Tag Archives: Fear

Mortality Awoken

Posted on July 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Mortality Awokenby Michael DoyleThe questions of mortalityGo far beyond moralityWhen something makes you question why.Or how it is that we are born to die.Avoiding the phone calls that wait,As these questions come down to fate.Who are we to feel this … Continue reading →

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No Limits, Only Hope

Posted on July 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

No Limits, Only Hopeby Michael DoyleAs a child looking for a telescopeI saw no real limits, only new hope.I’d dream of the planets spinning,Each of them offering new beginnings.There, in every new world to be found,Is something that makes my … Continue reading →

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Through Songs and Deeds

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading →

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Humanity’s Eclipse

Posted on July 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading →

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The War On Free Speech

Posted on June 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The War On Free Speechby Michael DoyleThere is one lesson of liberty, we must always teach.This is about the importance of maintaining free speech.Free thought and freedom of expression are the one libertyAbove all else, that is what is needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Democracy, Fear, Free Expression, Free Nation, Free Spech, Free Speech, Free Thought, Hear, History, Lesson, Liberty, News, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Teach, War | Leave a comment

To Be A Woman

Posted on May 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Be A Womanby Michael DoyleIt would be false to paint tranquility.A woman’s world is one of complexity.Phrased in its phases, it takes a distortionist.To be a woman is to be a contortionist.In the push-and-pull world of always there,It’s plain … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Posted on May 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” – Solomon

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Bumping Up Against

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading →

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Know Not Fear

Posted on March 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Know Not Fearby Michael DoyleYouth always tries to dareTheir elders try to careEach in their own placeStares the other in the faceEach move made creates a snareNo matter how each tries to be fairClimbing to the highest heightTo outpace the … Continue reading →

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We Manage To Stand

Posted on February 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

We Manage To Standby Michael DoyleSunset captures fear’s reflectionAs the kitten meanders in the right directionUnhungry and not seeking some timid mouseBut rather the warmth of the familiar houseOnce the hunter, now the preyThe game of life has danger in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chase, Company, Danger, Drift, Familiar House, Fear, Flood, Fortune, Game of Life, Hunter, Kitten, Manage, Meander, Misery, Mouse, Play, Poetry and Poems, Prey, Reflection, Right Direction, Stand, Sunset, Survival, Sympathy, Trampled Underfoot, Unhungry, Wamth, Water's Flow | Leave a comment