Central to Martin’s premise is probing beyond the veil of what is tangible and becoming a purveyor of the limitless beyond. The compilation represents an intriguing conglomeration of all our experiences, digested and analyzed from both the scientific and metaphysical perspectives. Specifically, the power of thoughts as the framework for operating as powerful a tool as the mind is integral to understanding the evolution of humanity as a whole.
Martin’s work is experimental in nature as it consistently tests the limit of poetic structure in much the same way the content is a commentary on the boundaries of what lies beyond. For example, in “The Ancient Ones,” the poet uses similes to personify thoughts as they dance in exuberance and pave the way toward an understanding of one’s roots. The word is the fabric of any story, written or spoken, and the original medium of time travel. Martin recognizes this and weaves together the vast potential of science with the ethereal elements of history (e.g., stories of slavery) to demonstrate how we came to be.
On the one hand, the poems probe beyond the tangible. However, they simultaneously are a reflection of the journey of human experiences we are currently on, as best exhibited by “Transformation,” a piece that uses the petal as a metaphor for the cycles of life. At a deeper level, it is thought-provoking and a commentary on appreciating the process from beginning to end and all the stops in the middle. And in so doing, the compilation provides a salient analysis of the power of the mind and how it possesses the ability, through constructs like religion and politics, to unleash chaos and the human dilemma in a world designed for peace.