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If They Never Knew

5/20/2023

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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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