Enter the Labyrinth

By Mary Martina Dockter

My philosophy for writing poetry is to stretch the boundaries, to go beyond and explore the vast universe of thought. Lifes journey is a quest for knowledge; its in this search that we enter the labyrinth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543463675

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Copyright © 2017 by Mary Martina Dockter.

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CONTENTS

ENTER THE LABYRINTH

ELYSIUM’S ENIGMA

LIFE, LIBERTY AND LAUGHTER

TRANSCEND

SERENDIPITY

THE KEY TO LIFE

HEAVEN’S GATE

TRANQUILITY

LUMINESCE

BEHIND HER, HE STOOD

EPIPHANY

PORTRAIT OF MARY

ANOTHER WORD

A FATHER’S KNEE

A CHRISTMAS TREE

CHRISTMAS LIST

BY CHOICE

THE GUF

HOLD ME

HOW CAN WE

LIFE’S PURSE

STEP BACK

CHANGE

STAY GOLD

AUTUMN GOLD

I AM PERFECTION

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

YOUNG BLOOD

IT’S NOT O.K.

A LIGHTHOUSE

SEEK WITHIN

SPECTACLE

FOREFATHER’S FRAME

200 YEAR WARRANTY

HIS OBELISK

PACHYDERM POLITICS

ZOMBIES VS. VAMPIRES

BURRO BUREAUCRACY

PINOCCHIOBAMA

A.S.S.

