“Religious liberty is the chief cornerstone of the American system of government, and provisions for its security are embedded in the written charter and interwoven in the moral fabric of its laws. Anything that tends to invade a right so essential and sacred must be carefully guarded against.” – Thomas F. Bayard (1828-1898)
“Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation.” – George Washington (1796)
“The Army … is a dangerous instrument to play with.” -George Washington (1783)
“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 (14 Nov 1840-1926)
A Perspective of Identity
by Michael Doyle
Identity
Multi-faceted
Yet abstract
Integral
Stated with trust
Crucial
To communication
Essential
To humanity's explanation
Pervasive
In every social interaction
An accelerated
Mix of culture in transition
Discussed amongst us all
Like Babel's great fall
A conception in definition
Developed in competency
Or lost in the incendiary
Social category
Personal and unique
Often times
Spoken in allegory
Descriptive in technique
Sometimes inclusive
Yet, still elusive
Even in the reflective view
Of what comprises me and you
Who am I?
It's a matter of perception
Let's not be shy
Or caught up in self-deception
I thing we are getting warm
Speaking of heritage and social norm
It's become a social construction
At least when it's not left in destruction
There is emotional significance in our identities
(c) November 13, 2021 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)
“Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803
There You Are, It's Spoken
by Michael Doyle
Oh, it's a messy mess
If only the truth
You would confess
A shake of a hand
Used to be the bond
Sincerity, we could understand
But when you pretend
Snaking around
As if it's something you can defend
Why you stalk and plunder
Like a spell that you're under
Hoping it might find you peace
There you are are, it's spoken
There is no part of you
That isn't broken
Why then all of this madness
There's no control
In all of your madness
Like the drip of the drop
From a leaky faucet
Your harassment has to stop
Why you act so wrong
I won't ever really know
But it's weak not strong
I remember when I thought I knew
The woman that you seemed
A deception long since seen through
Though you are quite skilled
In the arts of manipulation
There's no way you believe God would be thrilled
There it is, it's spoken
There is no part of you
That isn't broken
Pick up yourself
From all of these pieces
But put your hellhounds on their leashes
Is it somehow electrifying
When I stand down
As you come pretending you are terrifying
Don't you know mercy
When you see it
It's only because of what you were once to me
That I let you get away with so much
Do not mistake kindness for weakness
I know that you have this, at least a hunch
There it is, it's spoken
There is no part of you
That isn't broken
You best learn to leave alone
The person who walked away
And that you'll never own
Dancing your dance of anger
Though you were once so familiar
You've become a hellish stranger
There it is, it's spoken
There is no part of you
That isn't broken
(c) November 12, 2021 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“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
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