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Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet
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For Angels Fallen
For Angels Fallen
by Michael Doyle
When I met you
I found a new dream
It's the only one that will do
To make me a better human being
I kept looking for your wings
Certain that you had fallen
From heaven from the joys you bring
The gleam from your halo was calling
Now I dream of growing old
Along the side of you
This is the simple truth told
One of the greatest of the few
I dream of spending every day
Made more beautiful by you
And at night, I quietly pray
That you really love me too
I'll be here to catch your love
When you dare to take that fall
Like my angel from above
I'll be here to cherish your all
I'll spend my life with you
With more love lived with each day
Passing with love forever true
This is the blessing that I pray
In the end I hope that it's your eyes
That I look up into as I quietly fade
Having known truth sweeter than lies
And remember all the memories we've made
(c) April 26, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795)
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Thought For the Day: Our Chief Want In Life Is Somebody Who Shall Make Us Do What We Can
“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Visceral Causes
The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien.
Visceral Causes
by Michael Doyle
The visceral causes bits of reaction
Connected to the phobias with distinction
A baby born with a visual scream
Birthing the nightmare, where might have been a dream
We are brought again to the height of creativity
Where the crew began to know the limits of reactivity
Collective dreams teach lessons that burn
In every nuance, human beings are born to learn
Hollywood's collective dream provides the window
In which shapes are grown into and become shadow
In the darkest corners of the coming reality
Escaping self-destruction is seen as a possibility
Like a piece of sand vibrating in a dance
It is the frequency that is world moving by chance
All the world feels its sense of inter-connection
Where past and future are not set in linear direction
Clouds tumble by into the blackest of screens
In essence the blank slate inside every human being
Dedicated to a mother whose name remains unknown
The remaining thoughts pass to us for what is shown
(c) April 25, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It
“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation
“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825
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Voices Speak
Voices Speak
by Michael Doyle
Voices speak over one another requiring choice
Where should we focus with more than one voice
It's wholly revolutionary moving past the situation
With disgruntled perspectives knowing absorption
The simple man always wants to speak the truth
But so few have listened to that since my youth
Yet, the unconscious speaks out in many ways
As an accidental awakening against oppressive days
Buried within the patriarchal complexity
Are the sealed paths that cause social anxiety
Scenes like these bring danger into the light
The worst of it creeps quietly through the night
The aliens seated at the dinner table
Act as the unpacked disruptors are capable
The devil inside comes out in as as intestinal stew
That devours us all as if a cup from the devil's brew
(c) April 24, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Fourth in the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien.
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Thought For the Day: Act That Your Principle of Action Might Safely Be Made A Law For the Whole World
“So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.” -Immanuel Kant, philosopher (21 Apr 1724-1804)
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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable.” – James Madison (1788)
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