“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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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 Witness

The cold rain on my shoulders
A bizarre evening in store
As I peer in through the curtains
I’m stunned to my core

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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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Shadows

As the sunlight rises from below the lowest of the lowest sky…
Darkness softly recedes, turning sights into each days surprise…Dewing drops glisten like stars of the night that too soon expired…
Creatures start singing, singing songs of solitude and lives tried

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