It is not the cross that should signify this day, not nearly so much as the empty tomb found when the stone was rolled away. The cross brought death. But it led the victory of the risen Christ who does give each of us our salvation if we pick up our own crosses and accept the grace provided by the living waters of the Word. Salvation is freely given to all of us sinners, rich and poor, whatever the color, career, or station in life we are found in. May this be a happy and blessed Resurrection Day for all who find their trust and belief in Jesus Christ!
In the forbidden colors of the sheltering sky Some composers aren't discussed until they die Ryūichi Sakamoto opened the door to an energy flow That began with Debussy and would ebb and flow
Of the Yellow Magic Orchestra in all of its influence In a hip-hop and worldbeat enmeshed confluence With a thousand musically bladed knives his music grew Into an elixir of immortality sampled from what he knew
Whimsical layers of emotion between beauty and terror The soul falters but knows truth however the body errors Delicate and pensive the melody sought with the fingers Finds a thunderous appeal that soars and dares to linger
The possibility of people who intermingle in vivid tangles Knows its questions and answers despite wars that mangle There is the secret of knowing there is more and wanting more To be played out sensually across the notes of a film's score
These are the obsessions of a world caught in its war And never daring to search through the veil that's wore Like a butterfly kiss felt on the water's edge of the beach It's felt most of all inside the mind where reality won't reach
In that startle of quiet, there is felt a vivid articulation Where words fail and emotion find their best narration In the notes the pianist plays, puzzled by fear and elation That magical place where two souls between meet communication
Our desires to find a bigger slice of life refuses to die Though the loving, fearful bride hides her face as she cries Hand crash down in a crescendo that crosses a fateful bridge And ascends on their musical journey on heartbreak's ridge
All this confusion that somehow helps each of to understand The points of known return that life will come to finally demand Imagined into dreams fulfilled instead of what is our reality There we are again, peeking from the curtain toward immortality
Paperback novels offer their romances that beg us to swoon And we swear our allegiances under a silver light's moon But in our parents' footsteps we see how relationships flail And in the end, we know that ours too will, and just as well
Existence echoes and refutes in ruffled contradictions Like puzzles of mumbles that we know need their faint elocution Ryūichi Sakamoto hinted the truths difficult and hard to know Tumbling beats and melodic lines that trace beneath life's shadow
(c) April 8, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount…The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.” – Five-Star General Omar Bradley (d. April, 8, 1981)
“The core of a free society is free choice at the individual level, and the core of free choice at the individual level is right and wrong. If there is no right and wrong, what does it matter what individuals choose? … It’s no accident that socialist societies are godless societies. They think they can make everything up.” – Star Parker
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.” – James Madison (1833)
“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths -Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would at the same time be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 10
“All I ask of myself is to live a good Christian life, and toward that objective I bend every effort in shaping my personal, domestic and professional activities and growth. I have watched constantly that in my work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld.” – Walt Disney
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
