My Best

Working forward
Working is a process 
To pass thru life 
Feeling accomplished 
Feeling
I’m doing my best 

Will there be rewards? 

Will there be stress? 

I’m sure lots of both 
Lots to look back on 
Knowing I did all I could 
Knowing 
I did my best. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

Did You See, Do You Know?

Did you see, do you know?
Tell me, tell me if it is so
See only white, no black in sight
Not sure where all the gray did go.

Did you see, do you know
All the stress, heartache where
Where did it go?

Nothing seems the same
It blossoms, it sings a refrain
Tell me, tell me
Did you see, do you know?
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

Fingers Move Across The Page

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Fingers move across the page
Feeling emotions that do rage
Calming down anxious stress
With each word that is expressed.

Yes, fingers make anguish
Dissipate
As they move across
Caressing a waiting page.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

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Hearing All The Noises

Hearing all the noises
Bashing in my head
No time to see the goodness
Only misery, loneliness and dread.

Honestly don’t know
What became of my lighthearted soul
Mired down in stress
Burdened with things as dark as coal.

No one will help me out
No one really cares
All I hear is bashing, crashing in my head
Filled with misery, loneliness and  dread.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

A Great Sadness

A great sadness
Has taken over my life.

A great sadness
Not from stress, toil or strife.

A great sadness
Gives me no relief.

A great sadness
Is this that I speak.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

Fingers Move Across The Page

Fingers move across the page
Feeling emotions that do rage
Calming down anxious stress
With each word that is expressed.

Yes, fingers make anguish
Dissipate
As they move across
Caressing a waiting page.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

The Strength, The Stress Is Powerful

The strength, the stress is powerful
I will ride its energy to my destination
Knowing I am not alone nor judged but protected
And loved.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2013

When We Don’t Know

When we don’t know
We stress and stress
Trying to make the best
Of a different situation
That has come to test.

Test us in ways
We don’t comprehend
Test us in ways
We don’t know and
We stress and stress.

We should know better
We should know best
Don’t forget
We are the masters
Of this life
We know best.

Know it does matter
Don’t bother to stress
In this life, in this life
That we know the best.
~ Patrice

Patrice Clarkson – 2012

Relief From Stress

Relief from stress
And the dark unknown
Brings a calm, tranquil state.

Relax here awhile
Charge, and then
Go back in the fray.

Tomorrow is another day.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2011