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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

A Night Of Heartbreak

The haunted shadows of my hallowed love
Stand there lonely in the darkness of night
On each glistening leaf, a soft dew falls
The way my heart did when times were right

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Patrick Patrick

Walls

The abandoned house had been silent, sitting there deep within the woods, untouched by pesky mortals for scores of years, with a confession weighing heavy upon its poor heart

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October's Last Day

Ah!, for this night I’ve long been waiting, patiently with such a tired mind anticipating, for everything which it holds in store, a night of deceit and surprise, as this town watches while the pale moonlight

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Afraid

into the dark i walk…
afraid i will be…
i wont lie to myself…
for things i will see

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