The opposite of pain
Is acknowledgement of pain
The path to control
Is the acknowledgement of none
Fate’s not my future
It is what I’ve done
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Category: Micropoem
Mercy An Element of Kindness
Mercy an element of kindness
Worth it’s weight in salt
Cruelty a symptom of weakness
A soley human fault
They are equally
Us
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Love Knows Your Name
Love knows your name
You wear it on your sleeve
Like a pin or bumper sticker
Signifying
What you can conceive
Imbued with
All you believe
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
This Life’s All a Wheel
Eyes on the prize
Hands on the wheel
Earn what I can
Rest of it I’ll steal
All comes around again
This life’s all a wheel
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Embrace
I’m trying not
To always get
Distracted by
Shiny new things
To embrace what I’ve got
And to let
Myself see
What joy that brings
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Winter Knows
Winter knows
What summer doesn’t
Winter shows us
That which wasn’t
In spring life grows again
In summer we see that couldn’t
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
He Wrote A Letter
From a B-ham jail
In 1963
He wrote a letter
That has made it to me
The fight is still being fought
Maybe always will be
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
If The System Is Unaware
If the system is unaware
Then suddenly refers to itself
Is the system viewing from here
Or observing from somewhere else
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Two Thousand Thirteen
Two thousand thirteen
Passed like a fever dream
This year containing
Love loss joy and rage
View time as a guideline
Not a cage
Gene G. Mclaughlin 2013
Find Empathy
Your prosperity
Should not come
At all other’s expense
If confronted with inequity
Find empathy
Before taking immediate offense
Gene G. McLaughlin 2013
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