Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 137

Bliss

Bliss,

This.

You,

Me.

We

Be

Heart

Free

To agree

Or disagree to

A degree on

All we see.

Lovingly

Tenderly

Knowingly

You hold the key.

Thankfully on

Bended knee,

I share with you,

You give to me

This

Bliss.

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Promises Made/Promises Kept

We stood before the altar and

Made promises to one another,

Vowed our love would always be,

A pledge made before everyone.

You and me forever in an

Ever-changing mixed-up world,

Looking forward to the future,

Looking back on how we've grown.

Reveling in times of plenty

When our voices laughed out loud,

Comforting each other,

Sharing shoulders as we sadly wept.

Healing one another with

A comfort only lovers share

Making good on promises we made

With promises we've kept.

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Heart Song

Lifting my eyes to you,

Knowing your heart is true,

Finding a world so new

There in your heart.

See how the time has shown

How much our love has grown.

You'll never be alone.

We'll never be apart.

 

The heavens above declared

Their desire for you.

Blinding your eyes

So you couldn't see.

But fate took your hand

And gave you a shining star

To carry you safe

And bring you to me.

You've kindled my desires

Setting a world of fires.

You're all my heart requires

Right from the start.

Say that you want me too,

And that your love is true.

Home holds a place for you

Here in my heart.

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Walk With Me

Walk with me as all the trials

Of this weathered world beat down

Upon our naked supple flesh to test

The strength of our resolve.

 

Help me see the light as we

Stroll hand in hand along the sandy

Beaches watching sunrise/sunset,

Silent as the world revolves.

 

Stay with me.  Be my passion.

Be my heaven here on earth.

Sharing joy as well as sorrow

Just the way love's meant to be.

Cherishing our time together,

Locking treasures in our hearts,

From forever 'til forever

Take my hand and walk with me.

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Tearing Down the Wall

I spent a lifetime building up a wall,

Reinforcing, so afraid to fall into

The endless chasm filled with life's temptations,

Then you thrilled me with anticipation

And the walls came down.

The walls came down.

 

All the hurt I felt before this moment

All the pain, the anguish and the torment

Disappeared the minute that I met you

Now I know I never will regret

That the walls came down.

The walls came down.

You must believe that I'm

Ready to answer your call

You've never needed a hammer

To break down this wall.

Cheek to cheek we're dancing in the clearing.

I can't believe all the music that we're hearing.

All the stones are lying at our feet now

Passion's senses turning up the heat

Since the walls came down.

The walls came down.

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Nothing Ever Dies

The taking always the painful part,

The tugging and tearing pulls at the heart

Like a large bull elephant straining at chains

'Til he gains his freedom from torture and pain.

 

But 'Packy' has secrets unable to share,

He runs straight away without e'er looking back.

For as surely as one door closes in time,

Another one opens ahead and on track.

 

As the train races forward with uncanny ease,

Watchful and hopeful and eager to please,

The wind sweeping oceans of air beneath wings

'Til the uplifting current tickles and teases

 

The lifeblood to stir in another dimension.

Craving the fresh fettle of a new start.

Boundless emotions, too many to mention,

Falling like autumn leaves, filling the heart.

 

Waking in Neverland, fresh as the daisies

Free from the yolk of unburdensome lies.

New to a world and awake with unknowing,

Safe and assured

Nothing ever dies.

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Weep for Love

Have you the strength to admit that it's over?

Have you the fortitude to say goodbye

When the day is done with no battles won?

Raking your sleeve across tearful eyes,

Cursing the devil who brought you to here

And made you the fool with that silly chapeau,

Stood you before God and everyone else,

Showing the world just how little you know.

 

Everyone is made the fool one time or another,

It's the rule, or maybe merely happenstance,

The clearly crazy consequence for those who

Listen to the muse as they dash onto

The floor to dance.

 

Brave souls eager for the chance to gain the prize

Of happiness, not too proud to second guess,

Far too quick to issue tests as

Choices slip from bad to worse and

Settling becomes the quest.

True love is a gift of fate which

Fits the hand like a silken glove.

Once discovered and secured

One need never weep for love.

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As Long as You're Alright

I'll be fine.  It makes no matter

The pinpricks a suffering heart may conceal.

Going down slowly, first once, then

Twice, but never thrice as the waters congeal

To hold up this form, though the spirit may wan

Like a lingering sunset o'er ocean's expanse.

There are not villains in this final episode,

Simply the irony of circumstance.

 

We held such hope in our humble beginning,

Seemed that forever was so far away.

But who could have known, who would have guessed

That forever would be little more than a day.

 

We were both victims of folly's desire

Holding our candles aloft in the night.

And I shall be counted among the survivors

As long as I know that you are all right.

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Taking on the Beast

It crawls through the night of the great

Forest floor hiding its colors

So none can reveal,

Blending its shade in the

Evergreen folds 'til the shadows

Conceal every cavernous crease.

Veiled as it is in its labyrinth

Secrecy, void of all consciousness

Eager to steal

Every fiber of decency left to

The mortal soul, filling its fable,

Becoming the beast.

 

I follow down to the pitch

Of its battlefield, eager to

Conquer your favor to win.

Knowing that victory helps to

Secure a seat at your table,

A taste of your feast.

The battle unending is worth

All its suffering knowing

The bounty which waits at its pause,

And I struggle freely with

You as my treasure. Gladly lamenting

To take on the beast.

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The Face of a Child

Heartstrings grow longer,

Emotions run stronger,

Passing along every Saturday smile.

Feeding the hunger,

Singing a song or a

Nursery rhyme pulled from a forgotten file.

Gender's no matter,

Nor thinner, nor fatter,

The clatter and chattering need not make sense.

The needed response in the

Wide-eyes of wonder contain

All the joy of required recompense.

The innocence born to

The nature of humans,

The sweet gentle creed

Of the meek and the mild,

The awe and the wonder

Of worlds undiscovered,

Uniquely in place

In the face of a child.

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