In these days of enhanced pushes for creativity We slip and slide in our moral relativity Getting dazed and pushed by sex and violence We confuse this with mistaken social turbulence
Yesterday's logic is puzzled by the push and pull Of opinions and inundated with straight-up bull That passes as fact until other opinions check And through force of power make society a wreck
Let's cancel the noise in favor of self-sufficiency It's time for the true happiness of our independency Let's develop a code of thinking and revel in it This is necessary for meaning and true fulfillment
Close your mind to the myriad of disturbing voices And base our lives on the free will of our own choices The self is not the problem behind depression and abuse Of substances of which we must be independent of use
The conventions of his time met Ralph Waldo Emerson And his essay, "Self Reliance", met this head-on We need to make our own way in a world of landmines That always insists that we somehow fall in line
Let's cancel the noise in favor of self-sufficiency It's time for the true happiness of our independency Let's develop a code of thinking and revel in it This is necessary for meaning and true fulfillment
Eight principles realize the key to personal autonomy Wisdom and confidence yield the path of self-sufficiency The best life is not one overshared, glittery, and unsteady The private life should, indeed, be one lived in privacy
Despite the world's displeasure, conformity should be measured One's true thoughts, not the cliques, should be treasured In the midst of crowds, never fear to dare to walk alone Fitting in can, at times, be the worst sin to ever atone
Let's cancel the noise in favor of self-sufficiency It's time for the true happiness of our independency Let's develop a code of thinking and revel in it This is necessary for meaning and true fulfillment
The happiest path to walk listens to the Spartan fife Having sufficient grit leads to our successes in life The self-discipline of admiring virtue and ignoring vice Admiration and emulation of nobility is the best advice
A foolish consistency comes from an unchangeable mind It's better to leave that which doesn't work far behind While living these ways we are best served living truth Every step taken in a self-sufficient life provides the proof
Let's cancel the noise in favor of self-sufficiency It's time for the true happiness of our independency Let's develop a code of thinking and revel in it This is necessary for meaning and true fulfillment
City dolls collect paychecks from fixed institutions Despite the fact this often destroys their constitutions It is better to live one's life by every known indication Living the paths drawn from our own living specifications
This is a messy world in which most people just go along Following one's own best thoughts is how to best belong Nothing else can bring true peace but to follow our hearts Life might be hard but it's best to follow this from the start
(c) August 22, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” – Peter Pan
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.” – James Madison (1833)
Rising temperatures affect the mood With noisy insects seeming to intrude Some live to complain line after line But I think instead, I'll make August mine
Even a poet or two finds it a poverty That they cannot enjoy nature's tapestry Preferring violets over fields of flowers That could and should be explored for hours
Everyone has favorites, that's an always But why not enjoy August's sunny days The fruits are ripened enough to feast Fireflies are in the evening woods to greet
The rise of the rarest sight of blue moon Autumn is coming and will be here soon Children swim in the pools and swimming holes It seems August brings much good to our souls
There is magic in these summer months spent And before we know it, it will have come and went The long dusks of summer bring their dreams Held safe in the embrace of silvery moonbeams
Maybe those who hate August fail to understand That August is, indeed, summer's last stand Helen Hunt Jackson may see August as her regret In doing this, it seems there's a lot she forgets
(c) August 20, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” – John Adams (1787)
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)
All these phenotypes and social constructions Have led to oppression and humanity's destruction Colors cannot be the references of relationship Warped as it is under the God that we worship
Imperfect groups are clustered in racial identity And are too often used to divide our humanity Injustice, war, and oppression have shaped nations If lasting peace is to be, we must end procrastination
It's a fuss enough to holler Asian American is not a color All this atonal racism is hard to own How can you hate others based on skin tone?
Busy streets are filled with double-parked cars Where blinking hazard lights glow like stars Eyes that kiss their corners fill China Town Each wondering why there are rules to keep people down
Questions raise to the steps of this journey As it becomes a struggle for unquenchable destiny Finding our way through a gauntlet of hallways Racial fairness tries to find its semi-tragic way
It's a fuss enough to holler Asian American is not a color All this atonal racism is hard to own How can you hate others based on skin tone?
(c) August 19, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 