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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

Forgotten Lore

Was it a moment of sanity,
Or had I gone mad?
Daring the near impossible—
Of painting Forgotten Lore.

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If Only I'd Known

The thoughts—
They hide within my head
Teasing me relentlessly—
And into madness I am lead

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My Tell

Where does it go, my, oh my flawed mind
Not a safe place, searched, I have before
The voices warn me, they warn of its kind
I here wander, checked all, each a door

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Tears & Blood

I lashed out, enraged at the passion,
that same passion, whose refusal now shunned,
just to laugh at my cold heart in silence,

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Dreams of Madness

Horror, absolute horror, as my arduous state tried to comprehend the madness, for I am not mad, am I?  I do however have

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The Return

The days shadows grew long
The perfect dream was evermore
My tears fell like the softest rain
Returning a soul from its hellish war

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The Killer

As the hands of the clock kissed each other, the sound of midnight struck, a resonance causing dust to drift like snowflakes, across the moonlit room, landing ever so softly upon floor. The hours

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Inseparable Souls

In this dark chamber filled with lonely silence
My senses register only the faintest sound
The quiet echo of your heartbeat I'm reminded
Often I recall the magnificent years we found

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Moments of Control

Oh- the weight, the weight and what it could do
As my soul would severely suffer, hideously an ugly bruise
The sting of my salty tears, often a melancholy excuse
My obsessive thoughts- they ruled, always a muse

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