Don’t Wear Your Damage As Blame

Don’t wear your damage
As blame
But as a life lived
Too close to the sun
Exhibit your pain like art
Let no two joys be the same

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

The Heart Will Beat Till It Don’t v2

The sun will burn till it doesn't

The heart will beat till it don’t

Worry is a thing I wouldn't

Do because I won't

Manage the details and aspects

Of that I cannot control

So I’ll let the world sort through it’s cycles

And ease the burden and toll

Of the weight that builds up sometimes

At the base of my neck and my spine

I'll listen to the wind, rain, and earth’s hum

And my thoughts will become once again mine

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014

Late March Sky 6 p.m.

March is ever undecided

Nothing in the cold wind

Or the warming air

Betrays its mind

Or intentions

I'll decide

When I decide

March decries

Gene G. McLaughlin 2014