Tag Archives: Wake Up

In Need of Clarity

In Need of Clarityby Michael DoyleYou stumble toward your comfy bedFeeling dazed and abused in your head.It’s been a night of free-flow drinking,And you’re now incapable of thinkingYou dial her number, hoping it’s a mistake,Your last raw nerve feels it’s … Continue reading

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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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Thought For the Day: Once You Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, It’s Hard To Go Back To Sleep

“Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it’s hard to go back to sleep.” – Fran Drescher

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Thought For the Day: If We Were To Wake Up Some Morning and Find That Everyone Was the Same Race, Creed, and Color, We Would Find Some Other Cause For Prejudice By Noon

“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)

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For Our Living Cares

For Our Living Caresby Michael DoylePrayer is not even in the least bitTo be prayed like the hypocritesTo preach or to pray; it’s easier to sayWhat it is to put your beliefs in playIt’s not the facade but in keeping … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: If We Were To Wake Up Some Morning and Find That Everyone Was The Same Race, Creed, and Color, We Would Find Some Other Cause For Prejudice By Noon

“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)

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Stormfront Awakening

Stormfront Awakeningby Michael DoyleLooking around with any sense of credibilityIt would be the rare bird that had the abilityTo credibly claim with any sense of the plausibleThat politically awakening was something avoidableAll around the stormfront threatens from all sidesThe turning … Continue reading

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Dangers Lurk In the Seams

Dangers Lurk In the Seamsby Michael DoyleIn the hidden crevices of your dreamsThere are dangers lurking in the seamsThree, four, better lock up that doorThe boogie man is coming back for moreFive, six, he has a bag of tricksWhere evil … Continue reading

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With You As My Dream

With You As My Dreamby Michael DoyleOnce upon a time, there was a dreamAnd she shared her dreams with meTold me I was her king if she was my queenSeemed about right, my walking fantasyLike a fairy tale told in … Continue reading

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With You On This Day’s Journey

With You On This Day’s Journeyby Michael DoyleIf I were to allow myself to dreamAnd then to make it real as it seemsIt would be this dream of me and youWith all the beauty you bring and doTo live a … Continue reading

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