Tag Archives: Dare

Thought For the Day: I Am All In A Sea of Wonders. I Doubt. I Fear. I Think Strange Things, Which I Dare Not Confess To My Own Soul

Posted on October 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt. I fear. I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” – Bram Stoker, “Dracula”

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bram Stoker, Confess, Dare, Doubt, Dracula, Fear, I, Sea of Wonders, Soul, Strange Things, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Cats, Dogs, and Pizza

Posted on September 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Cats, Dogs, and Pizzaby Michael DoyleThere’s a storm brewing between right and wrongAnd where it is that we are best and truly belongMoreso, we struggle to know ourselves in identityAnd what furry and non-furry friends to keep as our familyPeople … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alley Rats, Angels, Animals, Beauty, Belong, Better, Better People, Blind Man, Care, Cat, Cats, Celebration, Change, Compassion, Dare, Deserve, Dogs, Familial Relationship, Family, Fellow Animals, Furry Friends, Gentleman, God, Grateful and Loyal, Greedy, Happy, Headfirst, Heaven Above, Human, Identity, Inferior Creatures, Kitten, Leash, Linger, Live Up To, Lonelines, Love, Loved, Masterpiece, Me and You, Meander, Nappy, Needy, Obligation, Observation, Offer, Other, Outward Sense, Pastiche, Pets, Petting, Pizza, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Question, Reeling, Rhyme, Right and Wrong, Sense of Space, Simplest Moments, Sleepy, Slice, Standards, Storm, Tense, Thought and Feeling, Time, Twain, Unconditional Love, Undying Affection, Unrestrained, Watch, Weather, Whatever, Whole of Nature, Words, Worship | Leave a comment

Outbursts of Truth

Posted on September 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Outbursts of Truthby Michael DoyleAll my repeated outbursts of truthHave gotten me in trouble since my youthFor you see, truth can destroy the worldsEven the worlds ruled by fallen godsWho each have sought, by meteors hurled, To increase their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient, Apples, Arcane, Belief, Breeze, Cared, Clarity, Control, Cross, Dare, Daughters, Deception, Defiance, Delivered, Destroy, Drown, Earth, Emotions, Erroneous, Errorss, Fallen Gods, Father, Feet, Fly, Free, God, Grace, Greatest Artisst, Hair, Heads High, Hearts, Held Down, Hell, Holdfast, Human Being, Intolerance, Inventory, Know, Life, Line, Lose, Loss, Matter of Preception, Mature, Meteors, Moment, Mortal, Mortal Man, Natural Ways, Natured, Ocean, Odss, Outbursts, Pagan Gods, Path, Peace, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Potions, Practice, Punish, Questions, Reality, Repentance, Rise Above, Ruled, Share, Sincereity, Slim Odds, Slink, Sought, Soul, Spent My Time, Strife, Sublime, Submit, Sunflowers, Sweet, Teach, Time and Again, Trickery, Trouble, True Love, Truth, Voice, Whsper, Wonder, Worlds, Youth | Leave a comment

Light And Darkness

Posted on August 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Light and Darknessby Michael DoyleI approach my inner self with intimationLooking for deeper thoughts of originationSo much of who I am comes from ancestral careThen living life as bold as I might dareWheels spin inside on subjects of light and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Ancestral Care, Approach, Beauty, Best, Boundless Feelings, Dare, Deeper Thoughts, Express, Eyes, Failure, Imagination, Impractical Hopes, Indulging, Inner Self, Intimation, Lashing Out, Light and Darkness, Light and Sight, Living Inside, Living Life, Mastery, Origination, Pen to Paper, Perfection, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Right, Self-Examined, Stretch, Struggle, Subject, Success, Surprise, Thoughts, Truth, Vitality, Wheels, World's Harshness | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: First, Think. Second, Believe. Third, Dream. And Finally, Dare

Posted on July 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.” – Walt Disney

