Tag Archives: Fear

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

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Pick Up Sticks

Posted on October 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf | Leave a comment

Ways of Survival

Posted on September 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In the long and short of it, life is really about survival. Ways of Survival by Michael Romani And so at once, we reach our arrival That everything that happens is about survival Each Fall we are reminded of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Angry, Arrive, Blessing, Blue, Chill, Cry, Do, Dream, Earth, Empathy, End, Extinction, Fall, Fear, Fire, Forget, Fragile, Frame, Guesstimate, Happen, History, Immortal, Leaves, Life, Love, Mad Tea Party, Mass, Mercy, Moments, Mother Nature, Name, Passing Year, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Push, Rake, Realize, Regret, Resources, Revolve, Ripple, Serial Killer, Skipped Stone, Strife, Struggle, Suicide, Survival, Survive, Think, Way | Leave a comment

Lessons From Thomas

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on John 20: 24-31: Lessons From Thomas by Michael Romani Oh my God, I have so much doubt Always wondering what it’s about Expectations so seldom feeling met Too many turns that I sadly regret Sometimes, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Book of John, Care, Conceive, Dare, Demand, Discern, Doubt, Doubting Thomas, Expectation, Eyes, Faith, Faithless, Fear, Feeling, God, Grow, Integrity, Know, Learn, Met, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Proof, Regret, Right, Serve, Shadow, Sight, Teach, Turn, Wonder | Leave a comment

Way of Things

Posted on September 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life and love are best lived in giving and letting go of fear. Way of Things by Michael Romani Every problems asks for solution Said the keeper of genuine seeking The passage of light in contribution Pardoned by the innocent … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Broken Heart, Contribute, Corner Pocket, Distance, Edge, Energy, Fear, Genuine, Give, Hear, History, Hold Tight, Innocent, Life, Light, Locket, Love, Madness, Mystery, New Day, Night, One, Pardon, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problem, Read, Resistance, Right Words, Sad, Search, Seek, Solution, Talk, Things, Tomorrow, Travel, Trouble, Two, Way, Wonder, Write | Leave a comment

What Is Art?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I was sitting on a swing in a virtual world and thinking on how beautiful the build was that had been designed to evoke and memorialize my dead family members and close friends who had died before their time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ars, Art, Axiology, Balance, Beauty, Build, Circumstance, Comfort, Concept, Craft, Define, Deny, Determination, Dread, Dream, Effort, Era, Escape, Evidence, Evoke, Expression, Eyes, Fail, Fear, Form, Formal Quality, Hang, Harmony, Heart, Hue, Imiate, Know, Meaning, Memorial, Mimesis, Mind, Organic, Origin, Originality, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Rendition, Representation, Response, Rhythm, Show, Skill, Soul, Spill, Truth, Ugly, Unity, Value, Views, Virtual, Wall, Way, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Say That A Bad Government Must Be Established For Fear of Anarchy Is To Say We Should Kill Ourselves For Fear of Dying

Posted on July 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.” – Richard Henry Lee

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anarchy, Bad Government, Dying, Establish, Fear, First Principles, Kill, Ourselves, Richard Henry Lee | Leave a comment

Wolf’s Call Coming

Posted on July 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Love and life are becoming increasingly clearer in my mind as part of one and the same. Without love there is no life, without life there is no love. And what of this to a man who has been told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Call, Choice, Circle, Courage, Death, Drum, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Fear, Fight, Gaze, Ghost, Incendiary, Last Days, Life, Limited Time, Live, Love, Man, Military Man, Mystery, Pass, Persevere, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Reflect, Sanctuary, Sight, Sound, Spectra, Time, Voice, Well, Wise, Wolf, Wonder | Leave a comment

Happiness Finds Its Ending

Posted on July 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nothing better than a happy ending, right? Happiness Finds Its Ending by Michael Romani Not even happiness finds its ending Despite the best intentions in friending We look for ways to find our way home Walking our journey not wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Breath, Castle, Company, Decent, Dragon, Dream, Empathy, End, Fairy Tale, Family, Fear, Friend, Happiness, Hide and Seek, Home, Hope, Intention, Journey, Legend, Magic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Search, Share, Sympathy, Touch, Vision, Word | Leave a comment

Things We’ve Said

Posted on June 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Woke up this morning, kicking myself hard. Nuff said about that other than… Things We’ve Said by Michael Romani Teared face looks in the mirror Trapped disgrace lived out in error Struggling past feeble lines of poetry That still vivid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bed, Deep, Dignity, Disgrace, Error, Eyes, Fade, Far, Fear, Feeble, Feeling, Forget, Head, Heart, Mirror, Music, Neglect, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promise, Regret, Rein, Rhyme, Said, See, Shadow, Sorrow, Stars, Tear, Thrashing | Leave a comment