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If They Never Knew

5/20/2023

If They Never Knew

We touch so many lives
During a lifetime
How can we not help
But fracture a few?

We try to mend
Before our end
Yet we wonder…

If they never knew
What we knew
How much stronger
Would they be?

Yet we touch them
Nonetheless
And it’s an unkind
Selfishness
A way to give meaning
To the meaningless

We make amends
Toward our own ends
A soundless thunder…

And if they never knew
What we knew
How much stronger
Would they be?

--William Martin

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A Pair to Draw To

5/6/2023

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A Pair to Draw To

Two jokers,
Wild cards,
Recognizing their mirrored image,
Anxious,
Ready to disappear,
Within the safety,
Of a card-crowded deck,
Hesitant,
To join the Game again.

He wears a coxcomb hat,
While a morion shades her face.
Both are drawn,
To a suit of red.
They contribute,
Yet are out of place.

Both shield surprises,
When they are in play,
Potential pitfalls,
For any who take up a hand.
Yet they too are surprised,
To see a similar self,
And a shared,
Affinity for strong,
Steady,
Beating Hearts.

Their cards bend,
Each bows to each,
Reflections of the self.
Neither of them knew,
Another,
Even existed in this Game.

So let the Jokers revel,
In their discovery,
Delight in seeing Each,
In themselves.

Perhaps they’ll sit out this round,
Allowing the usual cards,
To be dealt,
And engaged in play.

They would only,
Upset the Game,
Pushing against,
The rules,
That players insist,
Must be obeyed.

-- William Martin

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If They Never Knew

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