WEALTH DISTRIBUTION

HOODWINKED

TONE DEAF

POLITICAL PROPHET

MICHEL de NOSTREDAME

LEAFLET

THE PROCESSION

DEAD SPACE

PLAY DEAD

DEAD END

DEATH CAN DANCE

OMNIPRESENT

ISLE OF MAN

SANCTUARY

WHAT MATTERS

THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

IT’S ABOUT

A FOWL PLAY

INQUISITIONIST

MISSING TOWERS

REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

IN PLANE SIGHT

SWEET REVENGE

KNEW HE MUST GO

WARFARE’S MENU

TRIBUTE

A SOLDIER’S GLORY

PRISONER OF WAR

LEFT TO ONESELF

REMEMBER THEM

THANK YOU LETTER

DEVIL DEVIL

UP IN ARMS

FORGIVENESS

WHY

ARMAGEDDON

ATTITUDINAL

SALTY ADVICE

BULLY ADVICE

BE PRESENT

INSURRECTION

SWITCHEROO

WHAT IF

A NEW YEAR

THINK AGAIN

VOLCANIC FERVOR

CHAINS

A FALLOW FIELD

SWING AWAY

STAND OF TIMBER

BOXED IN

DEPRESSION

CUTS LIKE A KNIFE

FRIENDLY FIRE

HOLD ON

STRIFE OF LIFE

DOOM AND GLOOM

EVENTUALLY

LIGHTEN UP

LET LIFE BE

X MARKS THE SPOT

TAKE A CHANCE

A GAMBLE

HANG ON

JUST FLOAT

SAIL AWAY

GO WITH THE FLOW

LIFE’S PEARL

AN OCEAN OF LOVE

A SHELL’S YELL

LULLABY SEA

LIGHTS IN FLIGHT

CANDLE OPERA

FROM HERE TO

ANGEL EYES

COMFORT CALLS

SECONDHAND ANGELS

ANGELIC

MUST BE ANGELS

WOE IS WE

HARDWIRED

HABITUAL HABIT

WORMWOOD PROPHECY

SPECTER LECTOR

INNER MIRROR

RUMINATION

THE OTHER SELF

THE CHANGELING

JUSTICE

FAMILY TRAGEDY

ABBA VS. ALLAH

COMMUNION

THE MARK

DARK ANGEL

THE DEVIL’S TAIL

THE ABYSS

EVOLUTION OF WAR

UNDER COVER

TWIST OF FATE

A CIVIL CRY

WAR OF ATTRITION

PRISM WITHIN

LABELS

BEYOND

BE FREE

DEMISE EYES

SPECTRAL

DEAD MEN SEE

NIGHT A MOURNING WIDOW

CANDLES IN THE WIND

DIVERSITY

THE ORACLE

ORPHIC

MORPHIC

ETHEREAL

PETER PAN PHILOSOPHY

TO BE A HERO

HALCYON DAYS

SACRED SIMPLICITY

CHILDHOOD DAYS

THE CHANGE

LIFE A LA MUD

SEEDS OF GREED

WHERE, WOLF

FORNICATION UNDER COUNTRY’S KING

HOCUS-POCUS LOCUST

BE WARE

CELESTIAL EQUINOX

GALACTIC ALIGNMENT

PASSING BY

STARS

ORION

ORB

HERE TO STAY

KALEIDOSCOPE

TITTER-CHATTER

LAUGHTER’S CHAPTER

AN OUTER SHELL

BE LIKE THE TURTLE

DEATH OF A TURTLE

LET LADYBUGS COME

SNEAK A PEEK

ALL THE POSSIBILITIES

LAST CHAPTER

MIDGARD SERPENT

SNAKY

THE DEVIL’S LAIR

GOD’S STARE

MEGIDDO

FEATHER SERPENT

PREDATOR’S PLUNDER

THOR’S LORE

ROGUE WAYS

REVEALING JUDAS

REVEALING CAIAPHAS

REVEALING PONTIUS PILATE

RESULT OF THIS

KILL THE RABBIT

OUTSIDER

HAND ME DOWNS

A WARRIOR FOR NATURE

RED RIVER RISING

CROSSROADS

FREE FALL

DOORWAY

THE DESTROYER

DARKEST SHADOW

VLAD’S PALACE

BLOODSUCKER

SYCOPHANCY

SHADOWS

SHADOW SOULS

SISYPHEAN

A ROLLING STONE

UNIQUELY YOU

ME, MYSELF AND I

SKELETAL SELF

SKELETAL’S ALL

HUMANITY

BELIKEN

INVISIBLE

INVISIBLE ME

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

EVERYTHING’S FINE

GOOD MORNING

NEWNESS

DRINK UP

COME AND SEE

JUST IS

HARMONY

SURETY

THEM BONES

GROWING OLD IS NOT FOR SISSIES

HOME SWEET HOME

OMNIBUS

OLD AGE

THE BELDAME

TRIAD

ANIMUS

UNDER THE BED

HAUNTED

THE OTHER SIDE

INCIPIENCE

PYRAMIDAL

THE UNDERWORLD

TELL EL AMARNA

TROJAN IN TROY

SARCOPHAGIC

ANKH

LOTUS

NAMASTÉ

BUDDHISTIC

WEIGH IN

LIES THE TRUTH

CHOOSE WISELY

BLACK SWAN’S SOUL

DEAD TIRED

BROKEN HEARTED

FRAGILE THINGS

AN EAR FULL

JUST A DREAM

INFINITE INTELLIGENCE

READ TO GROW

ELEMENTARY

LITTLE ONES

THREE GRANDSONS

SWEET PEA

SPECIAL DELIVERY

AMAZING

SWEET FEET

FAMILIES ARE FOREVER

FAMILY REUNION

ANCESTRY TREE

LITTLE PRAYER BOOK

FORGIVE ME

REMEMBER

LIVING MEMORY

PLUMS AND ROSES

TWINS

HILDAGO

DECLUTTER

LET IT GO

LIVING FOR ME

LIFE IS MESSY

DEATH AWAITS

SOMEWHERE

WHERE DO WE GO

INFERNO

WHATEVER

JUST BE

BE NOW

IT’S A PONDER FULL LIFE

MINUTSHA

PEACEFUL PLACES

JUST A ROCK’N

THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS

MY HAPPY PLACE

REMEMBER ME

MY DEMISE

WEAR RED INSTEAD

IMPRINT

XIBALBA

SKIPPING STONE

HOME IS WITHIN

A POET’S SOUL

LITTLE GIRL LOST

