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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

Without You

The ocean underneath foot
The clouds in my eyes
I reach for something missing
Wishing you by my side

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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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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

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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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Winter Missing

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

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