Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 163
February 21, 2021
Dreams
Silent tiptoes ushering
An angel chorus from on high,
A single note,
A breathless sigh
Leaves a feathered cloud of dreams
Soft upon my waiting pillow.
Never seems to be too much,
Ever welcome to the touch,
Always cotton-candy sweet to taste,
If dreams were made of such.
Rapid eyes survey the scene,
Anxious to view everything and more
If more presents itself
Beneath the glow of starlight beams.
Anything and everything is possible it seems.
Flights of fancy are forever,
Living on in dreams.
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February 20, 2021
A Picture is Worth
Press a button
Snap a shutter
Instant memory
Captured in time.
Keeper historical
All categorical
Storybook treasures
Of reason and rhyme.
Telling a tale of
Fantastical youth.
Shining bright fortune of
Beckoning truth.
Brazenly bold
Through the heat, in the cold,
More revealing than sunlight,
More precious than gold.
Devine distinction
In frolic and mirth,
Measures untold
What a picture is worth.
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February 18, 2021
Walking in the Rain
I love walking in the rain.
Something in the freshness falling
Freely, gently on my skin
Offers hope to start again,
To handle all the joy and pain.
Stepping over/into puddles,
Watch the thirsty storm-drain gobble up
The anxious overflow,
Vanishing with bobs and bubbles.
Break the chain of winless, friendless
Sunshine-soaking cloudless days.
Douse malaise with cooling, calming
Balming moisture from above.
End the streak that once seemed endless.
Soothing, cooing, gentle rain,
Smiling,
Make me whole again.
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February 17, 2021
Unexpected gift
Life can be hard and
Often fate lands a cruel blow
At the worst of times,
Driving hard toward the precipice
Of despair
With lemming mentality
Begging to end.
Praying for miracles
Real or imagined
Reaching for fragments
Of hope to hold onto.
Making a wish on
The first star of evening,
Patiently waiting for
Grace to step in.
Who would have guessed
Or even imagined
The answer of answers
Was there all along
Wrapped with a ribbon and
Ready to open.
You…
My unexpected gift…
My friend.
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February 16, 2021
Do the Right Thing
No hiding allowed in this sacred shrine,
No holiday from fractured facts,
No merciful dispensation from
Magnanimous benefactors.
Time to step into the light,
To say the say
Do the do
Be the one who is the one
Regardless of distracters.
Praise the opportunity
The glory of enlightened grace
When all the nay-say’s folly foils and
Worship comes to heroes.
You and you alone will reap
The harvest from her fertile field
Sewn in truth and vigilance
Where silent conquest grows.
No one knows the outcome
When you opt to fight the fight;
Simply that the only course…
To choose to do things right.
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February 15, 2021
The Best There Is
Really
Truly
Honestly
To hope
To give
To try and be
The best
The very best there is
A model
For the world to see.
Purpose for
The purposeless
Primed and ready
To confess to
Faults perceived
And unperceived
Through controversy
And distress.
Holding tight
To purity
Reaching out
with surety
Striving without
Food or rest
Intent to be
The very best.
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February 14, 2021
Hearts Aflutter
Young love tends to make me smile;
Hearts aflutter
Giddy laughter
Sweet surprises of amazement,
First time blushing flushing cheeks.
Optimism running rampant
Common sense a distant glen where
Foggish mist obscures all vision
Save the light in lover’s eyes.
And who’s to say where love may lead?
Who is seer of mystic power
Adept with craft of bold prediction?
Can one know what is unknown?
Time reveals the hidden treasures
Buried deep beneath the stone.
Lovers with their hearts aflutter
Need not face the search alone.
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February 13, 2021
Morning Awakens
Not quite dawn,
Not quite ready for
Long shadows from the morning light
Visiting in silent stillness
Just before the dawn awakens.
Gentle breeze outside an open
Window seems to call a name
In fervent whispers long ago
Nudging close to consciousness.
First beam breaks horizon,
Goes unnoticed to the naked eye
Til multitudes of searchlights
Bleach her crimson pallor into gold.
And creatures rise in worship
As the mighty dawn awakens,
Reverent in her majesty,
Blessed to greet the day.
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February 12, 2021
Cavalry Charge
Heed the cry of innocence lost to
Hapless heathen reckless wrath.
No amount of weepy wailing
Halts the imminent attack.
Not for lack of warning
Nor a need for preparation,
Just grasshopper mentality,
Never forward,
Never back.
Now raise the call to summon forces.
Now sound your bugle loud and strong.
Call your horses from their stables
Swift and ready for the fray.
Now draw your sabers, feed your cannons,
Let the battle lines be drawn.
Let your lightning and your swiftness
Be the savior of the day.
In the aftermath of battle,
The reset of memory,
Praise the bravery and the daring
Of her wondrous cavalry.
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February 11, 2021
Marching Marching All Fall Down
Here we go a marching, marching, marching,
Every step a straight line, heel and toe,
Pressing with precision ever forward
To a destination no one knows.
Pacing the parade grounds, hut – two – three – four,
Passing the review stand,
All eyes right.
Tiny beads of sweat on eyebrows forming,
Keeping the formation ever-tight.
Bugles blare and drums drum,
Trombone, cymbals,
Clarinet and tuba keeping pace.
Every note a sweet song stringing memories,
Sugaring a smile on every face.
Now the march is over,
Silence steps in,
No one in the anywhere makes a sound.
Out of breath and spent with satisfaction,
Marching, marching,
All fall down.
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