There is no treaty we can sign That can reach for and define The reasons why I made a ghost of you There is no explanation for what I do
I hide my shame deep in the shadows Keeping to the places memories won't go There is no honor in locking you away The price is one that I pay every day
I feel like raging against the dying light Throwing verbal punches without a right It sometimes feels like a snake shedding skin Trying to itch my way to my original sin
There's a still voice inside that says it's my friend But all it wants to talk about is the final end Whispering it doesn't matter how we got this far The only difference is -- here we truly are
The truth laid down on the void of once-blank pages Is what puts each of us in our own special cages The further and deeper we shake and thrash about The harder it is to ever dig our way out
(c) June 20, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave.” – Samuel Adams (1772)
This nation was born under the authority Blessed into birth by God's wise dignity As one filled with freedom and liberty Given to us, not by government, but God's divinity
We, this republic, are born by providence That all persons have the right to independence This is especially true when oppressed in station Burdened by excess demands and absent representation
From the Mayflower Compact, American Civilization Rests on the reverence for God across our nation Madison and Washington were not suspicious Of the Commandments and God's hand conspicuous
That we, the People, were to adopt the right attitude Keeping prayerful hands joined in faith and gratitude Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams found Jesus sovereign Holding all of us should keep eyes on God, averted from sin
God governs in the daily affairs of all men Holding our liberties are held best by avoiding sins In the complex interplay between faith and philosophy We founded our nation under God and promised liberty
These true beliefs are to be kept in good maintenance To pass on to future generations as our inheritance Faithfulness to God's ways is manifest in our destiny As such, belief and obedience are integral to our history
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Scriptures tell us of our duality That our lives are led by spirituality We are to lead lives striving for good Following godly principles as we should
Our country is founded on the Christian proposition From which we take our Judeo-Christian disposition This creates a unique tension requiring attention If we are to live our lives to the best intentions
In the beginning, God created everything Putting God's thumbprint over all things In this, God's reign is seen with clarity Lived in the Garden and the world with sincerity
Don't believe Satan's lies over the truth Those raised Christian are taught this since youth God has always kept Himself in graceful contemplation That each of us is to live for our redemption
God raised Abraham to raise Israel to raise our king Jesus, the Messiah, raised to reign over everything Yet, when the Lord walked before our human eyes Somehow, most did have the ability to see and recognize
Our Lord want us purposefully engrossed in prayer In a personal relationship of love with moments there To recognize His will, not ours, is what is to be done And that we, as God's children, are to follow God's son
Parables of priorities reach to teach by simplicity To seek the kingdom in God's created complexity As His disciples, we are to love with our integrity Living out each day to our best with our sincerity
Living as we do by God's logos that is the truth That we've borne witness to since our early youth And instead, as an alarming number have walked away We are to remain citizens serving heaven in every way
We, as Christians, must take our actions as if by cue Living our lives faithfully as servants, me and you Loving faithfully in keeping Christ in everyday Doing this in our utmost in all Christ's living ways
(c) June 27, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Memory building on this June's night You walk beside under the pale moonlight That you're not troubled seems clear But there's something to the something there
These things are important to you Let's talk about how it is we will do This life of ours together every day I promise my love to you in every way
Come along with me on this walk With joined hands, we will talk I want you to confidently know How our love is, and we will grow
I don't want to set the world on fire I only want to be your heart's desire I love you with a heart that is ever true No one else can mean as much as you
We learn, we think, we blend Coming together as each other's friend It's how we share each other's smile Our worst day is my more than worthwhile
Our comfort levels are achieved In natural faithfulness believed And the moon shines as we walk Holding hands, amazed; I love the way you talk
There's a look of love in your shining eyes It captivates me as the sun begins to rise Catching us still awake and still talking Wrapped in my arms, no longer walking
Remembering, with one look, I could see That I hoped you would be the one for me One dream shared with my bride-to-be Then the thought; maybe love will last an eternity
Once in a lifetime - seen before my eyes This is a true love unveiled without disguise It's in the banter that we casually share That brings us together deeper as we care
I wonder how it will be; together - as we blend I know you're my lover and my best friend Being faithful comes completely natural with you You're my one; my person who will always be true
All my inner demons are tired and put aside No more struggle; you are my truth, my love I won't hide It came so fast; too fast? Yet, I'm sure it will last Our promises made, lips-to-lips, are stone cast
(c) June 26, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
It's a rough pirate's world out there When words spoken spill into loose fear Mobs, it seems, are as easily turned As pirate shanty towns are easily burned
Just as melancholy on the azure waves Are the boarding plans that lead to graves Someone once winced at the best plans made Isn't it funny how the best plans fade
So it is with life's best improvisation As we zig and zag to our consternation By most accounts, treasure is a pirate's desire Even when their pistols refuse to fire
If it might be allowed for me to tattle Every virgin pirate has their first turn at battle So it goes as true as it is for every pirate's lot The first thrust into this life is not soon forgot
A half-broken pirate sits and quietly wonders Thinking back on his history and many plunders Even in this ragtag world hate does no good It's best in every pirate's heart this is understood
This then is the allure of a pirate king's power That weak or strong in any eventful timeless hour There is the truest power that is ever hold When a pirate can sit calmly and quietly bold
Assured that their power is the kind to hold sway Regardless of the marked cards put into play A pirate's pirate knows his destiny and lot And is untroubled that his role will be forgot
Put to this challenge, it's time we found out What the truth of pirating is really about Ship-to-ship faced in battle head-to-head We'll fight to win and win or end up dead
A captain hopes he knows what he is doing As he leads his ship into battle as he's crewing Those who fight under his flag and lead He wishes each to live and tell of these deeds
Cannon shot and bullets fill the ocean air As a ship prepares to repeal boarders with dare The ships come about to fight this perilous fight Both captains hope to win; only one will be right
A kiss of danger and faith in one's unholy sword The bravest pirates push to move ever forward Pistols and cutlasses are brandished in this fray While quaking hearts put their last fears away
A pirate's blood is spilled onto the ship's deck While even more pirates are instantly wrecked But the pirate who feared most yet lives Grateful to the God who redeems and forgives
Petty animosities are put aside for common good As a consortium rises from pirate brotherhood Power ceded to a gaggle of perfect strangers Is one seeded with life's worst dangers
The guilt of decisions made naturally fadeaway As every pirate knows who has faced a new day The path that walks a crew into their tomorrow Is the path to rejoice and conquers sorrow
(c) June 25, 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 