Tag Archives: Fight

First Principles: It is Inconsistent, Unjust and Impious To Fight And Pray for Freedom While Keeping Others In Slavery

Posted on January 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“That men should pray and fight for their own freedom and yet keep others in slavery is certainly acting a very inconsistent, as well as unjust and perhaps impious, part.” – John Jay, Reference The Life and Times of John … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Fight, First Principles, Freedom, Impious, Incosistent, John Jay, Me, Others, Pray, Slavery, Unjust | Leave a comment

Flying Solo

Posted on January 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Since mankind began, there has been the hero’s journey. A man starts with just his dreams and builds his world or fails. Those with heart prevail. That then is the trick to this tale. Flying Solo by Michael Romani Long … Continue reading →

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Samson II

Posted on January 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on the Book of Judges: Samson II by Michael Romani A time it was that had come When the Philistines of Gaza had plenty But, God’s children had next to none Save the for when the evil … Continue reading →

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Ruin and Salvation

Posted on January 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes we find our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses our strength. Who is to say which is which? Only in the blackest points of our lives do we ever really know. Ruin and Salvation by Michael Romani Out … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Brew, Cost, Depth, Disgrace, Embrace, Fight, Forgive, Ghost, Hell Driven, Help, Honor, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Ruin, Salvation, Storm, Strong, Truth, Weak, Wish | Leave a comment

Little By Little

Posted on January 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A quiet take on understanding life… Little By Little by Michael Romani Today, I came face to face with Neruda’s mean As I contemplated the mortality of this being That if little by little we live as though indentured To … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Adventure, Atonal, Battle, Brilliant, Cherish, Compromise, Contemplate, Daughters, Denial, Dying, Eyes, Face to Face, Fall, Fascination, Fears, Fight, Forgive, Give, Give All, Grin, Improvisation, Indentured, Laugh, Life, Linger, Little, Live, Living, Love, Middle, More, Mortality, Neruda, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ravage, Rhyme, Shade, Smile, Taken, Ventured, Win, Yes | Leave a comment

First Principles: Never Give Up A Well Principled Fight

Posted on January 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have not yet begun to fight!” – John Paul Jones (1779)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Defeat, Determination, Fight, First Principles, John Paul Jones, Life, Perserverance, Spirit, Victory | Leave a comment

Death Plays For Sympathy

Posted on December 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Half time score: Benign! There’s a biopsy I can live with…. Death Plays For Sympathy by Michael Romani In the feigned victory Of death played for sympathy The gods whisper at the score Fatalistically wishing, wanting more To feel right … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cosmos, Dark, Detach, Fail, Fall, Fantasy, Fate, Fight, Forgot, Hammer, Humanity, Infinity, Lost, Monters, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Ressurection, Score, Shatter, Spell, Sympathy, Victory, Wish | Leave a comment

In the Shimmer

Posted on December 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Will there come a day that AI becomes more human than human? What would the implications be if AI comes to replicate itself by fusing with other AI? What about if AI developed feelings and the desire to create as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged AI, Angel, Beauty, Call, Cascade, Crash, Cry, Death, Die, Dimmer, Fad, Fall, Fear, Fight, Flight, Forgot, Glory, Heartbreak, Heed, Home, Joy, Life, Memory, Need, Night, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pricless, Rain, Reason, Saviors, Shimmer, Shore, Siren, Sorrow, Story, Tears, Thought, Tomorrow, Trust, Waves | Leave a comment

One

Posted on November 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

All life began from one cell. Sometimes cells mutate in less than desirable ways. One by Michael Romani A cell Four and a half billon years ago A cell Divided into two Then as though compelled And having nowhere else … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cell, Fight, Life, Love, Mutation, One, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason To Live, Strength, Unity | Leave a comment

On the Edge of Nowhere

Posted on November 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For all my life, November has been marked as a time for contemplation and gratitude on all the blessings that come our way and somehow seldom receive the focus they should. This includes for those fighting the good fight. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Darkness, Devil, Edge, Evil, Fight, Good fight, Harshness, Laugh, Lessons, Light, Monkey King, Nowhere, Open, Poem, Poetry, Restore, Reveler, Right, World | Leave a comment