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

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

My Home

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

Horror, absolute horror, as my arduous state tried to comprehend the madness, for I am not mad, am I?  I do however have
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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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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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The Leaves that Blow

A late autumn afternoon and I watch carelessly, each leaf falling from the maple tree that stands in my front yard. As the leaves float ever
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Waves

The waves crash over me, revealing the memories, memories of a time when things were magnificent, and I believed in angels. For, I got to hold one
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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 Sin

From the darkness, tis I've been...
Since there, sin I breathed in...
When each late breath, hath no end...
Was then, I found my first friend
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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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