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Quenching the Fires of Los Angeles
Quenching the Fires of Los Angelesby Michael DoyleI saw a wise old hippy on the stageSinging about clouds as she turned the pageStaring out with love at the approach of deathShe sang her heart to her last breathIt seemed like … Continue reading
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I Thought Myself An Eagle
I Thought Myself An Eagleby Michael DoyleI thought myself an eagleAnd built me a nest in solitudeAbove where I could watch beautyAnd very few might intrudeThe disappointments I’ve knownHave dried up my springs of hopeI retreat to that comfort shownAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence of Love, Atone, Beauty, Broken, Comfort, Complement, Connection, Cope, Decision, Defect, Disappointments, Discovery, Eagle, Heart, Hope, Hypertensive World, Imagination, Inside Myself, Intrude, Jouney, Known, Leap of Faith, Life, Moments, Music, My Love, Nest, Notes, Own, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Private Sins, Pulled Apart, Refuge, Retreat, Revea;, Right Direction, Rote, Search, Secrets, Shattered, Shelter, Shown, Solitude, Soul, Spoken, Springs of Hope, Steady Eyes, Surprise, Survive, Talk, Thought, Times, Walk, Watch, Wordless Words, Would-Be Travelers
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The Truth of Why We Fight
The Truth of Why We Fightby Michael DoyleIn different timesHow might it end?Could it have beenWe might have been good friends?Your job and mineHere on the frontlineIt’s a killing job to be doneYet, you are somebody’s sonThere is the truth … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Guys, Beware, Courtyard, Death, Die, Different Times, Done, End, Enemy Territory, Fight, Frontline, Glory, Good Friends, Good Guys, Hard, Jumping, Killing Business, Killing Job, Life, Mine, Moral, My Story, Name, Old, Poetry and Poems, Question Why, Rubble, Shame, Somebody's Son, String Quartet, Told, Truth, Wrong or Right, Your Job
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A Call For the Nation’s Unity
A Call For the Nation’s Unityby Michael DoyleFor God’s good satisfactionPrayers must be followed by the right actionsThis is true in our way of governmentEspecially if we are seeking after our improvementWe know we care for our familyWe must, therefore, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversity, America, Call, Center, Common Ground, Cost, Debate, Dignity, Divinity, Family, Foundation, God, God's Help, Government, Heart, History, Honesty, Humility, Improvement, Lasting Peace, Mandate, Mercy, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Prayer, Right Action, Satisfaction, Shining Light, Speak, Stand, Start, Steady, Storm, Treat, Truth, Understand, Uniffier, Unity
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To Know Love Actually
To Know Love Actuallyby Michael DoyleI was just saying helloWhen you started saying goodbyeI kept trying the best I know Being persistent in giving it my best tryLove can be and is so cruelAnd I am inevitably its foolStill, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Actual, Agony, Beginning To End, Best Friend, Christmas, Cruel, Dark Horses, Emotion, Factual, Flaw, Fool, Forgiving, Gift, Giving, Goodbey, Heartbreak, Hello, Know, Love, Million MIles, Mine, Mistake, Motion, Persistent, Poetry and Poems, Real Answers, Sorrow, Text Lines, This Day, Tomorrow, True Love, Truly Mine, Valentine, Wish, Words
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Discerning the Consequences
Discerning the Consequencesby Michael DoyleStanding up steady to be presentWe’re fully ready to representAs we adjust our attitudesUntil we are ready with our gratitudeRising up in confidenceWe rely on the ways of providenceAs we stumble toward getting rightWe need this … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Confidence, Consequences, Discernment, Faith, God, God's Light, Gratitude, Human Being, Jesus, Mature, Meaning, Nature, Poetry and Poems, Preparation, Providence, Represent, Right, Struggle, Trend, Truth
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So Begins Hope
So Begins Hopeby Michael DoyleSo begins hope for a golden ageWe stand as we turn our pageVowing in integrity to quench our thirstStep by step, we’ll make America firstAs exceptional as America’s past successTruth in challenges is sought in testsAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, America, Assassin's Bullet, Bad Policies, Begin, Borders, Candid, Challenges, Compete, Compromise, Country, Dreams, Economy, Excepational, Fight, Free Speech and Thought, Furture, God's Glory, Golden Age, Greatest Danger, Honor, Honor and Promise, Hope, Inflation, Inihbiition, Integrity, Join Hands, Light, Make America First, Merit, Mortal Sin, Nurture, One Nation, Ongoing Tragedy, Pillar, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Quench Our Thrrst, Reach, Reclaim, Red White and Blue, Repair, Restoration, Safety and Freedom, Sense, Step By Step, Success, Test, Thoughts, Time, Trust, Truth, Truth and Justice, Wanton Crime
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Holy Is My God’s Name
Holy Is My God’s Nameby Michael DoyleHoly is my God’s nameHis wonders erase my blameHe descended among us on His arrivalTo bring humanity to our survivalHis abundance gives us allHere together we heed His callYahweh’s mercy is shownNo greater love … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Angels, Arrival, Blame, Blessed, Call, Creation, Cries, Descended, Freedom, Generations, God's Name, Heaven, Holy, Holy Kingdom, Humanity, Infinite, Inspiration, Know, Love, Mercy, No Greater Love, Numbered Hours, Poetry and Poems, Powers, Skies, Surprised, Survival, Veneration, Walk, Wonders, Worship, Yahweh
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Facing Death Boldly
Facing Death Boldlyby Michael DoyleFacing death is one thingWatching the death of your menThat hurts more than anythingIt burns like the second mortal sinCold and hungry in the nightA target was seen in every lightYou never forget the death seenIt … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Best Nights, Bold, Breaking Point, Breath, Burn, Cold and Hungry, Death, Dreamless, Emotional Landmines, Face, Forgot, Fought, France, Human Being, Hurt, Images, Inching, Light, Man, Memories, Nivht, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Seamless, Second Mortal Sin, Seen, Target, Tears, Traces, Useless, War, Watch, Your Men
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If You’re Going To Stay
If You’re Going To Stayby Michael DoyleDespite the world’s distractionsWe hear the clarion call for actionThere is much to be doneIf this battle is to be wonEach side fights to stay on topIn and endless cycle that never stopsIt doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Battle, Bullet, Change, Clarion Call, Dead, Distraction, Dog-Eat-Dog, Dominos, Done, Each Side, Fight, Flesh, Game of Shadows, Hammer, Madness, Mess, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Runaway, Stay, Stay On Top, Won, World, Wrong or Right
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