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Sep 2014 · 543
Letters
Patrick Leduc Sep 2014
I wrote about you
leaving me(.)
alone. The other day
I wanted to say that
“I love you”
but I forgot halfway through
if I did or not.

When I think about
what we really are
humans, two white humans
man and woman
brown and yellow
hazel and sapphire
how are we so different?
We both are creatures made of paper
bound together with ropes of letters against a rock
awaiting the whale.

But
if you were the same as me, you'd have scars in the same places as me
along your neck, your left leg
your heart. You would remember
the trees along the train tracks
the overpass
how the wind and the gravel and the dark wrapped around you and you forgot to let go of the gate

love is a four letter word that fits into a five letter (heart) one
heart is a five letter word that fits into a three letter (you) one
you is a three letter word that fits into a two letter (me) one
“I love
-”
Oct 2013 · 768
It
Patrick Leduc Oct 2013
It
What is "it"?
is "it" a noun, verb, adjective
an unstoppable force, an immovable object
is it tangible can i hold it in my hand against my cheek?
Can i sip it through a red and white straw in a smudged glass?
does it hurt when it misses your mitt but doesn't miss your chest
does it crawl into bed after you've said your prayers?
is it **** is it fun can you still smile after you see it
or is it frown city
does more of it make you smile
or only cry less
Is it a concept that you pay to have explained graphed, charted, read?

little by little it tuns to
that.
Nov 2011 · 955
Oblique
Patrick Leduc Nov 2011
Rohje
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Talon crowl Love
raven
Shark Smile
Why isn't love= Height!
Distance determines relationshipadvice
advertising
vice
tight situation
If I were to disappear and no one noticed
It means I had never been in the first spot
Prize winner Strontium coloured
Live in two times present and FUTURE-future
Don't let love happen
Make it be lovely
Skin is just clothes for bones and muscles
Don't let people act, Make people are
If life is beautiful, it deserves a nice frame
Sep 2011 · 579
Lord
Patrick Leduc Sep 2011
Wondrous
Flashing Light
beyond all powers
Beyond all stars
enormous
yet
Delicate
Ever present
in-

Eternal
Majestic
thinking
of you
washes away
every thought
every action
Nature, The Heavens
and the
Earth
collapse in
nothingness
next to
you

words are
Fickle
THEY mean
nothing
Living
to love
you
is the
only
Way to
live

-Finite
Sep 2011 · 680
A story of the Sea
Patrick Leduc Sep 2011
Emeral seas
Ruby skies
Floating freely
upon the sea
A Ship, solid
wooden, Dragon faced
carrying untold beauties
upon its frame

Slithering mass
Strangling arms
Strength beyond
comprehension
No fury
No malice
Just BEING

A storm From
The east
rises
winds propel
And rocks
Sharpen
Waves crash
Lightening jolts
around the BLack
Horror

Nothing remains
save the broken planks
and the
golden crown of
one who was
Loyal
Sep 2011 · 668
The sky
Patrick Leduc Sep 2011
The sky
Black with stars
Carries the weight of life
The sun watches from
Afar
Alone
Knowing that nothing
Can apporach for fear
Of being destroyed

A star falls to the ground
A bird flies into the sky
Trees reach with all their might towards the heavens
But move not an inch from where they stand

The fog moves in
Nothing can be seen
White covering, floating
Like snow above
The ground

Lone the bird watches
His life unfold
Through the eyes of
The moon
Afar
Alone
Silent
Alive
Mar 2011 · 1.0k
Fluid Contours
Patrick Leduc Mar 2011
Fluid contours
Surrounding the old tree outside
the window. Filled with
colours of a forgotten past
vivid, exuberant
Drifting into the bleak bitter present. Sepia toned and alone
a cloud floats by the rugged
shore of the shattered sky.
A Giant looks from his
home towards the blackness
below his taterred brick tower
wondering what has happened that
would leave him in such a
desperate land. No Fear in his heart
just an inescapable loneliness forcing its
way into every thought and memory
He has.

Melting windows and landscape
from millions of miles away drip,
down the ethereal skies and land
on His garden crushing the only
thing he cherished. Growing there
were his flowers and plants
medicinal in nature and cultivated
for the good of mankind. Irreplaceable
no way to regain what has been
lost he sighs and leaves for
eternal Slumber hoping to regain
composure and perhaps love from
his forgotten tribe.
The last of the giants has left us.
Sep 2010 · 1.5k
To be helped by the helper
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Flowing forth from an unexplored spring
comes the hope and unheard of ring
of reason, of love, of rejoice;
The creator of life hears my voice.

The unbearable fear of absence resides
in the forgotten realm of the unused mind.
Relentless, forever searching, comes the crushing
truth that feeds off our surroundings.

Lengthy thinking sessions and laborious travels
throughout the land, Thinking, pondering, lurking
lurking
lurking in the dark since time began
hovering in the night behind the shadows
the shadows of time.
Calling out for aid in a world of emptiness
no one hears,
save one. The one, who hears our pleas, our requests.
The one who can't stand loneliness.
The helper. The one we've forgotten
but hasn't forgotten us.
Always in the peripheral, making sure
we have what is needed to survive this lonely realm
always lending a hand, or a shoulder.
this is what he is. This is why we are.
For the helper to help us. To need him him. To be helpless.
Sep 2010 · 833
Love
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Let it fall from
the heavens and adorn
your beautiful
head.
your exquisite
selfless
body
Your kind
gentle
eyes

let it annoint you with divine grace
and the blessings
of the holy trinity.

