All the Noise In Rome
by Michael Doyle

How then does one complete this?
A dome must be in place for completeness.
A  thousand crazed ideas are heard in a jumble,
But only one is stated with deafening meekness.

There is only one way to refine
The majestic path focused on the divine.
Gazing on the riddle beyond compare
Requires completion in mid-air. 

Though hearts on fire will not relent,
This is the answer to time well spent.
Gazing on the magnificent dome, 
And shutting out all the noise of Rome.

There is not one dome but two.
The supporting dome is hidden from view.
While the other is made of delicate herringbone,
And the only one that appears to stand alone.

Such choices are made by faith and from love.
What greater symbol to show faith in the above.
And so one of the greatest works of architectural art,
Depended that day on a leap of faith in De Medici's heart

Greatness received depends on the greatness given,
And the acceptance of any needed forgiveness given.
We learn our place through such spiritual tools.
Otherwise, we would remain as simple fools.

Making work projects to the benefit of spirituality
Is destined, in part, to build a model economy.
Feeding the hungry on ideas as thin as air
Is like one hand blessing the other until all is repaired.

Faith and beauty provide the way
For leaders and heroes to save the day,
While some only know the destruction of war,
The believers dare for that impossible something more.

We live in the climb out of the muck by humanity,
To learn of beauty and strive for our nobility.
Our common life teaches us to dress in humility
For all of this was given to us by the Divinity.

(c) March 16, 2026  Michael Doyle 
All Rights Reserved