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Knock, Knock, Knocking
Watched a movie about some rockers that I kinda came up with in the world. This came from that….
Knock, Knock, Knocking by Michael Romani Pulsating beat Keeps knock, knock, knocking Out on the streets We keep rock, rock, rocking Can you feel it We can't heal it Wanna steal it Just to thrill it Switchblade Serenade Gasoline liquor In a real shin kicker Cutting my way With every note that I play Maybe better off dead Than this hurt in my head Pulsating beat Keeps knock, knock, knocking Out on the streets We keep rock, rock, rocking Living out on the streets White hot flash of heart Trading our licks For new set of kicks Chasing ghosts and then repeat Thumping heart keeps the beat Burning down our past Just to live faster than fast Living the dead end Not even my own friend I want to light up the night Until the morning's light Pulsating beat Keeps knock, knock, knocking Out on the streets We kept rock, rock, rocking With the drop a name My life went up in flames Changing my life with one word And no, it never occurred That despite the math There could be another path I was the moon's own child Running free and wild Spin it round and round Lost and found in the sound Soul shaken then stirred All my thoughts are blurred Pulsating beat Keeps knock, knock, knocking Out on the streets We'll keep on rock, rock, rocking (c) July 27, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Chase GhostBurn, Cut, Dead, Fast, Feel, Gas, Head, Heal, Heart, Hurt, Kicks, Knock, Licks, Liquor, Note, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pulsate, Rock, Serenade, Shink Kicker, Steal, Streets, Switchblade, Thrill, White Hot
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First Principles: May We Never Sacrifice Our Liberties
“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
Wouldn’t it be great if the Democrats would remember this?
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Constitution, Contrary, Country, First Principles, Legslative Act, Liberty, Never, Sacrifice, Valid, Weak
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First Principles: A People Intent To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Fight For It Themselves
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies.” – Edmund Randolph
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Tagged Army, Danger, Edmund Randolph, Fallacious, First Principles, Free, People, Person, Prepared, Protect, Rely
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Thought For the Day: A Woman Is Lucky If She Is the Last Love of A Man
“A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.” – Charles Dickens
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Tagged Charles Dickens, First Love, Last Love, Lucky, Man, Thought For the Day, Woman
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Lunar Communion
As mankind took one step forward into space, God was remembered…
Lunar Communion
by Michael Romani
As soon as landing
Quietly yet planned
Communion was had
To make the Lord glad
There on the moon
One small step taken
Lord’s prayer unshaken
As we entered space
There at our embrace
A universe shared
Blood of Christ in cup
Where the down is up
Unleavened we break
Lord’s supper to take
Moon’s first communion
Thanks to Buzz Aldrin
We broke bread again
Commemoration
A declaration
Given so humble
(c) July 25, 2019 Michael Romani
All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Apollo 11, Blood of Christ, Commemoration, Communion, God, Humble, Lord's Prayer, Lord's Supper, Lunar, Mankind, Moon, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Share, Space, Step, Universe, Unleavened
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Thought For the Day: The Bedrock Principle of Our Justice System Is A Presumption of Innocence
“It was not the special counsel’s job to conclusively determine Donald Trump’s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. Donald Trump is not above the law, but he damn sure shouldn’t be below the law.” – Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), former US Attorney
First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities
“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” – Noah Webster (1788)
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Tagged Ability, Assiduity, Consequence, Cultivate, First Principles, Head, Heart, Mankind, Noah Webster, Reason, Society, Virtue
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Satan’s Kiss
Madness knows no mercy.
Satan's Kiss by Michael Romani Loneliness becomes her friend The only one on which to depend In a chosen profession of glory A mild confession is given in story To hold belief in once upon As dreams are shared and then gone To be true and to be strong As if courage traces to where we belong She sang in boldness on her funeral pyre As the flames engulfed her in their fire There in that certain sense of nobility We find a key to mankind's wanton savagery Cutting thoughts that cut through brains The surgeon takes the madness that strains Into broken things that are all that's left behind In the barbarity of life we pretend and we find That with no belief in God, there is no Devil Lucifer's love is deception that's never level There in the perpetual nod of twilight It will lead our dreams into the dark of night For too long, we've feared our creature Afraid that we might disappear into the ether The serpent tempts into strangulation While the children cry in mercy for the nation Before there was time, in the primeval mist There was the power of Satan's betraying kiss Like a scorpion sting in poisoning our tomorrow Until finally, it was that she could only know sorrow (c) July 24, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Belief, Broken, Children, Confession, Courage, Depend, Dream, Fire, Friend, Funeral Pyre, Glory, Key, Kiss, Loneliness, Madness, Mercy, Mist, Noble, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Sorrow, Sting, Story, Strong, Thought
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Essence of Turning
Life is a continuous cycle from the greatest to the smallest of all levels. It is an exchange that always provides for the greater good even with all the bad along the way.
Essence of Turning by Michael Romani The essence of turning oceans Into life giving rain Pulls at our human emotions Like a lyrical refrain Without this watery exchange The continents would be barren Lifeless, twisted and somewhat strange And, of course, there would be no one caring Swirls of clouds offer their diversity As day becomes night that becomes day This is our earthly legacy That passes as life's only known way We thank our lucky stars for this That our earth isn't a lifeless rock And praise God above for all that we would miss If there were no such things of which to talk Our world was born from cosmic dust Then washed by storm from above Giving us our legacy of diamonds and rust Showered as blessings with God's love (c) July 24, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Barren, Blessing, Care, Cloud, Cosmic Dust, Cycle, Day, Diamond, Diversity, Earth, Emotion, Essence, Exchange, God, Legacy, Life, Lifeless, Love, Lucky Star, Miss, Night, Ocean, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Rain, Refrain, Rock, Rust, Shower, Storm, Swirl, Turn, Water
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