Tag Archives: Family

All the Broken Pieces

Posted on November 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

All the Broken Piecesby Michael DoyleWhen our sanity has turned to treason,We make up every kind of reason.It seems like our life is by misconception,When we fall for our own self-deceptions.It’s next to tragic applied to our family,In the conflicts … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Broken Pieces, Choices of Love, Conceal, Conflict, Decency, Dignity, Family, Fantasy, Fight, Forget, Glory, Kindnesses, Life, Misconception, Misery, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Revealed, Sanity, Self-Decpetion, Sorrow, Story, Thrown Away, Tomorrow, Tragic, Treason, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Allowing Allowable Differences

Posted on October 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Allowing Allowable Differencesby Michael DoyleIn our family’s living sanctuary,The Bible serves as a special library.It teaches us how to live and to love,Instructed in conversation with Heaven above.Each of us has our own interpretationOf what it is and isn’t to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Bible, Christianity, Conversation, Differences, Faith, Family, God, God's Will, Harmony, Jesus, Library, Live, Living Sanctuary, Love, nterpretation, Poetry and Poems, Unity | Leave a comment

Laughing At Life

Posted on September 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Laughing At Lifeby Michael DoyleHere I am, sitting on the floor.I’m lost in numbers, collating the score.I’m not saying that I need it easy.But wish for once it would even up to please me.We’re laughing at all of life’s dramady,But … Continue reading →

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Every Day Lived On the Ledge

Posted on September 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Every Day Lived On the Ledgeby Michael DoyleI hear God’s children crying.Lord, hear your believers trying.We try hard to make sense of this all,As each of us responds to your call.We know with all legitimacyThat we must submit to godly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Bible, Blame Game, Call, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, Church, Darknness, Dignity, Error, Every Day, Faith, Family, God, God's Children, Govenrment, Guide, Harshness, Humility, Jesus, Jesus Saves, Ledge, Liegitmacy, Mirror, Navigation, Path, Poetry and Poems, Politics of Everything, Redemption, Respect, Response, The Bible, World-Class Listening Problem | Leave a comment

All the Days Are Gone

Posted on September 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

All The Days Are Goneby Michael DoyleListen a little closer to the song,Tell me, does it somehow belong?It’s not a case of stump the band,But it’s a memory of favorites across the land.Standing ready across this promised land,What you want … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back Streets, Band, Belong, Best Friend, Born To Run, Carry On, Death's Final Gift, Demanding, Fairytale, Fallen Night, Family, Favorites, Fun, God's Full Sight, Gone, Happiness, Land, Last Chord, Left Behind, Life, Light, Listen, Living, Lost Chord, Love, Memory, Music, Pawn Shop, Poetry and Poems, Right, Sog, Standing, Sun, The Promised Land, Tramps, Whisper, Wish, Writing, Wrong | Leave a comment

Real Without Regret

Posted on August 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Real Without Regretby Michael DoyleYou started realAnd sold out for a mansion.It’s the corporate feel,Soulless suits were never in fashion.Life is raw,And only sometimes pretty.Singing about what you sawIn every man’s town and city.This world can be strongly frayed.You hear … Continue reading →

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To Feel Good, Do Good

Posted on July 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Feel Good, Do Goodby Michael DoyleUnhappiness Is an affliction on bliss.By Cicero’s severed neck,Duty can make us into wrecksThose who live in their mindAre too often left behind.Such is the way of those in powerWho care only for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advance, Advice, Affliction, Bliss, Cardinal Virtues, Cicero, Correct, Courage, Direct, Do Good, Duty, Everything, Faithful, Family, Feel Good, Glory, Honorable, Hour, Justice, Least Resistance, Life, Memory, Mind, Neck, Nothing, Path, Persistance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Price, Success, Temperance, Test, Unhappiness, Wisdom | Leave a comment

We Will Do the Rest

Posted on July 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

We Will Do the Restby Michael DoyleWith a little rain and the truest grit Following admonitions to never forget,We’ll know liberty’s tree from its roots grownTo the top of freedom’s leaves, deeply flowing.We’ve driven the distance to see the sightsAcross … Continue reading →

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A Small Matter of Growing Faith

Posted on June 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Small Matter of Growing Faithby Michael DoyleWe gather in an authentic community,We are at one with all other members of the family.After all, all churches are truly oneLost in the thunder of the Father and the Son.Faith grows at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authentic Community, Bible, Blessings, Christianity, Church, Era, Faith, Family, Father, Feeling, God, Gratitude, Growing Faith, Jesus, Members, Miracles, Pace, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Sensitive, Small Matter, Son, Space, Spiritual Healing, Thunder, Truth | Leave a comment

As Invincible As the Stars

Posted on June 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

As Invincible As the Starsby Michael DoyleAnother Father’s Day approaches soon.I think on this under the shining moon.I love talking to each of my daughters,And I realized I’m blessed to be their father.I think on the long drives and all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Babies, Blessed, Cars, Catch Fire, Coddled, Daughters, Desire, Eyes, Family, Father, Father's Day, Invincible, Joy, Life, Long Drives, Love, Moon, Poetry and Poems, Stars, Stars Above, Talk, Window, Young Ladies, Youth | Leave a comment