Speaking Up From the Heart
by Michael Doyle

Sometimes life flies at me undeserved,
And my viewpoint seems a bit underserved
So I find myself, as I have from the start,
Speaking my mind straight from the heart.

We might be in opposition, and that's okay.
But still, each of us deserves our say.
We should just do our best to be amicable.
At least, as best as we can be capable.

Sometimes there isn't a pure wrong or right.
But we deserve our say as best that we might.
It is appropriate that we enter into discourse
While politely remembering to consider the source.

Few of us are experts, even the experts.
This is true, however strongly we each exert
That we somehow know more than can be known,
And usually this comes out as time has shown.

Where the art of the grift has become the machine,
It can be a little hard to say what we mean.
But truth be told, the truth must be told
As best as we know it, whatever we've been sold.

I have just never liked bullies from any side.
This was an easy one and not very hard to decide.
When you see a bully, it's time to take a stand.
Is that proposition so hard to understand?

(c) July 3, 2025   Michael Doyle
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