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Tag Archives: Shadow
Resistance Begun
Resistance Begunby Michael DoyleThere are times of darknessThat leads to nihilism.There was a time of harshness,From it arose Nazism.Banned music played on shortwave,Kept by some in their secrecyDancing on civilization’s grave.Conformity became a form of vanity.Worship was bent to teach … Continue reading
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Tagged Banned Music, Brave Fools, Civilization's Grave, Conformity, Darkness, Fight, Follow, Fuhrer, God's Way, Harshness, Nazism, Nihilism, Poetry and Poems, Price, Resistance, Rote Form, Rule, Shadow, Shortwave, Stand up, Thomas Mann, Times, Vanity, Woship
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Lessons In Ballet
Lessons In Balletby Michael DoyleNo one dares wake Suzy from her sleep.Her dreams of ballet run very deep.With the slippers on her young feet,The Devil’s own she’s gone to meet.Ruby red paints the airport’s walls,As she answers dance’s sacred call.Rushing … Continue reading
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Tagged Absuridty, Aiport, Ballet, Cost, Dance, Dancing Academy, Dead, Devil's Own, Dream, Fear, Feet, Flood Waters, Forest, Innocence, Lessons, Lost, Mytery, Nightmare, Poetry and Poems, Possessed Motion, Question, Rain, Red, Sacred Call, Shadow, Shisper, Sleep, Sliippers, Stormy Night, Suzy, Truth, Walls, Witch, Womb
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Syncopated Anticipation
Syncopated Anticipationby Michael DoyleThe music, any music, has its own flow,Leaving behind the day as we dance.We enjoy the moments as these flow,As if inside a fluid sense of trance.The audience is part of the show.The thunder roars across the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipation, Audence, Dance, Darkness, Day, Flow, Harshness, Heart, Loneliness, Memory, Moments, Music, Mystery, Night, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Show, Synocopated, Thunder, Tomorrow, Valentine
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What One Bullet Can Do
What One Bullet Can Doby MichaelIt’s funny,What one bullet can do,Taking away peace…As it stunned me.Watching time run out for youAnd taking from me, my peace.Replacing peace with strife,Removing what had been bliss.What’s left is a gaping hole.It should have … Continue reading
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Tagged Ate Away, Bliss, Born, Bubbles, Bullet, Crime, Cue, Daytime, Demons, Dream, Dreams, Eagle, Emptiness, Gaping Hole, Good, Happiness, Heat Full of Sorrow, Hurt Children, Hurt Person, Issues, Keep, Kill, Last Prayer, Life, Lived, Loss, Monster, More, My World, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Shadow, Shooter, Shots Fired, Sin, Sleep, Soar, Soul, Strife, Stun, Talk, The Lord, Tiime, Tomorrow, Tragic, Troubled Soul, True, You
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Death Revealed Truths
Death Revealed Truthsby Michael DoyleWe don’t get more real than with death.The feeling of this stays until the last breath.If you’re not prepared to succumb and die,We need to focus on the how and the why.If you’re not ready for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Breath, Christianity, Death, Die, Faith, Flame, Focus, God, Gulf, Jesus, Live, Poetry and Poems, Revelation, Shadow, Truth
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Always, Never, and Forever
Always, Never, and Foreverby Michael DoyleAlways, never, and forever,A girl in her youth though herself clever.With a haughty sense, and lacking graceShe said goodbye to his parental embrace.Her father silently let go,Hurting that he had barely said hello.It’s the modern … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Always, Ashes of time, Clever, Concentration, Dare, Distraction, Explore, Eyes, Father, Fire, Forever, Girl, Goodbye, Hands, Haughty Sense, Hello, Her World, Hidden Tear, Hurting, Lacking Grace, Let Go, Letting Go, Love, Low, Mind, Miss, Modern Age, Never, Panda's Diary, Parental Embrace, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Shallow, Spirits, Sunshine and Darkness, Taught, Teach, Understand, World
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Where We Might Fit
Where We Might Fitby Michael DoyleWherever we go,However, we might grow,It’s in our soulsLight is accentuated by shadow.The universe invites us to explore,To reach out to find something more.In this, we find an explanation,And sometimes, we happen on new civilizations.Among … Continue reading
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Tagged Accentuate, Beautiful, Civilization, Discern, Expectations, Expore, Fit, Hesitation, Human Soul, Laugh, Learn, Light, Magnitude, Off-Path, Poetry and Poems, Question, Shadow, Socialize, Universe, Where, Wise, Wonderful, Year
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Hollow Words and Climbing Trees
Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep
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My Dream Come True
My Dream Come Trueby Michael DoyleAs this evening’s shadows are growing long,There is a feeling inside that grows strong.In the time that I have spent learning about you,It’s the most natural thing for me to do.Dancing with you here in … Continue reading
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Tagged Charm, Dance, Deep, Dream, Evening, Fairy Tales, Fall, Fantasy, Feeling, Learn, Lonely, Lonely Arms, Love, Magical, Miracle, Natural Thing, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Sleep, Strong, Time, True, You
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