MY KITTY GIRL

OF THE RESURRECTION

WINTER’S DEMISE

A WINTER’S SLEEP

HOLIDAZE

THE HOLIDAY WAY

HAPPY NEW YOU

LIFE WILL BE

LIFT THEM UP

KIDS AND KATS

PURRFECT

CAT-TALES

JUST IS

BEYOND THE SIDEWALK

BE STILL

NEW YEAR IS HERE

FLY BY

DELICATE DANCE

LOVE

LIFE IS A HOOT

DAISY DAYS

IN BLOOM

LESS IS MORE

EXTREMITY

LIFE GOES ON

THE BLIND HORSE

SAY IT

I’M BETTER YOU’RE NOT

A GOOD MAN

MOVING ON

THE END

THE LIFE OF A CORPSE

LIFE IS A GAME

PUZZLED

THE LOTTERY

ENCORE

COMING AND GOING

ONE’S COCOON

THAT ONE THING

STOP TOUCHING ME

A LIFTED VEIL

VALLEY OF ARMAGEDDON

APOCALYPTIC

CROSSOVER

THE GATE OF THOUGHT

WISH UPON

SYLVAN

THE BEST DAY

DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS

NEW YEAR CHEER

MAGICAL

LAW OF ATTRACTION

OUR BREATHING

A ROSE

LOVELORN

BEVERLY

HUMAN WALL

SHALL BLOOM

UNITY

WHIT

CRUCIFIED SUICIDE

GOLGOTHA

SYNODICAL

DEDICATED TO

LIFE, LIBERTY

AND LAUGHTER

ENTER THE LABYRINTH

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2007

ELYSIUM’S ENIGMA

(Plain of the Departed)

An Isle of the blessed, surrounds this earth.

Belial has not rested. We’re bound in birth.

By chains we’re held, from God’s holy land.

In His reign we will weld, by his, command.

Discover what is bestowed, our given right.

Uncover what is owed, as death in the light.

And marvel in fond, as God’s love will soar.

We travel beyond, unlocking heaven’s door.

2007

LIFE,

LIBERTY AND LAUGHTER

Mistakes were made along the way.

Being man is not perfect to this day.

So, all to be, here or not, has a right.

Be given the chance to live with life.

Mistakes were made along the way.

Being man is not perfect to this day.

And with that right, man cannot be.

Live their lives without lady liberty.

Mistakes were made along the way.

Being man is not perfect to this day.

The pursuit of happiness we are after.

Be fulfilled, life, liberty and laughter.

2007

TRANSCEND

One can succeed in life’s prism of time.

If one can break free life’s prison, bind.

Escape from life’s norm, be you, unique.

Do not take the form, average and bleak.

Arise, be noticed, take pride in all things.

Sunrise is the focus in happiness it brings.

Believe in yourself to be in remembrance.

And live each day, as best, transcendence.

2007

SERENDIPITY

Surprise! Life is with celebration.

And every morning is a gift anew.

Superstitious.

Open your mind.

Sententious.

Open your heart.

Serendipitous.

Open your eyes.

And believe these presents are for you.

There are discoveries to be discovered.

2007

THE KEY TO LIFE

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2007

HEAVEN’S GATE

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2007

TRANQUILITY

Enter a domain of complete essence

Being one with yourself amid nature

A symmetry of mind, body, and soul

Inwardness, an awakening wholeness

Gifts of spiritual power by the creator

Knowledge the key to obtain control

A love for self is one’s living voyage

Yearning begins the learning of truth

Seeds for happiness planted to grow

Harmony of oneself begins storage

As a consciousness of eternal youth

Inner peace is the blessing to know

2003

LUMINESCE

A soul is bright light in all of us

A burning star within that glows

For mankind was born luminous

From each man’s lifeblood flows

Our mother the earth we all love

Gave birth to her children a night

Our father is the universe above

God’s plan in humanity is might

A soul is bright light in all of us

A burning star within that glows

For mankind was born luminous

From each man’s lifeblood flows

2003

BEHIND HER, HE STOOD

(Joseph)

A carpenter by trade, he comes upon the stage.

He’s to take her as his wife with also her strife.

Known she could be stoned, leaving her alone.

But, believing she’s good, behind her he stood.

A journey, they must go for a census to show.

They’re