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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

The Solitude Of Sunflowers

The solitude, the sunflowers, the everything
I get lost— lost in it all
My head tells me I’m wrong
But my heart tells me the truth
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Patrick Patrick

The Lonely Orchid

I felt like I was lost
My emotions were absent
Wishing I belonged
Or to someone that loved me
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Patrick Patrick

Lost, Now Found

Overcome, straining under the nights weight, talking to what's left inside
Those soulless shadows of tainted mysteries infecting my exalted evening
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Patrick Patrick

Those Three Words

A fortunate friendship of fate, two strangers we were.
We had so much in common, watching each hour then turn.
That huge smile when we met, I still recall your red face.
The special moments we shared, I’ll always remember the place.
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The Demons

A split-second decision, my fate was decided then, as it all came together, it no sooner fell apart, with thoughts of dementia, masquerading was soon to start, gradually emerging
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The Cost

Thoughts of hope having all been lost
Whilst memories years came at a cost
The stigma of torment-
Oh- how it can bruise ones soul
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