“You will think me transported with Enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction, even although We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.” – John Adams
“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.” – Bill Watterson
Owed To America 2024
by Michael Doyle
My daughters ask me why is it you cry
I think back on history and will not lie
Too many brave souls have fought and died
For us not to have mourned and cried
There was a time when we stood brave
Thinking only about the values we would save
If the battle came, we knew we would fight
To preserve our nation and for our rights
It's owed to America in this year 2024
We've traveled down the road and will some more
You know we're unbeatable when we take our stand
The red, white, and blue bleeds across this land
This is the measure owed to our nation
The cause we would serve with dedication
Ceaseless in heeding the beliefs that inspire
Our love of justice sparks this true fire
Our American nation is born on ascending courage
Enough to last in hope throughout all our ages
We are not a people to be dominated by the fears
That have defeated others in their passing years
It's owed to America in this year 2024
We've traveled down the road and will some more
You know we're unbeatable when we take our stand
The red, white, and blue bleeds across this land
There is only one danger that can bring defeat
The internal enemy who lives just down the street
Who wills not to believe in the good of our nation
Ignoring as he will our causes and our inspiration
His despicable nature rests not on creed or color
But instead is the rusty stain from a lack of valor
His is the ways of the downtrodden, cowardly kind
Who prefers to be living in this world half-blind
It's owed to America in this year 2024
We've traveled down the road and will some more
You know we're unbeatable when we take our stand
The red, white, and blue bleeds across this land
Their kind bend their knees to the despotic crown
But their kind will never bring this nation down
As long as America has some courage and imagination
We'll always find the the strength that build this nation
Rather you wish our nation well or if you wish us ill
We're not going away but will grow strong that is until
Judgment day finds its way to color our place in history
This sweet land will stand tall for freedom and liberty
And it's owed to America in this year 2024
We've traveled down the road and will some more
You know we're unbeatable when we take our stand
The red, white, and blue bleeds across this land
(c) July 4, 2024 Michael Doyle
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“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” – John F. Kennedy
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman
Home Is Felt
by Michael Doyle
Banging on the walls of our spaces
Checking the layout of our places
Popping the bottle of our cheer
We'll find our way to make our there
The there of our shared creature comfort
Learning how we'll fit and comport
Spinning around with heads in the clouds
We'll fit our traces and do each other proud
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping to find one true love
I'd explain our lives with my sigh
Until you became what I was thinking of
Moving forward without precision
But knowing that you are my vision
We'll move your woman's touch together
As we blend our dreams into forever
Added splashes come together just right
Simple words touch life with their light
As we look forward to our days ahead
Our memories are built by things done and said
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping to find my true love
A lot of life can be explained with a sigh
Suddenly, you became what I was thinking of
As we move into real life's paces
We find peace in each other's spaces
Learning to refine our graces
We'll live the love of our embraces
Home is felt as we continue to grow
Coming together into all we'll know
Filling our dreams one step at a time
We're getting our shine on so sublime
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping there was a one true love
I could explain life away with a sigh
Until you were all I was thinking of
(c) July 3, 2024 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” -Aaron Copland
“The great desiderata are a free representation and mutual checks. When these are obtained, all our apprehensions of the extent of powers are unjust and imaginary.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
Standing In the Light
by Michael Doyle
Let me share a secret
That's hard to forget
They say to write what you know
This blank page only goes to show
Maybe how little that is
And how much I miss
In a life that's full motion
But often empty of emotions
Who is this "they" who has found
My writing crisis disallowed
I can't help that I know so little
Or that I'm always in the middle
Neither starting nor completely done
Neither great nor really anyone
I only wish that someone
Might tell me how this life is won
I was kicked into this world crying
Yet, I swear I'm always trying
I look at this world with open eyes
All that I realize is that I'm often unwise
The good Lord knows I make a lot of mistakes
I have pages of songs about heartbreaks
If broken hearts and stubbed toes count
I've learned a lot of what this world is about
It's mostly about keeping on keeping on
Painting by the number of my days until they're gone
Where I can, it's about lending a hand
To the next poor soul and trying to understand
They say to write what it is that I know
While I box my experiences in the shadow
Maybe someday, I'll learn enough to write
For now, though, I'm just standing in the light
(c) July 2, 2024 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato
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