At the ends of bargains made Stormy seas leave reason to be afraid Wondering where it is that one stands And if a day is as profitable as it demands
Profits are calculated as life's reward As a new bay is marked to sail toward By tomorrow, we might be too dead to care This is the bargain a pirate wager is fair
These are the false moves a pirate fakes With each next step that he takes Each is made hoping to live another day Knowing death will claim him either way
Hopes are manufactured out of thin air And though fruition is in hand, there is care That all that has been given has been given for not Because with one's death, the treasure is forgot
There are no legacies to this life but the sea There are no monuments but the water we see There are no great truths, just a handful of tales Of mermaids, treasures, and giant whales
There are the false moves a pirate fakes With each step that he takes Each is made hoping to live another day Knowing death will claim him either way
The ocean pays us, claims us, swallowing us whole This is a pirate's life, and its God-forsaken toll Though it is that we may stand ten feet tall Eventually, this life will swallow us all
There is a lot of sorrow in a pirate's happiness None of it would an honest man ever manage to miss Let there be no regrets nor any trace of bitterness This razor's edge knows no taste of tenderness
These are the false moves a pirate fakes With each step that he takes Each is made hoping to live another day Knowing death will claim him either way
(c) August 15, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.” – James Madison (1790)
Behind walls, guns, and men We knew our protection As a conspiracy of pirates knows sin In a violent world lived with instigation
Good souls should not live on this beach Under these kinds of circumstances Imperiled as Bermuda falls to the breach And is lost with a toss of dice chances
Felt in whispered rumors under fire light We dance the sacred darkness of the night And in its shadows are held the questions Pointing to those who kill without hesitation
We will take the risks and withstand the dangers Here in this company of stranded strangers To make such wrongs as we can turn to right With a blind eye nearly returned to the captain's sight
It is a time when those who come to pretend That one day they might just become friends Know that the ideas of an ordered world falls apart As a yoke of shame destroys the best of hearts
Brought to ruin as pirates on the open bay Live in a world where even the righteous go astray This is the pirates' world above all the forsaken And all we hold sacred dangles as if shaken
Shaken to the root of the stinking core Where a pirate howls and gives all for more Dangling morals as if waiting for a soul's suicide While desperation holds on for its final ride
This is the reason for which a pirate crew is signed To hold fast and it is further agreed as if designed They've joined ready for death and freedom's fight As they lay down to die in the dream of every pirate's night
(c) August 14, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” – George Washington (1777)
We go much better together than apart We feel as if we're one in our hearts Giving our all and living the present Always ready to give our 100 percent
I've leaned on the Lord to do this Though I admit that I love your kiss This love surpasses my understanding Flowing so freely and never demanding
Sometimes this roller coaster of love Has rocked as if somehow from above We love each other, whatever comes our way As we step closer to our wedding day
In each other's arms, we hold on tight We'll live it always through all to alright It feels like our song we're born to sing We've got each other in this love we bring
We love each other in very little bit It's just so real in the way we fit I never thought I had what it took to love Now it's as if I am guided from above
Sometimes this roller coaster of love Has rocked as if somehow from above We love each other, whatever comes our way As we step closer to our wedding day
We love each other to the ends of never Connected as we are until we reach forever I'll roll with you until the end of the ride As I look at you and know that you're my bride
On track with my brand and completing my style You are the magic sparking in my smiles You help me be the man that I need to be As I look at you, my bride-to-be
Sometimes this roller coaster of love Has rocked as if somehow from above We love each other, whatever comes our way As we step closer to our wedding day
Tell me that you feel the same As I stand here to give you my name I need you to be my best tomorrow And to love me in happiness and sorrow
We've come together to build our dreams Two-in-one we have become our own team I feel good as we join to turn life's page In keeping this real, we enter our new age
Sometimes this roller coaster of love Has rocked as if somehow from above We love each other, whatever comes our way As we step closer to our wedding day
(c) August 13, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.” – Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933)
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
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