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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

The Light in the Distance

The beacon of light that glimmers in the distance,
It was put there so many years ago.
Through a thousand storms it has survived,
Still shining bright, yet while never growing old.
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Still Waiting

My heart aches, tell me that I belong…
Yet it can’t be that tough, can it?
Or is the silence still your favorite song?
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Broken

They pierce my heart…
Big brown eyes…
I fell fast, but…
I fell much harder
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A Meeting with Death

There I stood, staring death straight in the face…
     It was afraid of me!
I had absolutely nothing to lose…
     And it too, it had not a single thing to gain
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Voices

A dream- it couldn’t have been
For everything felt so real
And if my eyes were shut
Would not the anxiety be less
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The Lighthouse

The banks had been battered by the oceans waves, day after day, for years longer than I remember.  I lived here, so the rage of the water crashing against the boulders lying
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A Bump to the Head

The glow of the moon lit the room ever so slow, my nightstand taking on a life of its own, with delicate shadows dancing around each object, reflecting its scene, awake I am now
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The Beast

My hands, they were shaking
My anxiety had beaten me down
I did my best to ignore it
Yet, it knew when I was around
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