Tag Archives: Fear

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Complexity, Constraint, Contortionist, Distortionist, False, Fear, Feminitity, Forever Child., Guilt and Innocence, Matuirty, Paint, Poetry and Poems, Push-and-Pull World, Restraint, Rude, Smile, To Be A Woman, Tranquility, Wild | Leave a comment

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 →

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No Victim of My Circumstances

Posted on February 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

No Victim of My Circumstancesby Michael DoyleOn the mountains, in the sun raysIt’s your name that I praiseIn the green valley far belowIt is all your creation, and I knowSharing what I know of your graceThese are you living ways … Continue reading →

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Past Blinking Twice

Posted on February 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Past Blinking Twiceby Michael DoyleSome say forgetting is a giftIt’s a way past the riftBetween personal rationalizationAnd what allows you past sensationsThe ones that we cannot forgiveAnd yet it is that we must liveHowever, far past the thresholdThat our senses … Continue reading →

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In This House of Worship

Posted on February 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In This House of Worshipby Michael DoyleIn this house of worshipWe praise the relationshipHere as we begin our healingWrapped within the Word revealingThe miracles come at an outpourAnd we know there will be moreComing alive with Jesus’s loveWe follow the … Continue reading →

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In His Name

Posted on January 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In His Name by Michael DoyleThe stars of lifeThese come and glowIn peace and strifeFaithful love is what I knowWhatever the circumstanceI’ll make it throughTo dance again, this danceOf joy felt through faith in youThis faith is more than a … Continue reading →

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