

Strength

Anger

Kindness

Remorse

Compassion

Honesty

and

Bliss.

Not just a Man’s name.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Strength

Strength isn’t in power 
it lives and breathes 
in the heart
the head 
moving the rest with ease. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

Feeling The Weight

Feeling the weight holding me down
Struggling, fighting against a strength
That all I can say, astounds.

Maybe tomorrow the way will be light
Maybe then I won’t be feeling
This heavy weight I’m feeling tonight.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2019

Wondering Why Or Did I See

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Wondering why or did I see
How the heart mends
Without any seams.

Tragedy, chaos and most likely strife
Rip holes in my being
Then along comes kindness
Dipped in strength
Changing everything.

A smile, a laugh, a gentle caress
Hold me together
Thru anything.

I’m not wondering
I know, I see
With love my heart mends
Without any seams.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Husk Falls

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Husk falls, dropping to the ground
Seeds of wonder spattered all around.

Dead or dying not necessarily their fate
Taking food, taking strength
From the earth, the ground on which
They were spat, they grow and create.

Slowly, quietly up to mighty trees
Strong and wondrous they unfold
Dropping seeds that too
Like magic wonder, grow.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Please Let Me

Please let me

Be friendly
Not bitter nor condescending
Let me see beauty, dignity
In the world that surrounds me.

Please let me

Give help
To those that need
Strength to ones
Who are weakened.

Please let me

Show vision
To those whose minds
Are imprisoned.

Please let me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017