As the Pain Shapes My Path

I’m not done with my damage yet

I’ve got a few more rounds to take

As the pain shapes my path

I’ve got a faith I can’t shake

I’m gonna miss one bit of pain

Before I sleep and then wake

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Flowers and Stems

I like to hear the people talk

Silently conversing with them

I like to see couples walk

Silently strolling with them

Choosing not to be the flower

Existing as the stem

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Unshared Moments

I miss the unshared moments

Before the like reblog and tweet

Unique bonds of time place generation

Be they happy sour or sweet

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Love Is A Storm

You make me forget my scars

Embracing the whole

Not a person viewed in parts

Understanding my toll

Love is a storm

Not a breeze

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Themes Repeated Are Not Depleted

Themes repeated

Are not depleted

Strands entwined

Are futures divined

Nothing lessens

With more mass

Stone is stiller

Than gas

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

All Of It, All At Once

All of it

All at once

Again

Please

I’m greedy

Forgive me

My hunger

My lust

My thirst

But

All of it

Again

Please

Without

Delay

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Eleanor Someday

Aimed for Teddy

Ended up as Elliot

Fought back to Franklin

Hoping to elevate to Eleanor

Someday

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Elated Joys and Sorrowful Lamentations

I cannot ease your pain

Include suffering in your expectations

Conscious existence in full contains

Elated joys and sorrowful lamentations

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Summer A Boon

Summer a boon

Before you go

A warm wind

A late sunset

A last flower

A blue sky

My mind distracted

By comfort

Instead of cold

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Reddit It

Reddit it

But first edit it

Trying for a meme

Choose from options

Of pre-approved themes

A world of blackblue sadness

Bursting at the seams

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014