What If

Feeling the weight The pain of What if No eye dry as I wonder What if I’d done things different Smiled instead of cried No answers Just more questions and insistent What if’s. ~ Patrice © Patrice Clarkson –...

Sleepless Night

Sleepless night Bringing early morning light Restful peace eluding senses Throughout the dark The long, question filled night. No answers come Only questions filling, swirling Round my exhausted mind No time to sleep, to rest To dream of better times. ~ Patrice ©...

Hearts Aflame

Thunder crashes hearts aflame in anger Love All things no one can blame No answers right Nor all wrong found tonight Only thoughts a hunger for those Roaming a tortured mind Late in this cold, dark night. ~ Patrice © Patrice Clarkson –...