Tag Archives: Fall

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Arms of God, Attention, Balloon, Blame, Call, Control, Corner Boys, Crash and Burned, Crawl, Crying, Death, Desire, Die, Different, Dollar, End of Night, Escape, Fall, Fantasy, Fatalstically, Fear, Fire, Friend, Gang, Gone, Gun, Hand, Heed, Holler, Jester Crown, Last Prayer, Life, Light, Lost Soul, Loud, Lower East End, Mark, Name, Need, Off and On, On Your Own, Phantasm, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pointed Fingers, Reach, Relationship, Revere, Reverent, Scratch, Scream, Shots Fired, Shuffle, Sinners, Snitch, Soldier, Soul, Stale, Street, Struggle, Switch, Tale, Temptation, The Devil, Truth, Twitch, Whole, World, Worship, Worth of Life, Wreckage | Leave a comment

Profit and Schemes

Posted on June 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Adventurer, All Business, Bet, Black, Captain, Coming Back, Deals, Difference, Dreams, Fall, Greed, Holding Fast, Hope, Ideal, Knot, Landlubbers, Life, Misunderstood, Money, Pirate's Life, Pirate's Pride, Poetry and Poems, Profit and Schemes, Promise, Pursuit, Reality, Recall, Revereence, Shade, Sincerity, Speed, Stability, Stock, Strength, Stumble, Talk, Tell, The Crew, Wagered Bet, Wise Pirate | Leave a comment

Cheap Candles Finding Gold

Posted on June 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Cheap Candles Finding Goldby Michael DoyleAsk any Rabbi, and you’re sure to findA story or two to give sight to the blindIt’s a whispered rumor illustrating the taleOf how those with pride are sure to fallEven cheap candles can illuminate … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Alone, Bad Mood, Blind, Cheap Candles, Creation, Dream, Eyes, Fact Pattern, Fall, Find, Find the Point, God, Gold, Hear, Hope, Humanity, Illuminate, Illustrate, Illustrating, Incomprehensible, Intrude, Lessons, Mind's Window, Moments, Mystery, Never Comprehending, Never Know, No Friend, Nothing, Orchestrate, Ordinary Stone, Path, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Present, Pride, Rabbi, Receive, Resent, Rumor, Sages, See, Sight, Solid Rock, Something, Stories, Tablets, Truths, Universe, Unnatural Fact, Vague Talk, Wind, Words | Leave a comment

Calling On God’s Name

Posted on May 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Calling On God’s Nameby Michael DoyleIn days like these, we seeThe need to depend on divinityIt’s best that we all recallThat even heroes can topple and fallNow, though the battle feels longerOur brave hearts beat ever strongerFollowing Jesus as our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Best, Bible, Blame, Brave Hearts, Burning Fires, Call, Calling On God's Name, Christianity, Christians, Dark Moments, Days Like These, Deceit, Defeat, Depend, Divinity, Doubt, Efforts, Eterninty, Even Heroes, Extraordinary, Eyes, Faith, Fall, False Position, Fight On, Final Dominion, Forgotten, Generations, God, God's Children, Good People, Hold Firm, Holy Power, Hope, However Things Look, Insurrection, Jesus, Lift, Longer, Mockers, Poetry and Poems, Ranks, Recall, Reign, Resurrection, Rule of Law, Satan Reigns, See, Stand Tall, Standing Firm, Stout, Strong, The Battle, Through Him, Tremble, True King, Truth of Jesus, Vain, Veneration, Victory, Voice of Victory | Leave a comment

First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils

Posted on May 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Betray, Citizens, Created, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise | Leave a comment

Crossing Palms On Purim

Posted on March 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Crossing Palms On Purimby Michael DoyleThis blessed day of Purim is also Palm SundayOffering mercy and majesty in God’s own wayA reversal of fortune arises by way of definitionIn how Esther was able to avoid the annihilationOf God’s people on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Annihilation, Broken, Calling, Circumstance, Cross, Curses, Deliverance, Enemy, Esther, Fall, Forgot, God, God's People, God's Will, Good Shepherd, Holy Week, Honor, Jesus, Lent, Majesty, Mercy, Palm Sunday, Palms, Path, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Purim, Reversal of Fortune, Snare, Sought, Spoken, Trick, Victory, Watch | Leave a comment

With Uplifted Voice

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

With Uplifted Voiceby Michael DoyleWith uplifted voiceWe join in our praiseKeeping the spirit to rejoiceThroughout our daysAs long as the day has lengthThe Lord is my special strengthAs the days pass, once againWe end each prayer with AmenProtecting us as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 10 Foot Tall, Amen, Chains, Circumstance, Darkness, Days, Fall, Freinds, God, Hand-In-Hand, Join Hands, Length, Libery, Light, Link, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pottect, Praise, Prayer, Rejoice, Sins, Soul, Spirit, Story Ends, Strength, Strong, Uplift, Victory, Victory Song, Vidtory, Voice, Washed | Leave a comment

Deep End Moments

Posted on March 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Deep End Momentsby Michael DoyleThe deep end of the dating sceneIt can be or seem extremely shallowThat is, if you know what I meanIt’s, at best, the higher love’s shadowCan true love come without face-to-face?Or is that hoping for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arrive, Arrow, Best, Blind, Cleopatra, Confide, Connection, Correction, Crystalized, Cupid, Dating Scene, Deep End, Director, Dream, Egypt, Embrace, Face-To-Face, Faded, Fall, Feel, Good Heart, Heart and Head, Higher Love, Hope, Hopeless, Inside, Jaded, Kind, King, Know, Let Love Grow, Love, Mean, Meet, Mercy, Miles, Moments, Nile, Out of the Gate, Past, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prove, Queen, Reach, Reveal, Secrets, Shadow, Show, Silver Screen, Smile, Someone Special, Special, Sunset, Sweet Truth, Tell, Together, True Love, True Love Moment, Victory, Wait, Well Meet | Leave a comment

In Plain View (Minding Business)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Plain View (Minding Business)by Michael DoyleIn our efforts and in our spacesWe work hard to separate our tracesMinding our business in all we doThe relevance comes openly into viewThe Bible opens with God’s creationIn page after page of fascinationNothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abilities, Adam and Eve, Agent of Change, Assignment, Beautiful, Bible, Blessing, Charity, Co-Create, Conceal, Credibility, Curse, Deeds, Deserve, Direction, Discouragement, Efforts, Encouragement, Expectation, Faith, Faithful, Fall, Generosity, God, God's Creation, God's Love, Godliness, Good Purposes, Growth, Honor, Humanity, Humility, Image, Integrity, Jesus, Legacy, Live, Living Days, Love, Maturity, Minding Business, Mission, Needs, Open view, Perfection, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Relevance, Representation, Serve, Services, Seventh Day, Sincerity, Spaces, Talent, Teach, The Bible, Thrive, Traces, Truly Alive, Witness, Wonderful, Work Hard | 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