Tag Archives: Embrace

Felt (The Loss of Shangri-la)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s interesting. This poem started of with the intention of being a lighthearted look at the sort of a person who would look at Shangri-La an think that all it’s missing is a casino. By the time, my pen hit … Continue reading →

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Ruin and Salvation

Posted on January 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes we find our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses our strength. Who is to say which is which? Only in the blackest points of our lives do we ever really know. Ruin and Salvation by Michael Romani Out … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Brew, Cost, Depth, Disgrace, Embrace, Fight, Forgive, Ghost, Hell Driven, Help, Honor, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Ruin, Salvation, Storm, Strong, Truth, Weak, Wish | Leave a comment

Through A Window

Posted on January 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Lessons we learn in life, sometimes they cut us like a knife… Through A Window by Michael Romani Broken shadows seen through a window Hopeful promises shine like a rainbow Taken further than dreams often carry A true born love … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Broken, Cut, Dare, Dash, Dream, Embrace, Far, Guiding Light, Heart, Knife, Learn, Lessons, Life, Love, Might, Natural, Night, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rainbow, Recognize, Risk, Run, Shadows, Shining Star, Tear, Truth, Window | Leave a comment

Questions For A New Year

Posted on January 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It seems like maybe a good time to pause a moment and ask ourselves about our walk and whether it matches our talk may just the time we’re at now, the beginning of a new year. Based in part on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Brilliance, Build, Cheer, Church, Command, Connection, Creative, Dark, Diligence, Embrace, Essence, God, Grace, Haggai, Haste, Illuminate, Joy, Keep, Life, Live, Lord, Need, New Year, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Presence, Questions, Reflection, Reprimand, Salvation, Scripture, Soul, Spark, Spirit, Strife, Talk, Thought, Walk, Waste, Wield, Year | Leave a comment

Extra Little Something

Posted on December 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Isn’t it funny how it’s usually the little things that make up our memories and bring up to the magic that is truly in Christmas? Extra Little Something by Michael Romani It’s there in all the things we take up … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Best, Christmas, Christmas Day, Clear, Communication, Conceive, Confusion, Contribution, Courage, Dream, Embrace, Excitement, Extra, Eyes, Fantasy, Forgive, God, Hard Times, Heart, Illusion, Imposture, Incitement, Lies, Love, Make Believe, Make Up, Memory, Nothing, Okay, One Another, Photograph, Plumb, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Sarcrifice, Secret, Shallow, Snare, Take Up, Test, Things, Truth, Truth Seeker | Leave a comment

The Gentleness In Us

Posted on November 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Philippians 4:5: The Gentleness In Us by Michael Romani The Wizard announced his greatness Dorothy responded with her meekness Not a cowering bit of quiver But with the strength to make evil shiver This thing we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affront, Attitude, Balance, Better, Book of Phillippians, Bound, Care, Character, Children, Commission, Compassion, Confront, Consideration, Cower, Doing, Dororthy, Embrace, Evil, Extremes, Faith, Fanfare, Fine Art, Fortune, Found, Fundamental, Gentle, Gentleness, Good Tale, Greatness, Healing, Heart, Humility, Imitation, Imposture, Latitude, Lead by Example, Life, Limitation, Listen, Living Days, Living Well, Love, Meekness, Mother, Patient, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pursue, Quiver, Reasonable, Refrain, Rein, Release, Render, Rest, Righteous, Shiver, Shown, Sincere, Stand, Steady Hand, Strive, Strong, Submission, Surrender, Teachable Spirit, Tender, Test, Together, Tough, Us, Valid, Walk, Weak, Wizard, Wrong | Leave a comment

God Is After You

Posted on November 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 23:6 God Is After You by Michael Romani I seek in repentance to make my turn To live a better life as I have learned Desired by the blessings from above Surrendering to the ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessing, Chains, Discourage, Embrace, Follow, Fruit, Gift, Glory, God, Goodness, Heartbreak, Heels, Keys, Learn, Lesson, Lies, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Psalms, Receive, Repentance, Shatter, Sheep, Stumble, Surrender, Tears, Trail, Tribute, Truth, Victory, Word of God, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Must Work Together To Create A Culture That Embraces the Dignity of Life

Posted on October 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We must … work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life, that creates deep and meaningful human connections, and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors.” – Donald Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Connection, Create, Culture, Dignity of Life, Donald Trump, Embrace, Friends, Humanity, Neighbors, Thought For the Day, Together | Leave a comment

Matter of Life and Death

Posted on October 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 John 3:11-18 Matter of Life and Death by Michael Romani Ours is to live in Holy Love Here on earth as above It’s a matter of life and death And of what life has left … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, Action, Believe, Bible, Book of John, Calling, Christian, Command, Compassion, Death, Deceive, Down, Earth, Embrace, Empty, Family, First Step, Fruit, Give, Grow, Heaven, Hidden, Holy, Human Beings, Initiation, Life, Love, Meaning, Need, New Heart, Option, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Practice, Pride, Proactive, Reaction, Said, Satisfaction, Serve, Shine, Shown, Sin, Spirit Led, Strive, Tolerance, Tradition, Truth, Understand, Witness, Word | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Existential

Posted on September 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There is something in the existential moment When we realize life consists of daily torment But still it’s the very best deal that is offered Dreams of immortality are not even proffered With a the straightness of anyone’s best face … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Acceptance, Bridge Too Far, Daily, Daily Prompt, Days, Deal, Death, Deny, Dreams, Embrace, Existential, Gaily, Immortality, Moment, Pain, Push, Real, Steal, Straight Face, Torment, Truth | Leave a comment