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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

Until That Day

Until that day,
I was a depressed boy—
An anxious boy—
Beaten down by my own mind

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Patrick Patrick

Lost, Now Found

Overcome, straining under the nights weight, talking to what's left inside
Those soulless shadows of tainted mysteries infecting my exalted evening

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Patrick Patrick

The Demons

A split-second decision, my fate was decided then, as it all came together, it no sooner fell apart, with thoughts of dementia, masquerading was soon to start, gradually emerging

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Patrick Patrick

A Feeling of Gray

Miles away, looking at myself
A hollow feeling inside
From out of nowhere it came
“Why”, it screams, says this simple mind

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Patrick Patrick

Lessons

As it rains down, I’m taught
For surely it has to happen
There is no other reason
When it all needs to stop

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Patrick Patrick

His Battle

He’ll walk into the shadows, one final time
Knowing it now, it’s between himself and mind
This fight undertaking, he didn’t sure pick
Battles ablaze inside, to keep him in check

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Patrick Patrick

A Day, One More

Waking up, rainy day, only cloudy skies and soggy ground make it different than others…
Wiping sleep from my eyes, across the room I stumble, as if walking for the first time

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Patrick Patrick

Inside Out

Is it all that it was meant to be, or is already was…

Did I really get this far, when things were already done…
I recall the light shining, in the middle of the night…

Wishing that the screams inside, would come out into sight

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