Tag Archives: Done

Time and Illusion

Posted on January 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Time and Illusionby Michael DoyleWalking through life’s many milesI count my wins by my smilesSome might think I’ve been abusedBut mostly, I stand amusedAll the countless false chargesDesigned by enemies to somehow enlargeThe bad things I’ve sometimes doneIn the end, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abused, Amused, Annoys, Bad Things, Behind, Big, Clarity, Closed Minds, Compete, Confusion, Connections, Countless, Design, Details, Divding, Done, Door, End, Enemies, Enlarge, Evil, False Charges, Feathery Bed, Fighting the Clock, Friendship, Future Recollection, God, Good, Good Advice, Greater Evils, Guide, Head, Humorous Jokes, Ignorance, Illusion, Impurity, Irritation, Laugh, Lean In Hard, Lesser Evils, Life's Joys, Life's Many Miles, Listen, Locked Doors, Love, Need, Nostalgic, Open, Opportunities, Poetry and Poems, Points, Pour, Prisoners, Read, Seen, Small, Smiles Shared, Sorrow, Subtle, Time, Tomorrow, Walk, Whisper, Won | Leave a comment

Life So Far

Posted on January 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life So Farby Michael DoyleIn the righteousness and errorsLife is often smoke and mirrorsWe walk in our best composureAnd hiding ourselves from exposureOf being seen for who we areHoping our best selves will travel farWe hide ourselves in the shadowsHoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bare, Best Friends, Best Selves, Care, Charades, Composure, Confusion, Determine, Done, Doubt, Errors, Exposure, Face-To-Face, Fall, Feel, Found, Game, Ground, Happiness, Heart, Helpless, Hide, Hope, Illusion, Know, Life, Life So Far, Little Losses, Living History, Lost, Low, Made, Matter, Misery, Pieces, Pierce, Play, Poetry and Poems, Remains, Resiliency, Righteousness, Saying, Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, Soul, Splinters, Stars, This Far, Truth, Uncertain, Undone, Waking Days, Walk, Who We Are | Leave a comment

One By One

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

One By Oneby Michael DoyleWe work the problemsOne by oneOne at a timeThat’s how it’s doneWe face the worldOne step at a timeRemaining undefeatedWe struggle for primeThe point of no returnComes fast as we learnThere’s no turning backFrom the life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All We Got, Blood, Done, Down and Dirty, Earn, Face, Fast, Fight, Forgot, Give, Good, Hard, Hit, Hurt, Laugh, Learn, Life, Mud, Never Mind, No Turning Back, One By One, Poetry and Poems, Point of No Return, Prime, Problem, Right, Roll, Step, Struggle, Swing, Time, Undefeated, Understood, Win Or Lose, Work, World | Leave a comment

A Redemption Song

Posted on December 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Redemption Songby Michael DoyleThey harked the heraldAs the angels began to singSpreading the good newsIn the joy they dared to bringOn the night of the first NoelWith the shepherds in the fieldThe angels began to tell the taleOf mercy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Babe, Blessings, Born, Borne, Bring, Christmas, Dare, Done, Evil, Faced Down, Fail, Field, First Noel, God, Good News, Hark, Herald, Holy Contemplation, Joy, Kingdom, Love, Manger, Mercy Mild, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reason, Recall, Redemption, Redemption Song, Season, Shepherds, Sing, Tale, The Son, The Spirit, Word | Leave a comment

Truth of War

Posted on November 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Truth of Warby Michael DoyleMost of the world’s problems start with warIt’s a noteworthy thing that it takes moreThen dreamy words offering a shallow victoryTo come out on the winning side of historyMany a fool has believed themselves betterWhen cooler … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Begun, Breath, Brilliance, Choose, Cooler Head, Creep Up, Depths, Done, Dream, Equally Sad, Fight, Fight Hard, Fool, Fought, Hell, History, Journey, Legacy, Lesson, Lessons Learned, Lose, Luck, Mirror, No One Wins, Poetry and Poems, Price, Problem, Reflection, Reliance, Review, Roulette Wheel, Rush of Exuberance, Shallow Victory, Sin, Slow Drag of Death, Struggle, Tragic, Truth, Truth of War, Victory, Wages of War, War, Well-Earned, Winning Side, Won, World, Wounded | Leave a comment

If the Truth…

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

If the Truth…by Michael DoyleIf the truth is to be unpleasant Let it be spoken in a bold voiceKeeping focused on the presentNot a stumbled mumble as if not a choiceIt is better that the disagreeableBe out there and quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Avoid, Avoidance, Bad, Better, Bit By Bit, Bold Voice, Choice, Conceivable, Cycle, Dear, Deception, Disaagreeable, Done, Ear, End of Nature, Fear, Focus, Happy, If, Laws and Statutes, Life, Love, Malice, Moment, Mumble, Nibble, Pacify, Poetry and Poems, Present, Quick, Quick Usee, Reason, Reception, Sad, Seasonal, Seek, Spoken, The Cause, Think, Time, Torment, Truth, Unpleasant, Victory, Well Used, Wisdom, Won | Leave a comment

Wandering In the Night

Posted on November 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Wandering In the Nightby Michael DoyleWeary souls wandering in the nightIn need of a healing lightWe are not ever truly aloneThanking God, we are not on our ownWe are unburdened from bitternessOur saved souls have felt the tendernessWalking each moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Another One, Bitterness, Childhood, Christ, Days, Done, End, Fee, Final Days, Friend, God, Good, Gratitude, Great, Healing Light, Hell, Instances, Journey, Know, Lives, Lost, Love, Night, Own, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Push, Right Attitude, Saved Souls, Tenderness, Thank, Understood, Walk, Wander, Weary Souls, Worthy | Leave a comment

Enough Pain To Go Around

Posted on November 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Enough Pain To Go Aroundby Michael DoyleIf there’s one thingThat I’ve foundIt’s there’s enough painTo go aroundPages of sorrowTears of rageHolding on for tomorrowOn this world’s stageIt’s the state of artOf my darkened heartCalling out across the multiverseI’ve engineered it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Confess, Confusion, Darkened Heart, Done, Doubt, Dream, Engineer, Enough, Found, Go Around, Hang Tough, Hugging It Out, Huts, Inside, Little Bit, Live, Mess, Miss, Multiverse, Not the Only One, Pages, Pain, Pieces Fit, Poetry and Poems, Primal Scream, Rage, Reverse, Rip Apart, Sorrow, Stage, State of Art, Tears, Tomorrow, World, Wrong Address, Zip Code | Leave a comment

Praying In the Name Of…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Praying In the Name Of…by Michael DoyleThe battle is won in victoryMy hands lift up in God, not meThroughout all of my daysEvery waking moment, focused on His waysMy hands lift up in His holy praiseHe is the author of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Alive, Author, Battle, Beyond, Blame, Blessings, Blood, Capability, Days, Done, Earthly Graves, Evil, Father's Feet, God, God Loves, Good, Hands Lift Up, Healing, Hearts, His Ways, His Will, Holy Praise, Hope, House, In the Name of, Jesus' Name, Lessons, Lived, Miracles, Name of the Father, Poetry and Poems, Praying, Promise, Receive, Resurrection Power, Save, Thankful, The Adversary, The Devil, The Son, The Spirit, True Defeat, Turn, Understood, Veins, Victory, Waking Moment | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Besides the Noble Art of Getting Things Done, There Is the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone. The Wisdom of Life Consists In the Elimination of Nonessentials

Posted on October 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” – Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Done, Elmiination, Leave, Life, Lin Yutang, Noble Art, Non-Essentials, Thought For the Day, Undone, Wisdom | Leave a comment