Tag Archives: Damage

Mortality Awoken

Posted on July 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Mortality Awokenby Michael DoyleThe questions of mortalityGo far beyond moralityWhen something makes you question why.Or how it is that we are born to die.Avoiding the phone calls that wait,As these questions come down to fate.Who are we to feel this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awoken, Bleed, Born To Die, Breaks, Damage, End, Everyone, Fatally, Fate, Fear, Good Sense, Impartially, Morality, Mortality, Phone Call, Poetry and Poems, Precious, Questions, Reply, Shade, Surrounded, The End, The World, Wait, Why, Wound | Leave a comment

The Thick of the Thin

Posted on March 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Thick of the Thinby Michael DoyleWhispered rumor has itThat we’re the thick of the thinIf you were in HellI’d come barreling inFounded on trust and loyaltyThis is what makes us a familyMy soul is resolved in this decisionYours is … Continue reading →

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There’s Been A Little Damage

Posted on March 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

There’s Been A Little Damageby Michael DoyleThere’s been a little damage to my eyesBut that’s the cost to all that I’ve seenAs with a brave heart ready for the sunriseThere have been so many places that I’ve beenThe experts say … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Been, Blind, Brave Heart, Cost, Damage, Dead, Encouragement, Estimate, Experts, Eyes, Fade, Find, First To Admit, Guess, Heartbreaks, Heavy, Joy, Larger, Life, Manage To See, Mistakes, Much Less, Not Seen Everyday, Okay, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pushing On, Quite Nice, Quite Right, Report, Seen, Seen Along the Way, Sight, Somehow, Strong, Sunrise, Sy, Travesty, Vascular Enchroachment, Wrong | Leave a comment

Freedom Without Apology

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Freedom Without Apologyby Michael DoyleThe Declaration of Independence is the only foundationLegitimate for the civil government of our great nationHistory has shown the path forward, and it is man’s testTo put aside all nations building an empire through conquestWhile we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accountability, Agreement, Alarm, Allies, Annals, Apology, Appeasement, Autocracy, Backslding, Broken, Capability, Cautious, Chian, Civil Government, Cohesion, Conquest, Constrain, Constraint, Damage, Declaration of Independence, Defeat, Democratic Freedom, Denial, Depend, Destroy, Deterrence, Foundation, Freedom, Freinds, Full Engagement, Fundamental Lesson, Global Decline, History, Human Diginity, Human Rights, International Peace, Interoperability, Invade, Isolation, Kingdom, Legitimate, Measure, Miindful, Military, Miscreants, Monster, Mystery, Nation, National Security, Outspoken, Overisght, Poetry and Poems, Principle, Putin, Reason, Redirect, Restraint, Rising Tide, Test, The Woke, True Heart, Ukraine, Undermin, Villain | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Truth Never Damages A Cause That Is Just

Posted on November 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” – Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

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The Chicago Seven and Liberty

Posted on October 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Chicago Seven and Libertyby Michael DoyleThe American soul was in desperate measurePoisoned and depleted of blood and lost treasureFor the sake of a war that people didn’t understandOur republic’s principles died for in a foreign landThe Vietnam draft and … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day, Too

Posted on May 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My ex-wife could never gracefully receive a present. Not just from me but from our daughters, they tell me. Still, despite all, there is one gift I would yet give her on this day particularly after the reminders received over … Continue reading →

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Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Friday was the Day of the Monkey. This brought to mind a certain event that happened maybe 12 or more years ago. I could not fact any references to this orangutan on the net so I could not completely flesh … Continue reading →

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Strong On Defense

Posted on August 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Sun is one part friend and one part foe. It’s amazing thinking of the ways the Earth protects us from this. https://flic.kr/p/mzC6Hg Strong On Defense by Michael Romani What is the strength of the solar flares To measure this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Assassin, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Burn, Core, Curtain, Damage, Defense, Earth, Edge, Fissures, Foe, Friend, Heart, Heat, Inferno, Lava, Light, Magnetic Field, Mars, Motion, Night, Ocean, Orbit, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Radioactive, Ravage, Shield, Show, Solar Flare, Space, Strong, Study, Sun, Ultra Violet, Vents, Volcano, Zenith | Leave a comment

In Defense Of (Damage Done)

Posted on August 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

In Defense of Damage Done by Michael Romani Even after all the damage done The battle has only just begun Words will not win what must be won But with the courage needed as one One who can move beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Battle, Comission, Companionship, Conspiracy, Damage, Danger, Defense, Defiance, Omission, Perseverance, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Second Life, Stand, Strength, Walk the Walk | Leave a comment