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Cornfields of Oblivion
Cornfields of Oblivionby Michael DoyleYour heart is a black hole,Devoid of life, like my soul.Starting over with a new name,Our guilt knows no shame.We are each monsters in time,Every sin made its separate crime.Chasing down an endless road,Given to escape, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hole, Cornfields, Devoid, Heart, Life, Monsters, New Name, Oblivion, Poetry and Poems, Road, Shame, Sin, Soul
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Disturbing the Status Quo
Disturbing the Status Quoby Michael DoyleWith a direct look filled with woe,Life is disturbing the status quo.A shotgun wedding points the way,Niagara Falls charges the path that stays.Pennies have been thrown awayAs if only a ghost from yesterday.Champagne and oysters … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Breathe, Champagne and Oysters, Deception, Direct Look, Disturbance, Ghost, Killlng Tme, Life, Monsters, Niagara Falls, Penny, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Shotgun Weddiiinig, Status Quo, Throw Awayy, Vallentines, Woe, Yesterday
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A Tale of Indiana
A Tale of Indianaby Michael DoyleIn the crack of lifeRests the obsessionOf all who know strifeAnd all of its oppression.The cracks are loud,In a way, somehow allowed.It tells a story of deathThat remains until our last breath.A mouthful of dirt,In … Continue reading
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Tagged Crack, Dirt, Hurt, Indiiana, Life, Obssession, Opressiion, Poetry and Poems, Strife, Tale
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First Principles: For the Fetus, Though Enclosed In the Womb of Its Mother, Is Already A Human Being, and It Is A Monstrous Crime To Rob It of the Life Which It Has Not Yet Begun To Enjoy
“For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime to rob it of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Enjoyment, Fetus, First Principles, Human Being, John Calvin, Life, Mother, Womb
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First Principles: Dost Thou Love Life? Then Do Not Squander Time; For That’s the Stuff Life Is Made Of
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Life, Love, Time
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Solomon’s Purpose
Solomon’s Purposeby Michael DoyleLife comes so hard that we learn this,The world calls for our earnest discernment.Sometimes we live in overconfidence.Our only answer is living in further obedience.We are desperately in need of wisdom.However much we live in the kingdom.Life … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Diiscernmet, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, More Than Self, Obeddience, Overonfience, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Purpose, Reainess, Serviice, Soloon, Trust, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Always Exciting. Speak It, Then. Life Is Dull Without It
“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.” – Pearl S. Buck
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Tagged Dull, Excitement, Life, Pearl S. Buck, Speak, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: But the Measure of A Man, of A Life, of A Union of Man and Wife Or Even Country Is Not the Falling. It’s In the Rising Back Up Again To Repair What’s Broken, To Put Right What’s Wrong
“But the measure of a man, of a life, of a union of man and wife or even country is not in the falling. It’s in the rising back up again to repair what’s broken, to put right what’s wrong” … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken, Counttry, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Falll, First Principles, Indvidual, Life, Manknd, Marriage, Measure, Repair, Right, Rise, Wrong
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As A Seeker of Light
As A Seeker of Lightby Michael DoyleAs a child, I’d stare up into the nightSeeing each star as a unique source of light.Lying there, I counted each twinkleAs a fabric of time’s rich wrinkle.There were dreams there yet to live,And … Continue reading
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Tagged Chilldren, Curiousity, Deserrt, Dreams, Embrace, Equal, Eternty, Exist, Existence, Fabric, Fear, Ferociity, Forest, Frendshiip, Give, Immortality, Life, Light, LLve, Night, Opinions, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Resiist, Resiistance, Seeker, Star, Stars, Sublime, Talk, Time, Tme, Twnnklle, Weallth, Wonders
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Walls That Sing
Walls That Singby Michael DoyleChords splash down the hallwaysReminding me of my earliest days.All the records with wings on,They don’t require another time zone.Leading the procession down the crosswalk,They were bent over in the doubletalk.Walking back into the places called … Continue reading
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Tagged Chord, Crash, Crosswalk, Family, Home, Life, Music, Passage, Poetry and Poems, Processiion, Record, Sing, Sorrow, Sunshine, Sweet Memoriies, Time Zone, Tomorrow, Wall, Wings, Writing, Yesterday
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