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Writing Our Own Stories

Posted on March 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Auditory, Become, Books, Build, Command, Concisely, Dare, Destiny, Different Journey, Dread, Drum, Dullness, Edit, Emerge, Engage, Evolve, Excitation, Finger, Gamble, Hands, Head, Hear, Hearts and Minds, Honestly, Hope, Imaination, Inspire, Integrity, Juggle, Lead, Life, Life's Artistry, Listen, Lives, Our Own Stories, Passing Days, Poetry and Poems, Recitation, Rife, Rote, Shelves, Silence, Solutions, Speak, Strife, Strugle, Violence, Wage, Write | Leave a comment

Grace In This World of Darkness

Posted on March 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Grace In This World of Darknessby Michael DoyleIn this world of darknessWe often find too much harshnessAnd not enough faith and loveThat we are told is given from heaven aboveThe Lord has paid our costIn redeeming us from being lostTo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blood, Conquer, Cost, Dare, Death, Everyday, Faith and Love, Found, God's Will, Grace, Harshness, Heaven Above, Heaven Bound, Holy Name, Joy, Keep It Real, King, Last Breath, Life, Lost, Love, Majesty, One True Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Proclaim, Redeem, Reign, Rise, Salvation, Same, Saved, Savior's Name, Shame, Smiles, The Lamb, The Lord, Told, Trinity, Us, Way, World of Darkness, Worthy | Leave a comment

In Compromise

Posted on February 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Compromiseby Michael DoyleThe greatest gift that life can giveIs the true love that gives the will to liveIn a compromise, we bargain what’s possibleNever doubting the more of which we’re capableThose untroubled by the fires of burning loveAre destined … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Bargain, Believer, Biggest Sin, bovee, Brave Soul, Burn Below, Burning Love, Capable, Change, Compromise, Consequences, Curled, Dare, Despair, Doubt, Easy, Echo, Fall Together, Fight For Life, Fires, Fists, Gift, Given, God, Heal, Hearts, Heaven, Highest Value, Kicking Feet, Life, Live, Living, Lost, Love, Meant, Morality Tale, New Life, Odds, Paid, Paradise, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Price, Protection, Real, Reason, Recall, Revealing, Seal, Shoulders, Shrug, Signet, Surrender, Tender, True Love, Truth, Unbeatable, Undefeatable, Unfair, Victory, Will, Wishes and Dreams, Without Love, World | Leave a comment

Sucker Punch

Posted on January 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sucker Punchby Michael DoyleYou’re never fully dressedWithout a smileBut it’s hard to wear oneWhen you feel that you’re on trialDon’t put it downAs a matter of happenstanceWhen you’re watchingA wrong conviction buried in circumstanceFacing a false accusationIsn’t a pleasant feelingWhen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bury, Cannot Be Trusted, Care, Circumstance, Compelling, Dare, Dime, Disappeared, Dove, Face, False Accusation, Feared, Feeling, Fully Dressed, Happenstance, Hard, Harsh Ability, Know, Loyalty, Openly, People, Poetry and Poem, Pushed Too Far, Put It Down, Question, Smile, Sucker Punch, Trial, Vulnerability, Watching, Wear, Wrong Conviction, You To Me | Leave a comment

My Forever Valentine

Posted on December 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

My Forever Valentineby Michael DoyleAll the moments of life are lentCarelessly given and heavenly spentIt’s the separation and the lossThat defines what’s the bossCome away with me quietlyGiving your consent spoken and silentlyOpenly expressed inside your smileTelling me you’ll give … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, Beckon, Belong, Boss, Call, Carelessly, Come Away With Me, Consent, Dare, Define, Dreams Lived, Eyes, Fall, Forever Valentine, Given, Greet, Heavenly, Hold, Hoped For, Know, Lent, Line, Love and Humor, Moments, My, Openly Expressed, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Sacred, Separation and Loss, Silently, Siren's Song, Smile, Spent, Spoken, Sunrise, Tell, Temple, Tomorrow, Wait, Well Enough, While, Whisper, Winter's Rain, Words | Leave a comment