From the dark ages Are turned the pages Lit with electricity In its spark of majesty
It fills up the night With the brilliance of light Though dark only moments before Electricity conquered this forevermore
While another cup of coffee Brings the morning time Seeing and being in illumination It's the secret of this magic fascination
The lock is taken off the chamber door As the mind gains freedom to explore All the questions of eccentricity That might come alive through electricity
(c) October 24, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
The battle is won in victory My hands lift up in God, not me Throughout all of my days Every waking moment, focused on His ways
My hands lift up in His holy praise He is the author of all of my days Focused on carrying out his will to my ability And keep this promise to my capability
The adversary intends evil in his turn While God turns this into lessons understood The Devil tries to shape evil in his turn But my God turns this around for the good
All of our hearts are in need of healing Just as it is that God is always willing With everything lived in Jesus' name The resurrection power covers our blame
It is the blood in our veins that saves Keeping us alive beyond our earthly graves In a house of hope and the miracles that we see We receive all the blessings intended for you and me
We live full victory at the Father's feet Knowing only victory and never our true defeat Thankful for how God loves and what He has done In the name of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son
(c) October 24, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“What happens when the actual evidence doesn’t match up with the public narrative that everyone’s already decided on?” – Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker
Derek Chauvin was deliberately railroaded. He MUST be released via Habeas Corpus or some other equally determinative manner immediately as reasonably possible. This has been and continues to be a grave injustice that society must reckon with forthwith. Those who deliberately acted to deceive the public must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
To be human is to fantasize More than can be seen with naked eyes Worried about what ghouls might be After death's last-breath tragedy
We keep our eyes on what is next And all the riddles that do connect Caught in our pockets of desolation While we pray for Heaven's gate as destination
The heart seems to drive and show The cursed fluidity of the blood's flow As we climb our mountains to find treasure We find that there is no true way to measure
The worth we'd find in escaping death If we could arrange to take another breath What we would give to reopen the eyes From death's eternally haunting lullabies
We seek new life in mystic healing As we search for secrets God is concealing Timid souls search for unfolded resurrection Failing to understand that blasphemy's desecration
It is not courage but a matter of arrogance That causes us to give God this great offense We approach faithlessness in our questions That we pursue without the least hesitation
Yet, it is that we seek to know And refuse all lives by which we grow A young doctor searches for hidden cures That will allow enfeebled life to endure
Watching his father's patients grow ill and die Only brings heartbreak and a thousand questions why We search for some sacred reason they no longer live But would of a loved one's life, our souls gladly give
The dying can only trust that those left behind Will turn toward one another to love and to survive And while their life's light starts to fade Ask those they love to keep these promises made
The deaths that come like the tears that shed Make it hard for us to mourn and bury our dead Sadness circles until we feel we'll drown in sorrow And the last brave soul cries for a better tomorrow
If wishing life for the dying is some blasphemy Then let me burn on fire, inspired with sympathy God will not see such mortal love as any sin Not as long as dreams can dreamed, and begun again
What memories that we hold onto and manage to save Are bittersweet like flowers placed on the grave To always be remembered as if only just yesterday In health and sickness, we won't allow these to fadeaway
(c) October 23, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
[I]f Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led like sheep, to the Slaughter. – George Washington, Speech to the Officers of the Army at Newburgh, the Newburgh Address, March 15, 1783.
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 1899-1989)
Humanity is invariably drawn to the good fight And it is unorthodox when it is brought to light That a southpaw stance taken can bring true value To all of us sinners, even me and you
Blessed are the peacemakers who live and follow In the loving ways followed from God's shadow Among humanity's breakers, fakers, and makers Each of these are this world's movers and shakers
The last of these carry our relationships through Striving hard in the concepts and actions we do Loving our neighbors as ourselves in humility We are after all, part of God's one family
Biting and breaking are harsh elements that destroy All that is meant in building up and learning to enjoy We followers are to gain and use peaceful skills, yet, It's necessary for us all to grow the necessary skill set
Conflict comes all too naturally with relationship Learning to deal with it well is part of rightful worship The value had in people is worth peaceful resolution And not cutting off others and their valuable contributions
The best time to win any fight is before it starts We must learn to fix the right attitudes in our hearts To begin with, what causes all these quarrels and fights? It's the same thing that causes are sleepless nights
Most fights come from the pressures of desires within We must do the hard work to avoid our complicating sin The wars around us too often come from our wars within It is never redundant to think on this and then again
We too often go sideways in our tendencies that show And we must watch these to keep our best, even flow This is the path from conflicts if we are to grow To know anyone else, we must ourselves learn to know
Asking our forgiveness for our soul's contributions Often takes the impact out of life's retributions In all of our conflicts, when all is said and done, We must realize this if we are to best follow the Son
(c) October 22, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.” – Doris Lessing
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