May you live in peace
for all
your days
not in a daze
but gaze
forth to your
Father

Let you drop
your self-image
and take His vision
of you.

All that you need
has been granted
there will be
thorns
but you have boots
there may be vines
but you are
lithe and nimble
NOTHING CAN
Stop
YOU
except yourself

Do not be
the obstacle
to your happiness
be the guide
you know where
it is and the
Path
by Heart
You must
leave out
what you most
Hate.

That is
sadness
there will
be none more for
You
you have taken
more than you
need and more
than you deserve

Life is not a means
to an end goal.
It is there for enjoyment
Do not fall into
the pit
because you do not
understand but
take the bridge
it is just one
step closer to me
and eternal happiness.
Sep 2010 · 653
Kelly
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Is there no end
to your
majestic beauty, Grace, Loveliness

You are my rose
in the solitary
garden
of Elysium

You are the only
star
in my night's sky

the single fish
in my
ocean

Above all
you stand
high and proud

Radiant,special, gorgeous
kind, Generous, loving
these are insults compared
to your true opulence

But not with meaningless treasure
but with
exceeding grace
it shines out of your entire
visage

My worthless words
do no justice
to your
elegance, your
poise, your
charm which holds me deep in its grasp

It cannot be broken
and i do not want it to be

Oh Kelly, star of stars
exquisite
refined
delicate
grant me the sole boon
of remaining
close
to
you
Sep 2010 · 1.3k
Emma
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Beautiful Emma!
Amazing Emma!
Fairest maiden of them all
I do not have a diamond ring to offer
but I give you my heart

Lovely Lady Emma!
Magnificent Emma!
Unnaturally kind and superb
You are the sun in this world of darkness
You shine through the clouds of despair
To show your radiance to us;
To me

Emma,Emma,Emma!
I love you beyond words
You are majestic, selfless
Flawless
Never cease to be, you Jewel of the Heavens
You Angel
You Sweet Lady
Never stop being you
Sep 2010 · 1.4k
Alyssa
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Alyssa! Oh, Alyssa
How your name rolls
Off the tongues and
Into the hearts of men.

Raven-haired beauty
Beyond compare, beyond reproach
How I long for your sweet embrace

My love for you is like a
Waterfall
It overcomes all obstacles

My love for you is like an
Earthquake
Overpowering, strong and easy to see
But even easier to feel

My love for you is like a
Mountain
Towering over all else in life

How I adore your
Slow pace at which
You traverse the land
It causes my heart
To cry out in joy
That I may be close
To you for so long

How glad I am
That you are my friend
Supportive, kind, beautiful
Who knows how I would be
If not for you?

The seraphims and cherubims
Ache at my love
They weep at how I care
For you, your smile gorgeous beyond compare

Ineffable! Ineffable I say!
Such a nymph cannot
Truly exist!
The beauty of God's earth
Is all thanks to you

Alyssa! Oh, Alyssa
How your name rolls
Off the tongue and
Into this heart of mine.
Sep 2010 · 472
Plans
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
If I were to stop making them
It's plain for the world to see
I wouldn't bother them- nor they me.
But alas, it is my fatal curse for my eternal soul to endure
I don't know why i am faithful, they treat me like a cur
shallow hope and lesser vigour still
the thought of going on seems rather ill
horrible fated tragedy that continues to this day
regardless of what comes to pass, i am forced to stay
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
O! How the winds cry!
O! How the earth weeps!
O! How the heavens pour forth their tears!

Thy face knows no blemish!
Thine eyes rich as diamonds
Your perfect attributes cause all others to pale in Comparison, like the tapestries of Arachne!

O! the Sun wishes to shine as you do!
No! 'Tis blasphemy to even but dream
Of placing oneself above so fair a maiden.
The fury of the Erinyes at those who dare
Is apparent to all.

O! The thought of not seeing
Your impeccable features once again
Is maddening!Heartwrenching!
But my gaze is like a stain
Upon thee. No love is felt
But pain is delt
Insanity comes upon me.
With little hope;much despair
For me, I beg, Send a prayer
I cannot; WILL not bear the agony
Of which is like the apostles upon the stormy sea
Whence Jesus remarked "Oh, ye of little faith."

I am such a man incapable of receiving
Thine divine compliments
Which I save myself from with doubt
And questioning;O! the torment!
I love thee, I try to show it
But I am unable to merit
Affection in return

Time and time again
I exult you my friend,
Yet how can you receive my words of praise
When your words I do but raze?
O! The neverending cycle which perpetuates
The need for love, which does not abate
How can I love you
When the thought of self-love is so new?
But I feel like to you I do belong
Chose me or deny; the point of my song.

Oh! How the crucible of love
Causes me pain in the heart
Self-love does not endure in part
Or in whole, but love for those dear
And love for those near
Is where true love starts.

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