Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 243

Double Helix

Twisting down to wrap around
And double back again,
This way, that way,
Your way, my way,
Ascend to descend.
Bubbling up and over / under,
Always in repeat,
Catching glimpses from the past;
Deja vu in heat.
Life is just a double helix
Wrapped around its core.
Spiraling its victims
To leave them wanting more.

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Haiku 51

Fluff, fur and feathers,
Puppies, cats and parakeets.
Shadow’s sweet surprise.


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The Ladder of Success

Corporations give us ladders as a metaphor,
Expecting us to climb up to the top.
The lower rungs are wider without much incline.
They have to be. They bare a heavy crop.
The chosen few allowed to pass
Quite often step on fingers
Causing them to lose their grip and fall.
Callously advancing, passing those who are descending,
Unaware the meaning of it all.

Life is not a ladder, or at least it shouldn't be.
The path ahead should be a level plain.
Ladders are for suckers, a mind trap for depression,
A willful predilection for disdain.
You can keep your ladders;
Leave them stored in your garage.
I prefer to live my life content
Knowing there is no regret, no apologies,
And no trespass for which I must repent.

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Haiku 50

Acorn yields it’s hold,
Gravity obedient.
Life must be reborn.

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Broadway

I've only been twice to a Broadway show;
Saw the same show both times.
Marveled each time at just being there;
All the glint and glitter on forty third,
The "Majestic" the "Helen Hayes",
The magic of just walking through Times Square.
There's something truly special in
The lights along Broadway.
They beam to say they've nothing left to hide.
And after dining on the veal from
Sardi's evening fare,
One tends to overlook the seamy side.
But it's inside, when lights go dim,
That the senses exercise.
The stage transforms to a life of its own,
And a new world fills the eyes.
Reality takes a holiday trip
To a playwright's fantasy;
To wake the mind,
To stir the soul,
To set the spirit free.

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Haiku 49

Puffy rumpled cloud,
Midday dancing white and blue.
No tears in your eyes.


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The Well of Passion

How often can the well be drawn
Before it comes up dry?
How deep the waters?
How full the pail?
What do you measure by?
If passion be a seamy thing
Distraught by lust or greed,
No mortal mind can save a heart
Inbred without a creed.
Passion with compassion is the
Path that makes us great,
But life without compassion
Is the breeding ground for hate.

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Haiku 48

Pastures cloaked in jade
Nourishing voracious droves.
Marvel at your feast.

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Doctor Says

Doctor says, "Diagnosis looking grim."
Doctor says, "Hope for survival very slim."
Doctor tries not to go out on a limb,
But there's something; something I'm not telling him.
When survival is dependent on mere hope
And physicians have begun to grasp and grope,
There is one thing, short of tying noose in rope,
That can save you, that can help you deal and cope.
It's faith. Faith in something; anything;
In god, or you, or someone else
On which your hope can cling.
Faith in someone from your past who's worth remembering;
In longing for tomorrow, to see what it may bring.
Many are the souls whose faith
Has brought them from the brink.
When mired waste deep in sinking sand
They just refused to sink.
They found a someone deep inside,
Someone they never knew,
Who brought them hope to save themselves
And start their lives anew.

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Haiku 47

Take me down again
To our villa by the sea.
Shall I feel so small?


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