“If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check.” – Thomas Jefferson (1811)
Steadfast Against the Culture
by Michael Doyle
There are two kinds of believers
Those committed to the Bible and deceivers
Some are guided by the Holy Spirit to aspire
And then there are the carnally minded led by desire
There are two types of ways to walk
Regardless of what the street might talk
It is a choice between trust and obedience
Or the wanton ways of childish disobedience
It's choice of service to God or self, entangled
And equally so their lives are badly mangled
Are we of God or of that carnal, opposing culture
To what measure will each of these will we nurture
Clinging to the truth, and the truth then applied
By steadfastness Christ's ways have lived or died
Living by the Word as it is carefully read
To be meditated on daily as if it is our daily bread
Study these words with serious intent
Believed whole-heartedly as it is Heaven sent
To be obeyed completely by personal observation
So that it might be shared in confident celebration
This life changing path renews life again
It is impossible to follow while living in sin
Otherwise the worldly culture guides our attention
With cultural inferences gaining influence and retention
Gradually winning over our most heartfelt affection
Putting our focus in a worldly direction
To the point that the world dominates conversation
Influencing our customs and dress without just compensation
A godly life is and can be seen in the light of our eyes
Where love, peace, and joy are clear and easy to recognize
It is in these things that we shine our very best
And what distinguishes a true believer from the rest
(c) November 13, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” -Claude Monet, painter (1840-1926)
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
None of This Matters
by Michael Doyle
None of this matters
Because none of this is real
Cloaked in our tatters
It's just another day in Hell
God's given insight
Into the battles we must fight
Scattered in the ashes of the night
We somehow hold onto the light
The waters run red with blood
With our souls mired in the mud
The blood bruises of yesterday
Are less cruel than the words some say
It's a different sense of understanding
When we take a stand against those demanding
More than anyone reasonable and good
With six degrees separated more than they should
It's an artistic travesty
Spiraled out across life's tapestry
Of what passed in life unguarded
We find pleas for mercy disregarded
(c) November 12, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“The true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the words, but may be sought also in extraneous circumstances provided they do not contradict the express words of the law.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.” – Thomas Sowell
Rough Edges
by Michael Doyle
Sometimes it seems
I've lost all my dreams
At the rough edges
And window ledges
Are all I'm hanging onto
It's been so long since I've held you
Stuck working the night shift
In a world full of grift
The system works its cut
Against the survivors of the glut
It's a world of interesting company
Walk on players run the infirmary
Jacked into the system's brutality
Played out without any subtlety
We're all tied up in a massacred brand
It's propriety, you have to understand
All in all, it's a rhetorical mess
To which it seems we quietly confess
The system as played, when put to test
Is, as it seems, no better than the rest
(c) November 11, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“Your voice dries up if you don’t use it.” – Patti Page, singer (8 Nov 1927-2013)
“It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.” – George Washington (1796)
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