Tag Archives: Desire

Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruitby Michael DoyleLove of witchcraft presents the evidenceThat the ability to influence is no coincidenceAs they open up evil, door by doorAnd find a craven audience wanting moreThe portal to desires some wish to exploreOpen up to all, beginning … Continue reading

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The Fight For Nobility

The Fight For Nobilityby Michael DoyleTo fight for nobilityOften causes many to loseIn life’s lack of sensibilityWhich comes though we refuseThe Spanish InquisitionHad its inglorious powerThat it used without hesitationTo rule any given hourMadmen and poetsHave much in commonEven when … Continue reading

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First Principles: Nothing Was More To Be Desired Than That Every Practicable Obstacle Should Be Opposed To Cabal, Intrigue, and Corruption

“Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, … Continue reading

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Keeping Faith Through Storms

Keeping Faith Through Stormsby Michael DoyleWalking righteous amidst life’s corruptionThe faithful holds true without disruptionLike Noah and his ark saving our humanityThe chaos of new frontiers heals with peace, not vanityToo often, we live in coffins of our own makingWhile … Continue reading

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A Purity of Feeling

A Purity of Feelingby Michael DoyleSailing along the sea Guided by a northern lightBecomes a willing collaborationTo reach our destinationSomewhere between the purityAnd the places of sheer beautyIs the presence utterly revealingConcealed inside the naked feelingProfound as it is somewhat … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Distrust Those People Who Know So Well What God Wants Them To Do Because I Notice It Always Coincides With Their Own Desires

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” – Susan B Anthony, reformer and suffragist (1820-1906)

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Thought For the Day: If We Find Ourselves With A Desire That Nothing In This World Can Satisfy, the Most Probable Explanation Is That We Were Made For Another World

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis “Mere Christianity”

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Seeing Light

Seeing Lightby Michael DoyleLiving life, I learned to swimSeeing light through the dimTrying to learn the rules, then break themI couldn’t be someone else and fake themInto the battlefield of loveI breathe into the heavens aboveWalking barefoot through the fireHolding … Continue reading

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Steadfast Against the Culture

Steadfast Against the Cultureby Michael DoyleThere are two kinds of believersThose committed to the Bible and deceiversSome are guided by the Holy Spirit to aspireAnd then there are the carnally minded led by desireThere are two types of ways to … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Humanity Also Needs Dreamers

“Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they … Continue reading

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