“It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue and of liberty and inspire them with just and liberal ideas of government and with an inviolable attachment to their own country.” – Noah Webster (1790)
Time Is A One Way Glass
by Michael Doyle
Sometimes time is a one way glass
Looking in to take that pass
It might be that you're better than me
I guess we'll just have to wait and see
But ain't it sad to feel this bad
We're both sure of better times to be had
I said, ain't it sad to feel this bad
Do you remember when we felt glad
Where we're going to is hard to say
We both need somewhere to get away and play
To tell the truth is a study in inaccuracy
Mother was a devil woman of her necromancy
Bringing life to the nearly dead
Mystic visions blazed through my head
While a traveling lady with her tarot cards
Left me wondering how we ended up laughing this hard
Sometimes time is a one way glass
Looking in to take that magic pass
It might be that you're better than me
I guess we'll just have to wait and see
We jumped before either of us could link
Bringing implausible thoughts to the brink
Happy being with you, happy with me
Golden dolphin were signing shanties in the sea
The scenes we were living felt like jive
But wasn't it good to be that much alive
Feeling the moment's mercy deep inside
The world's spinning took us for its ride
Sometimes time is a one way glass
Looking in to take that sunshine pass
It might be that you're better than me
I guess we'll just have to wait and see
Singing songs that lacked in real meaning
We were happy enough in our simply being
With open hearts it was enough to believe
We could do anything that we dared to conceive
You took my hand and dared to fly with me
Leaping out the open window to be free
It seemed we could rhyme every word in the universe
And as if all was was one in this sacred verse
(c) January 4, 2024 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
“People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.” -Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4 Jan 1883-1969)
One By One
by Michael Doyle
We work the problems
One by one
One at a time
That's how it's done
We face the world
One step at a time
Remaining undefeated
We struggle for prime
The point of no return
Comes fast as we learn
There's no turning back
From the life we earn
We keep to the fight
And it's understood
We'll continue to fight
For the right and the good
You hit me hard
Down and dirty
I laugh -
It didn't even hurt me
Never mind the blood
It's just a thing
Rolling in the mud
We'll take our best swings
This fight -
Won't be forgot
Win or lose
We'll give it all we got
(c) January 3, 2023 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
For the Win
by Michael Doyle
Never give up
Never give in
When you fall down
Get up again
Run through the valleys
Keep your head low
Run through the alleys
You didn't even know
Dodge the punches
Whenever you can
This is the rumble
That makes you a man
Hold your head high
As you go into battle
Unafraid to die
Though you soul might get rattled
(For good reasons why)
Never let it keep you down
When you fall only to rise again
When you stumble in battle found
Fight twice as hard, and you may win
(c) January 3, 2024 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or control the Right of another: And this is the only Check it ought to suffer, and the only Bounds it ought to know.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.– Isaac Asimov
Courage To Speak Honestly
by Michael Doyle
Lost in life's waves as they come and go
Whether trough or crest there is much to know
We must never be afraid to speak honestly
Railing against injustice and acting efficiently
As much as we can to rid the world of lies and greed
We emerge in the world's story for compassion's need
We must have the courage to raise our voices
Making the world somehow better through our choices
We must follow our convictions and always be strong
This is how we begin to create a world in which we belong
One of those choices we have to make it to walk in kindness
Bringing the world our light drive away its dark blindness
It is the simple truth that provides its own evidence
Like kindness in words creating a world of true confidence
In which we can rely on one another for assured relevance
It would be better if our worst leader acted with benevolence
It is this kindness of thinking that becomes profoundness
As we look on each other's struggles only to confound this
And link hand in hand to become something that is unbreakable
Allowing our family to fall is something that is unspeakable
And after all, we are part of one family, aren't we all?
It's just something that we have forgotten but need to recall
It is this kindness we learn to share in creating love and giving
To each one and everyone, until it become our way of living
(c) January 2, 2024 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“The law of nature and the law of revelation are both Divine: they flow, though in different channels, from the same adorable source. It is indeed preposterous to separate them from each other.” – James Wilson (1804)
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