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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

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

Read More
Patrick Patrick

The Love I Knew

The soft drops of rain fell-
Each drop a reflection of her
A flood they could have been-
While still my memories more

Read More
Patrick Patrick

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

Read More
Patrick Patrick

Winter Missing

Not a snowflake fell
Leaves rustle about
Gentle, cool rains
It was all that came

Read More
Patrick Patrick

Belonging

I can't control it, it's that feeling,
the excitement,
lighting a candle in my cold heart.

Read More
Patrick Patrick

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,

Read More
Patrick Patrick

An Ordinary Mind

My mind was absent.  Sometimes, I wonder if it ever really existed?  I try to think back upon more carefree times, but of those I can't

Read More
Patrick Patrick

Demons

Each demon laughing, each taking its turn
Breaking down my spirit
For which now it yearns

Read More
Patrick Patrick

My Home

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

Read More

WRITING ARCHIVE

SEARCH

COPYRIGHT © 2024 | PATRICK RILEY

The written poems, prose, and tales on this page belong to the author, Patrick Riley. For permission requests, please contact the author here.