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In the Complexity of This World
In the Complexity of This Worldby Michael DoyleAnger and other toxic emotionsCan linger with all their commotion.All of these feelings are indwelling,And are in our control. God willing.We grow up as boys in the hood,But the hope is that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Boys In the Hood, Commotion, Complexity, Control, Depth, Feelings, God Williing, Hope, Indwelling, Meaning, Mr. Rogers, Opportunities To Grow, Poetry and Poems, Saint, Snapshot, Step, Talked, The Bible, Toxic Emotions, Understood, Walked, Words
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A Sense of Loneliness
A Sense of Lonelinessby Michael DoyleThe strange new thoughts are invasive.The changes to what life is are pervasive.One must be careful out on the street,Especially of who one decides to eat,To keep things in the superlative, One must never eat … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempt, Changes, Eat, Emptiness, Fantasy, Feelings, Friend, Hesitation, Horror, Invasive, Life, Liiquid, Live Forever, Loneliness, Page, Pervasive, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Relative, Sense, Street, Superlative, Thirst, Thought, Unanswered Question, Unquenchable, Value, vampires
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First Principles: There Is Nothing More Corrupting, Nothing More Destructive of the Noblest and Finest Feelings of Our Nature, Than the Exercise of Unlimited Power
“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison
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Tagged Corrupting, Destructive, Exercise, Feelings, Finest, First Principles, Nature, Noblest, Nothing, Unlimited Power, William Henry Harrison
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To Be Understood
To Be Understoodby Michael DoyleWe get carried away by the moonlightForgetting ourselves in the hope of getting it rightThe garden walls throw off our shadowsIn hopes for what we do not truly knowIn all this world’s flight or fight distractionIt … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Anxiety, Attraction, Box of Chocolates, Carried Away, Chance, Day, Differences, Distraction, Embrace, Feelings, Fight Or Flight, Forget, Garden Walls, Getting It Right, Good, Hint, Hope, Hurray, Illustration, Inch By Inch, Inference, Know, Little By Little, Mask, Moonlight, Okay, Poetry and Poems, Reveal, Romance, Sacred Task, Seen, Shadows, Shyness, Too Much, Touch, True Face, Understood, Valentine
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Eternal Flame
Eternal Flameby Michael DoyleFeeling unworthy of God’s touchI felt I was asking too muchUntil I heard and then I readOf the holy things that were saidGod of all things came to saveLifting me from my fated graveSlowly changing the path … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, Back Pages, Blame and Shame, Conformed, Emotional Landmines, Eternal Flame, Feelings, Free, God of All Things, God of Second Chances, God's Touch, Grave, Heard, Holy Things, Hope, King of Kings, Lifeline, Lion of Judah, Love, Loving Kindness, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Read, Rock of All Ages, Salvation, Save, Silence, Sin, Talk, Theology, Unworthy, Walk, Worn Down
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The Best of We
The Best of Weby Michael DoyleThere are things sometimes saidThat could be put a better wayEmotions ricochet off the tapes in our headsBetter-chosen words keep the ball in playThe fights fought are a step forwardOn the path that moves us … Continue reading
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Tagged Ball In Play, Best, Best of We, Better Way, Buckle Up, Constructively, Emotions, Eternity, Feelings, Fight, Fights, Hide, Hurt, Legacy, Limits, Little Crazy, Love Is Blind, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pop Psychology, Ricochet, Ride, Said, Step Foward, Strategy, Tapes, Together, Toward, Two of A Kind, We, Words
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The Power In No
The Power In Noby Michael DoyleIn my life, I’ve been a sonHeld by a mother as second to noneTo my sister, I have been a brotherLoved by her like no otherI’ve been a doting sort of fatherOf my two beautiful, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Available, Believe, Bitter Fate, Brother, Call, Capability, Daughters, Deserve, Diligent, Do, Doting, Dreams, Dreams and Hopes, Empowerment, Father, Feelings, Find Themselves, Full Capacity, Getting Less, Greatest Power, Happiness, Healing, Home, Inconvenient Truths, Late, Life, Live Up, Love, Love Given, Medical Care, Mirrors, Mother, Neglect, No, Observe, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pretense, Rocks, Rope, Self-Respect, Shade, Single Sentence, Sister, Son, Wait, Weight, Women
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