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Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
Dark Matters
Dark Mattersby Michael DoyleYou were my bright tomorrowNow all I have is my sorrowAnd I’ve only myself to blamePlease don’t look at me in my shameFeelings bubbled up in troubleI opened my mouth, now its doubleI can barely see through … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety and Doubt, Blame, Boxed Up, Brave Face, Bubbled, Collections, Confess, Creep, Dark Matters, Deep, Double, Dramatic, Fears, Feelings, Fight My Way, Fix, Heart, Imperfections, Lost, Mess, Mouth, My Friend, Myself, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Post-Traumatic, Pushed You Away, Quiet, See, Shame, Sorrow, Sorry, Spilled Out, Stay, Surface, Tears, Tidal Wave, Tomorrw, Trouble, Yesterday
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Club Handy
Club Handyby Michael DoyleEvery showman is a tricksterA sophisticated and tragically hipsterLeaving the girls with smiles on their facesMoving them deeply with his tracesIt’s a carnival of scamPutting on the ritualistic glamWith bated breath ready to flyAs heartbreak paints the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bated Breath, Blues, Carnival, Club Handy, Colonel, Danger, Dirty and Gritty, Faces, Flow, Girls, Glam, God Given Gifts, Heartbreak, High Class, Hipster, King, Life On the Road, Mama's Eyes, Merchandising, Mesmerize, Misunderstood, Money, Monkeys, Poetry and Poems, Riffs, Scam, Sell, Shady Past, Shaken Hips, Show, Showman, Smiles, Sophisticated, Tale, Traces, Trickster, Whispers
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First Principles: Yet To All Who Did Receive Him, To Those Who Believed In His Name, He Gave the Right To Become Children of God
“ Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Believed, Born, Born of God, Children of God, First Principles, His Name, Human Decision, John 1:12-13, Natural Descent, Receive, Right
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Thought For the Day: The More Original A Discover, the More Obvious It Seems Afterward
“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward.” -Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (5 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged Afterward, Arthur Koestler, Boredom, Boring Minds, Discovery, Learn, Mistakes, Obvious, Original, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind. It Does Not Envy, It Does Not Boast, It Is Not Proud. It Does Not Dishonor Others, It is Not Self-Seeking, It Is Not Easily Angered, It Keeps No Record of Wrongs
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” – 1 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians13:4-5, Boast, Dishonor Others, Easily Angered, First Principles, Keeps, Kind, Love, Patient, Proud, Record of Wrongs, Self-Seeking
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Thought For the Day: The Rightness Of A Thing Isn’t Determined By the Amount of Courage It Takes
“The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes.” -Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged A Thing, Amount, Courage, Determined, Mary Renault, Rightness, Takes, Thought For the Day
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Before the Darkness
Before the Darknessby Michael DoyleBefore the darknessThere was lightAnd with that divisionBecame the nightLegends have it As legends willThat the evil oneIs necessary to the taleBleak is the seasonIn which we search for answersIt is the soul’s own treasonWhen fear … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Ah, Good Taste, What A Dreadful Thing! Taste Is the Enemy of Creativeness
“Ah, good taste, what a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.” – Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor (1881-1973)
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Tagged Creativeness, Dreadful, Enemy, Good Taste, Pablo Picasso, Taste, Thought For the Day
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