“We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that Religion Flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.” – James Madison (1822)
Loneliness Prevails
by Michael Doyle
Across the world exists a billion private hells.
It is a place where loneliness prevails.
The struggle is with interpersonal trust and vulnerability.
Alienation pervasively crushes the human commnunity.
Each of our hearts silently cries out for more.
Hoping that those we love will never go away
Or, maybe not even knowing how to reach out
To someone else and hold the hand filled with doubt
I watch from my corner, hidden in the shadow,
Wanting so badly for the world to learn and know
That it's not about reaching out in all directions
But to finding the true heart and makin real connections.
A hazardous as it is, it's quality over quantity.
It's not a lack of company, but a need for intimacy.
What we need is to be loved and truly known
For our authentic selves not for the masks we've shown.
It isn't mere presence. It's consistency and positivity.
These things take the hardest thing, vulnerability.
It is the shared context of keeping close proximity
That is the only way to unravel life's consistency.
Anything short of this, is at best, an imperfect solution
To the inner struggle that requires its resolution.
Expensive distractions and false promises quickly end.
What's needed by all is at least one true friend.
Spent time is not a "to-do" to be crossed from a list.
If you think this, there is something that you've missed.
To have a true friend, you must yourself be a true friend
And this brings poem to its poignant, necessary end.
(c) April 23, 2025 Michael Doyle
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“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. For every false word or unrighteous deed, for cruelty and oppression, for lust or vanity, the price has to be paid at last.” – James Anthony Froude
Stuck In Limbo
by Michael Doyle
I believe in miracles.
Since you've arrived
So much has happened
And somehow, I've survived
The time has past
But we're still dancing
They said we wouldn't last
Yet, we're still romancing
I'm stuck in limbo
But I keep holding on
I'm so afraid
That I'll soon be gone
I hold on tightly
Taking life so lightly
With your hand in mine
Your love for me came just in time
Just one more kiss
From the lips that I'll miss
It's so completely intense
My love for you is so immense
I'm stuck in limbo
But I keep holding on
I'm so afraid
That I'll soon be gone
Dreaming into this
So completely elegantly
Like a duet of love
Transformed musically
My self-restraint is lost
Every time that we touch
It's worth the cost
To love you so magically
I'm stuck in limbo
But I keep holding on
I'm so afraid
That I'll soon be gone
We never know
When it's our last chance
To live in love
And have this little romance
Every time that we're together
I never want to let you go
This love affair just gets better
I'm afraid of ever letting go
I'm stuck in limbo
But I keep holding on
I'm so afraid
That I'll soon be gone
(c) April 22, 2024 Michael Doyle
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“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb
“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” – Theodore Roosevelt
For Pope Francis
by Michael Doyle
Firstly, I admit I was not a big fan
Of either his station or the man
Despite this, he imprinted this century
With his words and his legacy
I'm for building bridges, but legally.
It doesn't make me less about mercy
To believe my duty is to my family
And not invaders of my country
The walls of the Vatican say it all
The spite of hypocrisy takes its fall
Still, what was the Communist's legacy
How did Francis change the papacy?
Off the cuff and blunt in his style
He offered soundbites worth the while
Buenos Aires Italian quietly rose
But was it substance or a pose?
The sands of time filled the hourglass
But there's a lot, I can't let pass
Wondering about what kind of a dent
His damage did by being irreverent
Was it just confusion or was it heresy
There was a shock and awe of controversy
In a Leftwing attempt at giving dignity
Traditional doctrine became ambiguity
Until an allowance for sin became leniency
It was a wonder he rose to the papacy
Compassion isn't about being capable
But a world of sinners doing as best able
It is not as if God's laws aren't eternal
To soften this is something infernal
A pope is allegedly God's representative
This isn't really something interpretative
The line was drawn at denying Christ's divinity
It is as though Francis skipped all of theology
Though I genuinely hope that he now finds rest
His infallibility often failed and fails the test
(c) April 21, 2025 Michael Doyle
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“I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.” – Mike Pence
“It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.” – Pope Francis (R.I.P.)
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