Tag Archives: Anguish

First Principles: For My Part, Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst, and To Provide For It

Posted on September 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Cost, First Principles, Know, My Part, Patrick Henry, Provide, Spirit, Whole Truth, Willing, Worst | Leave a comment

First Principles: For My Part, Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole of Truth; To Know the Worst, and To Provide for It

Posted on September 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Cost, First Principles, Know, My Part, Patrick Henry, Provide For It, Spirit, The Worst, Whole of Truth, Willing | Leave a comment

Depths of Despair

Posted on May 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How much sadness can one little girl’s heart hold? More than the number of angels that can dance on the head of an infinite pinhead. Depths of Despair by Michael Doyle In the depths of despair Her life out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Against, Alone, Angels, Anguish, Bed, Bleakness, Candle, Closed Door, Dance, Darkness, Decision, Defeat, Depths, Despair, Disrepair, Draw, Eat, Fallow, Fears, Feeling, Field, Found, Hard Heart, Head, Heart, History, Hold, Ignore, Legacy, Life, Little Girl, Lump, Night, Out of Control, Path, Photograph, Pity, Plight, Poem, Poetry, Reel, Sad, Sadness, Sill, Spin, Swallow, Synch, Tears, Thoughts, Throat, Uncomfortable, Will, Window | Leave a comment

First Principles: Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on May 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Cost, First Prinicples, Know, My Part, Patrick Henry, Provide, Spirit, Truth, Whole, Will, Worse | Leave a comment

Swing Around the Circle

Posted on March 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Civil War ends and an attempt at racial justice was attempted. How did things get so completely flawed? Swing Around the Circle by Michael Doyle A country brought to ruin sought salvation From a barren wasteland in need of transformation … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 15th Amendment, America, Andrew Johnson, Anguish, Assassination, Black America, Bloody Shirt, Bureau of Reconstruction, Carpetbagger, Citizen, Civil Rights, Civil War, Congress, Contentment, Corruption, Country, Derringer, Destruction, Elite, Eloquence, Executive Power, Forty Acres and A Mule, Freedmen, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedom, Golden Spike, Hayes, History, Idealism, Impeachment, Inclination, Incorporation, Inequality, John Wilkes Booth, Justice, Kept, Lincoln, Loyalty, Marginalize, Military District, Nation, Noose, North, Obligation, Our American Cousin, Peonage, Photograph, Plantation, Planter, Poem, Poetry, Promontory, Prosperity, Racial Justice, Radical Republicans, Ratification, Reconstrution, Reincorporation, Relation, Resentment, Restitution, Ruin, Salvation, Scalawag, Sharecropper, Slavery, South, Stanton, Swing and Circle, Tennessee, Transform, Treason, Tyrant, Ulysses S Grant, Vote, Wept, Yeomanry | Leave a comment

First Principles: In the Struggle For Liberty, Be Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Know, Liberty, Mankind, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Provide, Salvation, Shut, Spirit, Struggle, Temporary, Transform, Truth, Virginia Convention, Whole, Wise Men | Leave a comment

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Blade, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Child, Choice, Confusion, Cross, Crucifix, Cruel, Cry, Deep, Dies, Down, Dying, Echo, Enfold, Eyes, Family, Father, Fear, Feel, Halloween, Hand, Hard, Heaven, Hesitate, Illusion, Keep, Kill, Lies, Life, Lord, Loss, Lullaby, Misstep, Mist, Moment, Monster, Monstrosity, Mother, Night, Perservere, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Pray, Question, Reel, Revere, Sacred, Shown, Sigh, Silence, Sleep, Souls, Suffer, Tear, Temper, Troubled Soul, True, Voice, Weep, World, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

Desert Skies

Posted on February 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track | Leave a comment

Diamond Absolutes Betrayed

Posted on July 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes we find ourselves in circumstances in which our most cherished ideals have been betrayed and our world seemingly overturned. I am living this now. God and time will tell how this all turns out. Diamond Absolutes Betrayed by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Betrayal, Courage, Diamond, Diminished, God's Law, Hope, Injustice, Love, Mercy, Pearl, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Shattered, Tears, Tragic, Value | Leave a comment

First Principles: Wise Men Struggle For Liberty

Posted on October 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Patrick Henry, Pride, Salvation, Struggle, Truth | Leave a comment