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Tag Archives: Tears
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sandsby Michael DoyleWith my mind’s last breathI felt myself melt into my death.Reality faded into flowery dimensions,None of which flows with great precision.But the sounds inside were already goneBefore I realized what it was to go … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Count Your Age By Friends, Not Years. Count Your Life By Smiles, Not Tears
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Age, Count, Friends, John Lennon, Life, Smiles, Tears, Thought For the Day, Years
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Bullfrog’s Blues
Bullfrog’s Bluesby Michael DoyleIt seems Bullfrog doesn’t like sweltering heat,But he liked less, his man facedown on the street.The weight of decisions bringing life and deathOften takes away even a tough man’s breath. To hide his tears, he feigned a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Breath, Bullfrog, Card, Coffin, Cough, Death, Decision, Die Hard, Guilt, Hard To Forgive, Heat, Joked, Left To LIve, Lessons, Life and Death, Loe, Orders, Poetry and Poems, Street, Tears
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Too Many Miles, Too Many Tears
Too Many Miles, Too Many Tearsby Michael DoyleLooking back on all the miles I’ve drivenOver lands other believed they were givenI find a lot is needed to be forgivenWere it not for being too busy livingI remember coming to Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Perspective, Acre, Aggression, Betrayal, Broken Promises, Brutal Erasure, Callous Savages, Cultural Reival, Curious, Despair, Dirupted Community, Dispossession, Driven, Essence, Expansion, Forgiven, Fracture, Given, Harmony, Heritage, History, Honor, Indian Territory, Indiana, Land, Last Breath, Laugh, Lineage, Living, Miles, Monticello Mansion, Native American, Native Land, native-americans, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Portrayal, Prophetstown, Reborn, Revive, Road Trip, Sacred Cycle, Scream, Story, Survival, Tears, Tenskwatawa, Thomas Jefferson, Trail of Death, Trail of Tears, Trails, Unity, Vision
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She Learns To Survive
She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandoned, Afraid, Agnoize, Agonizes, Almost Took Her Life, Alone, Beautiful, Beside, Blossom, Bold, Brave, Child of the Light, Confide, Creid, Darkest Depth, Daughter, Day, Dread, Eyes, Father, Feeling, Fight, Fragile Pride, Fright, Grow, Hand, Haunted, He, Head, Heat, Her, Hidden Inside, Hold, In the End, Innocence, Intended Offense, Intense, Know, Learn, Life, Light, Love, Meaning, New Meaning, Night, Poetry and Poems, Power, Remembers, Sad Eyes, Scared, She, Smile, Step Forward, Step-By-Step, Strength, Survive, Talk, Tears, The Past, This Way, Ties, Times, Told, Torment, Understood, Unfolds, Walk, Walking Alone, Worthy, Years
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Facing Death Boldly
Facing Death Boldlyby Michael DoyleFacing death is one thingWatching the death of your menThat hurts more than anythingIt burns like the second mortal sinCold and hungry in the nightA target was seen in every lightYou never forget the death seenIt … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Best Nights, Bold, Breaking Point, Breath, Burn, Cold and Hungry, Death, Dreamless, Emotional Landmines, Face, Forgot, Fought, France, Human Being, Hurt, Images, Inching, Light, Man, Memories, Nivht, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Seamless, Second Mortal Sin, Seen, Target, Tears, Traces, Useless, War, Watch, Your Men
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About A Death
About A Deathby Michael DoyleToday, I watched a show about deathI have to admit, it took away my breathAs I try to write this bit of poetryIt’s weird to think how much it’s hitting meIt’s hard to write with tears … Continue reading
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Tagged About A Death, Abyss, Admit, Alone, Anguish, Breath, Certain, Death, Disguise, Each of Us Starts, Eternity, Eyes, Favorite Human Being, Harder, Hold, Hope, Jaded, Jaded Heart, Lost, Meant, Miss, My Smile, Near, Only Yesterday, Our Woods, Passing Years, Photographs and Memories, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puddle of Tears, Real Meaning, Show, Solitude, Stage, Standing Here, Stood, Sum, Talking, Tears, Today, Traces of You, Walking, Weird, Wish, Woods, Words On My Page, World, Write, Yeterday
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