Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 259
November 3, 2018
If Sex Was Like Medicine
The good lord had the right idea
By making sex so much good fun.
A simple act to be enjoyed,
Employed by almost everyone.
But if it wasn't such a joy,
A treat, a prince's ball,
If sex was more like medicine,
Would we be here at all?
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By making sex so much good fun.
A simple act to be enjoyed,
Employed by almost everyone.
But if it wasn't such a joy,
A treat, a prince's ball,
If sex was more like medicine,
Would we be here at all?
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November 2, 2018
Are We There Yet?
Are we there yet?
Will we be there soon?
I need to know.
Can we stop here?
Are you listening?
Please, I've got to go.
What time is it?
What time will it be
When we get there?
When will we leave to
Go back? Please,
Tell me if you care.
Life's a highway that
We travel. Twisting, curving,
Right left turns.
Kindling fires of grand desire that
Smolders, flashes, flames and burns.
Calling to the open road
Which offers up its' dare.
Burning questions dwindle down
To one.
Are we there?
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Will we be there soon?
I need to know.
Can we stop here?
Are you listening?
Please, I've got to go.
What time is it?
What time will it be
When we get there?
When will we leave to
Go back? Please,
Tell me if you care.
Life's a highway that
We travel. Twisting, curving,
Right left turns.
Kindling fires of grand desire that
Smolders, flashes, flames and burns.
Calling to the open road
Which offers up its' dare.
Burning questions dwindle down
To one.
Are we there?
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November 1, 2018
When Will It End?
This is exquisite.
It surely won't last.
Enjoy it now while you can.
Pleasure is fleeting,
It glides on the wind,
No particular motive or plan.
It's there if you seek it,
Replies if you speak its name,
Won't flee in a flash,
Comes back if you beckon
Requiring no reckoning surcharge,
No credit, no cash.
To find your desires, your
Castle of dreams
Is to find your one fated friend.
To revel in life
Without asking questions,
Not knowing...
Not caring...
When will it end?
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It surely won't last.
Enjoy it now while you can.
Pleasure is fleeting,
It glides on the wind,
No particular motive or plan.
It's there if you seek it,
Replies if you speak its name,
Won't flee in a flash,
Comes back if you beckon
Requiring no reckoning surcharge,
No credit, no cash.
To find your desires, your
Castle of dreams
Is to find your one fated friend.
To revel in life
Without asking questions,
Not knowing...
Not caring...
When will it end?
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October 31, 2018
Take it from Here
Every time one road comes to end
Decisions must be made.
Left or right or turn around;
There is no straight ahead.
Direction then must be considered,
Though the line be grayed
With the nagging fear and lagging doubt
That fills a heart with dread.
Feel it beat with palpitating
Syncopated chorus.
See the muddled mesh that quells
The rhythm of regret.
None can truly know the
Fettered fate that lies before us.
Services must render before
We can pay the debt.
So we yield to compromise
And not to doubt or fear.
The rest is up to you, my friend
To set your course from here.
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Decisions must be made.
Left or right or turn around;
There is no straight ahead.
Direction then must be considered,
Though the line be grayed
With the nagging fear and lagging doubt
That fills a heart with dread.
Feel it beat with palpitating
Syncopated chorus.
See the muddled mesh that quells
The rhythm of regret.
None can truly know the
Fettered fate that lies before us.
Services must render before
We can pay the debt.
So we yield to compromise
And not to doubt or fear.
The rest is up to you, my friend
To set your course from here.
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October 30, 2018
Epiphany
My latest book is available at a 40% discount at:
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It should also be available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble next month.
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It should also be available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble next month.
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Teddy Bear Tales
Teddy went walking in deep forest green
Where sun never touches the earth,
Following pathways others before
Had blazed through bramble and brush,
Capturing songs falling gently from treetops,
Feasting on every note.
Watching the woodlanders thrive in their frolic,
Nary a one in a rush.
Ah, but the evil that lurks in the shadows,
Covert, in corners unseen,
Lying in wait for poor unsuspectings,
Iron-like jaws meant to crush.
Warning? Fair warning was given to you,
My cute little teddy bear friend.
You knew the caveats and the rewards.
Nobody gave you a push.
Now everyone stands at the edge of the forest,
No one dare enter its fold.
Waiting for you. Praying for you.
Fearing the worst from the hush.
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Where sun never touches the earth,
Following pathways others before
Had blazed through bramble and brush,
Capturing songs falling gently from treetops,
Feasting on every note.
Watching the woodlanders thrive in their frolic,
Nary a one in a rush.
Ah, but the evil that lurks in the shadows,
Covert, in corners unseen,
Lying in wait for poor unsuspectings,
Iron-like jaws meant to crush.
