“Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.”

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

The Ink

Lying underneath each splendid spectacle of art, just beneath the skin, an ink blankets my veins, bringing peace to a mind that has longed for this day. A day that until now, was scattered about

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Broken

They pierce my heart…
Big brown eyes…
I fell fast, but…
I fell much harder

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A Bump to the Head

The glow of the moon lit the room ever so slow, my nightstand taking on a life of its own, with delicate shadows dancing around each object, reflecting its scene, awake I am now

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Dignity

A few more miles, and at home I shall be
With blood on thy hands
There, I left him, for all of the world to see
No, this wasn’t by chance

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The Trees

A thousand trees standing in front of me, painting the scene, the scene of a landscape of stupendous green, all of which these two eyes have never seen, each with branches that tickle

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