Tag Archives: Fear

Step Inside A Haunted Mansion

Posted on October 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Step Inside A Haunted Mansionby Michael DoyleWhat if death was not the endingBut instead, just a new beginning?What if the paranormal was realAnd not just something that we feel?Skepticism has its own kind of turningIn all walks of life, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After Midnight, Answers, Bad Luck, Bad News, Beginning, Beyond, Blind, Conceal, Crystal Ball, Dark Spirits, Dead, Death, Devil, Discern, Disquieted Spirits, Ending, Fear, Fears, Feel, Fight, Final Play, Follow, Ghastly Sight, Ghosts, God, Good Intent, Grandeur, Grasp, Gravee, Haunted Mansion, Haunting, Hear, Hell Bent, Hollow, Inside, Lead, Learn, Life, Medium, Message, Mirror, Mortal Beings, Move On, Mysterious Ways, New, New Orleans, No Hope, Numbered Days, Our Ghosts, Paranormal, Personal Fiight, Pessimism, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pray, Real, Return, Reveal, Save, Scare, Seance, Skepticism, Spiritualism, Step, Substantial, Succumb, Trap, Truth of Life, Turn, Voice, Walks, Wanting, Watched Steps, Whisper | Leave a comment

If We Wish For the True Keys of the Kingdom

Posted on October 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

If We Wish For the True Keys of the Kingdomby Michael DoyleIt is said that in life’s great travestyThat it was the things of curiosityThat finally killed off the barn catBut I would bet that if we looked in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abeerration, Accepted Thought, Admission, Affiliiation, All Growth, Angle, Artists, Barn Cat, Blank Page, Cage, Captivity, Conquered, Constrict, Creativity, Curiosity, Dangle, Death, Declarative, Definitive, Disappear, Expression, Fear, Freely, Hat, Hidden, Hide, Ideological Tribes, Imagination, Imposition, Impressions, Intellectual Freedom, Keep, Kill, Kingdom, Life, Literacy, Looking In, Moralistic, Narrative, Nation, One Story, Orthodoxy, Outsdie, Path, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Self-Censorship, Shrink, Stridency, Submit, Tale, Thought, Travesty, True Keys, Unheeded, Unneeded | Leave a comment

Politically Incorrect Revisited

Posted on September 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Politically Incorrect Revisitedby Michael DoyleIs there some kind of fearThat we the people might persevereInto the rapid-fire shaking upCrystalized by making upToo many improvised linesSliding through topical landminesIn an approximation of real-timeThat edges up into the sublimeIt’s that take no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approximation, Certainty, Childproof, Comic, Commentary, Complex, Consequence, Damages, Dare, Deserve, Doubt, Edge, Elevate, Evident, Evolution, Evolve, Expect, Express, Facts, Fear, Harsh Truth, Humor, Improvised Lines, Indignant, Inflict, Interplay, Involve, Irreverent, Know, LandMines, Lend, Less Direct, Making Up, Mental, Monlogue, Necessary Players, Open Conflict, Pass, Persevere, Play, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Politically Incorrect, Principles, Put, Questions, Rapid Fire, React, Real Time, Relevance, Respect, Revisit, Revolution, Say, Sensitivity, Shaking Up, Straightforward, Sublime, Take-No-Prisoners, Televise, Topical, Tragedy, Travellogue, Truth, Urgency, Words, Worked Out, World, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Though I Walk Through the Darkest Valley, I Will Fear No Evil

Posted on August 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Comfort, Darkest Valley, Fear, First Principles, Green Pastures, Guide, Lie Down, Lord, Name's Sake, No Evil, Nothing, Pslams 23:1-4 (NIV), Quiet Pastures, Refresh, Right Paths, Rod, Shepherd, Soul, Staff, Walk | Leave a comment

My Foundation

Posted on July 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

My Foundationby Michael DoyleWhen everything around is shakingAnd my heart falls apart breakingMy best battles begin on my kneesCasting my worry and fears on the breezeKnowing that I can trust the LordTo find the words as shield and swordMy faith … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Breaking, Faith, Fear, Foundation, Heart, Holy Child, Jesus, Loss, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Shaking, Shield and Sword, The Lord, Trust, Victory, Words | Leave a comment

His Cure

Posted on July 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

His Cureby Michael DoyleJehovah by nameHe takes our blamePurified in praiseBringing light to our daysHis is the peaceThat wins from sin, our releaseGiving us our freedomIn the name of His KingdomHe who has set the starsAllowing us healing from our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action Verbs, Blame, Broken, Correction, Cure, Days, Empty Words, Fear, Freedom, Gardens, God, Graves, Heal, His Cure, His Path, Humanity, Jehovah, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mourning, Name, Only Way, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pure, Release, Ressurection, Scar, Sin, Spoken, Stars, Steady and Sure | Leave a comment

Lives Lived With Gratitude

Posted on July 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Lives Lived With Gratitudeby Michael DoyleTwo words received along the journeyTen men found their way to destinySamaritans and Jews knew their enmityExcept where leprosy was the common enemyStruck with this sort of a diseaseAs they slowly died, putting others ill … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, Anew, Astray, Burning Fire, Clay, Common Enemy, Contemplation, Destiny, Disease, Enmity, Enthusiasm, Faith, Fear, Fingers of God, God's Eyes, Gratitude, Heal, Hearts of Love, Hell, Holy Grace, Holy Love, Holy Power, Hour, Ill At Ease, Indulgence, Jesus, Jews, Jouney, Journey, Least Likely, Leprosy, Life, Lives, Love, Loving Embrace, Miracles, Obedience, Optimism, Pity and Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayers, Presevere, Pride, Promises, Reborn, Redeemed, Redemption, Reveal, Right Attitude, Self Control, Self Evidence, Shared Story, Side, Soul, Sufficient Faith, Supernatural, Thankfulness, Today, Tomorrow, Two Words, Unclean, Valley, Victory, Willful Rejection, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Fear of Telling the Truth – Whatever That Truth May Be – That Fear Is the Most Painful Sensation of A Moral Life

Posted on July 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Adult, Child, Fear, June Jordan, Moral Life, More Painful, Not To Tell Truth, Painful, Sensation, Taught, Thought of the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

The Mothman Cometh

Posted on July 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Mothman Comethby Michael DoyleGraceful yet frighteningI saw him by lightening With two red eyes glaringI couldn’t help staringPleading his wild eyed mysteryA part of West Virginian historyThis mysterious sort of beingThat the moonlight might bringA chilling whisper finds its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Being, Blame, Breath, Bring, Cornfield, Courage, Danger, Death, Doom, Fear, Feeling Lost, Fog, Frightening, Game, Glare, Graceful, History, Late Night, Moonlight, Mothman, Mysterious, Mystery, Outrun, Poetry and Poems, Prank, Red Eyes, Run, Sight, Span, Spell, Stare, Stranger, Talons, West Virginian, Whisper, Wings | Leave a comment

Thought For Another Day: We Must Dissent From the Fear, the Hatred, and the Mistrust

Posted on July 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that buried its head in the sand waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged America, Better, Dissent, Fear, Hatred, Mistrust, Nation, No Choice, Thought For the Day, Thurgood Marshall, We | Leave a comment