Warning? Fair warning was given to you,
My cute little teddy bear friend.
You knew the caveats and the rewards.
Nobody gave you a push.
Now everyone stands at the edge of the forest,
No one dare enter its fold.
Waiting for you. Praying for you.
Fearing the worst from the hush.
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October 29, 2018
Broke the Mold
Praise could never do you justice.
Monuments could not compete to
Overshadow your compassion,
Jar the cradle of your soul.
Fill the air with songs of joy
From a heart that lifts with ease
Every heavy burden cast,
Every levy, every toll.
Keeping sights set on horizons
With a star to guide the night.
Ever constant, moving forward,
Always conscious of your goal.
Healing hands reach ever skyward
Touching angels where they sleep.
Heaven must be missing one.
When God made you,
He broke the mold.
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Monuments could not compete to
Overshadow your compassion,
Jar the cradle of your soul.
Fill the air with songs of joy
From a heart that lifts with ease
Every heavy burden cast,
Every levy, every toll.
Keeping sights set on horizons
With a star to guide the night.
Ever constant, moving forward,
Always conscious of your goal.
Healing hands reach ever skyward
Touching angels where they sleep.
Heaven must be missing one.
When God made you,
He broke the mold.
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October 28, 2018
Dressed and Ready
Here I sit dressed and ready
Like so many times before.
Waiting oh, so patiently
For someone to appear.
Maybe I should go ahead and
Just walk out that door, or
Maybe I should get a cattle prod
To get your butt in gear.
Are we destined once again
To make our entrance late?
Burdened with apology as
We walk through the door.
Is it karma? Destiny?
Or is it simply fate
That wears as thin as onion skin
And smells down to the core?
Just once if you would still my fears
‘Twould make my nerves unsteady,
Were I the one to come downstairs
And find you dressed and ready.
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Like so many times before.
Waiting oh, so patiently
For someone to appear.
Maybe I should go ahead and
Just walk out that door, or
Maybe I should get a cattle prod
To get your butt in gear.
Are we destined once again
To make our entrance late?
Burdened with apology as
We walk through the door.
Is it karma? Destiny?
Or is it simply fate
That wears as thin as onion skin
And smells down to the core?
Just once if you would still my fears
‘Twould make my nerves unsteady,
Were I the one to come downstairs
And find you dressed and ready.
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October 27, 2018
Grace
Fondest extension of delicate hands
Beckoning comfort to deep-seeded sorrow,
Urging the slightest upward furl to
Lips whose edges feel gravity’s strain.
Making an entrance so unpretentious that
Everyone notices. Every eye focuses.
All wish to follow footstep by footstep,
Washed in the whispers of sweet gentle rain.
Welcoming wisdom alive and awake in
Eyes holding steadfast to every word.
Spellbound to detail, harboring comfort
Even in silence, emotion unspared.
Leaving us knowing that we are the better
Feeling the presence for even a moment,
Alive with the knowledge that some unknown presence
Lingers still from someone who dared.
Grace be a parent to
All who will follow the
Perfect example of
One who cared.
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Beckoning comfort to deep-seeded sorrow,
Urging the slightest upward furl to
Lips whose edges feel gravity’s strain.
Making an entrance so unpretentious that
Everyone notices. Every eye focuses.
All wish to follow footstep by footstep,
Washed in the whispers of sweet gentle rain.
Welcoming wisdom alive and awake in
Eyes holding steadfast to every word.
Spellbound to detail, harboring comfort
Even in silence, emotion unspared.
Leaving us knowing that we are the better
Feeling the presence for even a moment,
Alive with the knowledge that some unknown presence
Lingers still from someone who dared.
Grace be a parent to
All who will follow the
Perfect example of
One who cared.
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October 26, 2018
Bad Company
When did you crawl back to town?
With side winding slithering and serpentine tongue
Probing the air to seek out advantage
And steal it from unsuspecting souls.
We’d hoped that you had found greener fields
To lie in wait, stalk your prey.
Much more comfort knowing that
Your influence was miles away.
Far too many young minds here
To emulate your wretched ways,
To try and reap success by
Seeking your misguided goals.
We must excommunicate
To rid us your bad company,
Make our world a safer place,
A better place to be.
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With side winding slithering and serpentine tongue
Probing the air to seek out advantage
And steal it from unsuspecting souls.
We’d hoped that you had found greener fields
To lie in wait, stalk your prey.
Much more comfort knowing that
Your influence was miles away.
Far too many young minds here
To emulate your wretched ways,
To try and reap success by
Seeking your misguided goals.
We must excommunicate
To rid us your bad company,
Make our world a safer place,
A better place to be.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
Amazon Author's Page: http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-S-Martin...
