“You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger… Only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, and when it is needed it is most vital to justice.” – William Allen White (1868-1944)
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
In Our Pain
by Michael Doyle
In that moment
I saw beyond myself
Through my tears
To someone else
I had walked
Beyond the shadow of death
As the spirits talked
Whispering under breath
Always so selfish
And filled with needs
For things never mine
To find myself freed
Into life's storm
Turned with a toss
Those who love moments
Ask the price of love
A single tear
Falls from my eye
For each passing year
Of telling life goodbye
Is our pain
Our deliverance?
What can be said
In true recompense?
We are all bound
Together by our pain
Of promises made and found
Unkept and unexplained
Those who are living
And those who are damned
All need forgiving
For things happened and never meant
In our symbols
We seek and see
That inside us all
Is the forbidden key
Each of us
Has seen this before
In that moment of life
As we enter death's door
(c) June 11, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy
“The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.” – James Madison (1788)
To the New Sunrise
by Michael Doyle
Hand to heart, heart to hand
I wish only that you understand
That even if it weren't for all your charm
I would never wish to bring you harm
When and wherever you may go
You take my care beyond what I show
It is much deeper than I have words to say
We can bring each other forward in this way
Forward and toward, the morning's light
Bringing warmth and love to make life right
We can build this world as we together dream
As though particles of light joined in one beam
It is as though we've known this together
Through many lifetimes, only it is better
Memories call to us in the comfort that we feel
We must be brave enough to make love real
We can be safe in refuge of memory
If we open ourselves to this reverie
Of delighted playfulness that we each inspire
Though it leaves us restless, we never tire
Still, come rest with me beside the fire
We are almost free within our desire
I find a sense of peace within your eyes
And joy comes to us both to greet the sunrise
(c) June 10, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” – James Madison (1788)
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” – Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005
To Catch A Falling Star
by Michael Doyle
Sometimes I feel
This is not my world
I find myself searching
Looking for the door
That will lead me away
From this wrong world
And to a place I belong
From the ashes of yesterday
I feel as if I must flee
Though I don't know just where
It is that I might run
I seek my escape from the damage done
In a determination to escape
From the pain and the suffering
But then I remember
Those that I cannot leave behind
I'll fade into the sunset
Blazing traces into the night
Counting stars like endless blessings
Until they rain down from the skies
How do you catch a falling star?
I truly want to know
And what would I do if I caught one?
Will I ever know?
(c) June 9, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.” – Thomas Sowell
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