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Words Well Spent
Words Well-Spentby Michael DoyleDon’t wait until the endTo learn to live as a father and a friend.Now and then are the moments to seize.This lesson doesn’t come with fancy degrees.It begins and ends by saying I love you,And living each … Continue reading
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A Reverence For Hurts Felt
A Reverence For Hurts Feltby Michael DoyleIt’s never easy on the children. Is it?Perfection is not really a standard. Is it?There is so much to be worked out,Between the fears, the tears, and the doubts.It’s too bad about the power … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Children, Daughter, Difference, Done, Doubt, Earnest, Failure, Faith, Family, Father, Fear, Felt, Forgiving, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Lord, Love, Measure, Omission, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Power of Animosity, Pray, Rage, Reverence, Son, Starndard, Tears, Thanksgiving, Treasure, Understood, Worked Out, Writing, Wrongs
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In the Complexity of This World
In the Complexity of This Worldby Michael DoyleAnger and other toxic emotionsCan linger with all their commotion.All of these feelings are indwelling,And are in our control. God willing.We grow up as boys in the hood,But the hope is that we … Continue reading
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Look At What The Shrewd Have Done
Look At What the Shrewd Have Doneby Michael DoyleOh, look with sadness on what the shrewd have done.Didn’t Jesus warn all to never hurt even a single one?Say the words of innocence that we’ve come to despise.Those on Epstein’s Island … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Bible, Children, Christianity, Despise, Done, Epstein's Island, Faith, God, Hurt, Innocence, Jesus, Lies, Look, Poetry and Poems, Precious Gifts, Sadness, Sin, Single One, Triggered Memories, World
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Fully Present In the Past
Fully Present In the Pastby Michael DoyleRage bait and other angry fillsHave long ceased being thrills.No one has asked for my tainted advice,But I think it’s long past time to offer mine.Let’s not be rattled by our every whim.Instead, let’s … Continue reading
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Of Harmony and Division
Of Harmony and Divisionby Michael DoyleThere in all the bold stories told Of early Christians in days of old,Paul found too many walking in false divisionAnd this led to words of needed admonition.The quality of the church family’s worshipComes down … Continue reading
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Tagged amily, Christinaity, Church, Division, Dvision, Harmony, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Unity
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Sunny Rays For Better Days
Sunny Rays For Better Daysby Michael DoyleAll around the neighborhood,It’s something understood.That it comes down to right attitude,And it comes down to gratitude.Glimpse by glimpse, behind the doors,We find friends we’ve come to adore.Though sometimes, it’s hard to forgive,But we … Continue reading
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All the Broken Pieces
All the Broken Piecesby Michael DoyleWhen our sanity has turned to treason,We make up every kind of reason.It seems like our life is by misconception,When we fall for our own self-deceptions.It’s next to tragic applied to our family,In the conflicts … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Broken Pieces, Choices of Love, Conceal, Conflict, Decency, Dignity, Family, Fantasy, Fight, Forget, Glory, Kindnesses, Life, Misconception, Misery, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Revealed, Sanity, Self-Decpetion, Sorrow, Story, Thrown Away, Tomorrow, Tragic, Treason, Yesterday
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A Song of Testimony
A Song of Testimonyby Michael DoyleBy His breath, I learned how to breathe,Giving my love to His truth and no longer deceived.I stand with my hands stretched to Heaven above.I’ve put away the weakness of hate for God’s love.My heart … Continue reading
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