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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

What You Are Is Beautiful

Alas, where had it gone wrong?
To a world, I ever bemoan
My heart, deep with sorrow—
Yet an inquisitive spirit I owned

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It's What I Live For

I want to forget those days
But I can’t— My mind it replays
Each decision— The thoughts of mistakes
And how it all makes my heart ache—

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It's Just You And Me

Our arms around each other—
Like the roses petals tight
We drift off into gentle dreams—
Meeting again within the night

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A New Day

I recall the hour— 
it ever so apparent.
Eluding my mind—
until this day in the present.

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That Last Night

A night of moonlight, gently it gleams, passing glass panes, and onto the floor. 
I sit alone reflecting, thoughts of melancholy aching

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My Home

My heart, beaten, a bruise
Callousness, a nightmare it was
Challenging a crippled will
My trust, your devoted gift

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