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Tag Archives: Life
Rumors Had It
Rumors Had Itby Michael DoyleAfter my day filled with too much birthday celebration,I am looking back with joyous contemplation.Rumors had it that I would die 13 years ago.Here on my 63rd birthday, it only goes to show.That like a rock … Continue reading
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Tagged :Light, Birthday, Candles, Chicken and Waffles, Contemplation, Darkness, Daughter, Flickr, Good Day, Lessons, Life, Life's iles, Memories, Moss, Nature Preserve, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Rock, Roll, Rumor, Sarcoidosis, Shadow Play, Smiles, Soul, Stroll, Tapestry, Wake Up, Wise, Writing, Youngest
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Dancing Shoes
Dancing Shoesby Michael DoyleChristmas brings back faded memories,Mostly of how we love our family.The thing is that most of mine are dead,And still there is what needs to be said.I gather myself by the gravestone,Self-aware that I’m on my own.Thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Ballerinas, Christmas, Cows, Dancing Shoes, Explore, Fade Memories, Family, Gravestone, Life, Love, Miles, My Life, Open Road, Poetry and Poems, Self-Aware, Slips By, Smiles, Tiny Miracles, Truth, Ultrasound, Writing
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Love Steps Out
Love Steps Outby Michael DoyleEvery hour that is passingTurns into its own test.I find my life always changing. I don’t get much rest.It’s a long way to the sun.But I keep on reaching out.It seems my dreams have just begun.I … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Do What You Do and Mean It Every Second of the Day. If You Don’t, You’re Living Someone Else’s Life
“Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don’t, you’re living someone else’s life.” – Corey Taylor
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Tagged Corey Taylor, Day, Do Mean, Every Second, Life, Lve, Thought For the Day
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To Become Better
To Become Betterby Michael DoylePumping my brakes amidst the celebration,It’s time to focus on my destination. The old year is held in quiet reflectionAs we start the new year, amid this contemplation.Steps are taken in our life’s journey,Bringing our fulfillment … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, Brakes, Ce;lebration, Contemplation, Destination, Destiny, Door, Family, Foscus, Fulfillment, God, Happy, Heavy Lifting, Journey, Life, Liink, New Year, Old Year, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pump, Reflecttion, Steps, Thrive
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The Fight After the Fight
The Fight After the Fightby Michael DoyleThe first death you seeStrips away a layer of life’s dignity.It stays with you like an aura you wearWhile you fight the pangs of despair.The pain grips you by the heart.As you look into … Continue reading
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Tagged Aura, Battle, Bury, Christmas Season, Dead and Gone, Despair, Dignity, Due, Eyes, Family, Fight, First Death, Glory, Heart, Lack, Layer, Life, Love, mental-health, Misery, Move On, Mystery, Night, Pain, Pan, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rucksack, Saber, Soul, Story, Treason, War, Writing
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Thought For the Day: A Landscape Does Not Exist In Its Own Right, Since Its Appearance Changes At Every Moment; But the Surrounding Atmosphere Brings It To Life
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life – the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Appearance, Atmosphere, Change, Claude Monet, Contnuous, Every Moment, Exist, Landscape, Life, Light, Right, Thought For the Day, True Value
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Writings On My Wall
Writings On My Wallby Michael DoyleI sit here like some poor lost soul.I am regretful of the times I’ve lost control.Now, I sit here quiet as a church mouse,My fractured memories churn inside like a ghost house.Thinking of how like … Continue reading
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Tagged Abused, Church Mouse, Close, Colors, Control, Dedalus, Eagle, Fall, Ghost House, Hero, Illuion Walk, Inner Child, Life, Love, Nightmare, One-Piece Puzzle, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Profusion, Revulsion, Rhymes, Roar, Soar, Sorrow, Soul, Twisted Up, Wall, Wound, Writing
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First Principles: Think of the Father As A Spring of Life Begetting the Son Like A River and the Holy Ghost Like A Sea For the Spring, and the River and the Sea Are All of One Nature
“Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring and the river and sea are all one nature. Think of the Father as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Branch, Father, First Principles, Fruit, Heat, Holy Ghost, John of Damascus, Life, One Nature, Rays, River, Root, Sea, Spring, Substance, Sun, The Son, Three Is One
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