Understand

Struggling to understand
Struggling
to be fine

But can’t
can’t understand

Understand
What has happened

What
Is no longer fine 

Don’t know
Don’t
understand in any way

Anyway
Anyway I can.  
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

I Can

I can see
but
can I understand? 

The way the world turns
upside down
then
back up again?

Can I stand, stand straight
as it spins
never moving
from where I stand?

I can
oh yes, yes I can. 
~ 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

In A Time Gone By

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In a time gone by
We laughed, we cried
We joined hands to understand
The way life goes
No tears were lost
No embrace ignored
We lived it all
Life itself was our reward,
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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I Have Been Feeling

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I have been feeling
Not so great
Everything matters
But not at stake.

The life I live
Must be honoured
No too hard
Nor can’t be done.

Understand I can
And
Will overcome.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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I Don’t Know The Answer

I don’t know the answer 
nor the question 
I was asked 

I’m living with 
what has happened 
what has come to pass 

Will it still be here tomorrow 
will it be all I need
I need to ask 

No answers come forth 
because the answers 
are hidden 

Hidden deep 
deep within
the questions asked. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Heaven Help The World Understand

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Heaven help the world
Understand
There is no tomorrow
If we don’t stand and
Let nature be around.

We alone cannot supply
Our food nor make rain
Come pouring down.

Understand
We are but a small dot
In a world
Simply
Spinning round.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2017

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Strange Things

Strange things have happened 
Strange things have been 

Please Lord 
Let me understand 
Understand
All these things. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

Poets

Heard them say 
their words with feeling 
Heard the tone
and
plaintive call. 

Knew my words
compared to theirs
were small  
overall. 

Understand
they have the stature 
believe
their words say
it all 

But
I look within myself 
and know
I still have to write
those words given me 
I have to answer
that 
inner call. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2021

No One Seems To Know

No one seems to know
nor do they understand
the way to heaven
is always open
That
it’s there
Always
at their command.
~ Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020