Tag Archives: Fear

Through Songs and Deeds

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading

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Humanity’s Eclipse

Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading

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The War On Free Speech

The War On Free Speechby Michael DoyleThere is one lesson of liberty, we must always teach.This is about the importance of maintaining free speech.Free thought and freedom of expression are the one libertyAbove all else, that is what is needed … Continue reading

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To Be A Woman

To Be A Womanby Michael DoyleIt would be false to paint tranquility.A woman’s world is one of complexity.Phrased in its phases, it takes a distortionist.To be a woman is to be a contortionist.In the push-and-pull world of always there,It’s plain … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” – Solomon

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Bumping Up Against

Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading

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Know Not Fear

Know Not Fearby Michael DoyleYouth always tries to dareTheir elders try to careEach in their own placeStares the other in the faceEach move made creates a snareNo matter how each tries to be fairClimbing to the highest heightTo outpace the … Continue reading

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We Manage To Stand

We Manage To Standby Michael DoyleSunset captures fear’s reflectionAs the kitten meanders in the right directionUnhungry and not seeking some timid mouseBut rather the warmth of the familiar houseOnce the hunter, now the preyThe game of life has danger in … Continue reading

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No Victim of My Circumstances

No Victim of My Circumstancesby Michael DoyleOn the mountains, in the sun raysIt’s your name that I praiseIn the green valley far belowIt is all your creation, and I knowSharing what I know of your graceThese are you living ways … Continue reading

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Past Blinking Twice

Past Blinking Twiceby Michael DoyleSome say forgetting is a giftIt’s a way past the riftBetween personal rationalizationAnd what allows you past sensationsThe ones that we cannot forgiveAnd yet it is that we must liveHowever, far past the thresholdThat our senses … Continue reading

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