Tag Archives: Flow

Making the World Better

Posted on November 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Making the World Betterby Michael DoyleDon’t stand there silent like a rockWhen your feelings need you to talk.Give yourself permission to find a wayFor you to say what you need to say.Your feelings need to find a way out – … Continue reading →

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Syncopated Anticipation

Posted on September 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Syncopated Anticipationby Michael DoyleThe music, any music, has its own flow,Leaving behind the day as we dance.We enjoy the moments as these flow,As if inside a fluid sense of trance.The audience is part of the show.The thunder roars across the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anticipation, Audence, Dance, Darkness, Day, Flow, Harshness, Heart, Loneliness, Memory, Moments, Music, Mystery, Night, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Show, Synocopated, Thunder, Tomorrow, Valentine | Leave a comment

First Principles: Above All Else, Guard Your Heart, For Everything You Do Flows From It

Posted on August 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” – Proverbs 4:23

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Something Beyond Beautiful

Posted on August 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Something Beyond Beautifulby Michael DoyleWhen the hurricanes pass me by,And I realize that I did not die.I go to the place where the river flows,That quiet place where nobody goes.I find that passion has ruled my game,And my character has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Beyond Beautiful, Born, Character, Cuddle, Dancing, Die, Dream, Dreams, Eyes, Fade, Feeling, Flow, Forever, Found, Frame, Game, Hunger, Hurricane, Life, Light, Live, Lonely Night, Look, Love, Love Song, Moonlight, Name, Opening Key, Passion, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Precious Feelings, Promise, Quiet Place, River, Romance, Smile, Soul, Speak, Stars, Sunrise, Tall Grass, Tears, Touch, Truth, Vision, Wallop, Wonderful, Writing | Leave a comment

Tomorrow’s Children

Posted on July 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Tomorrow’s Childrenby Michael DoyleBy a leap of faith, we look into the futureLearning what there is to know and nurture.But the best of yet to come, so it seems,Belongs to those who believe in their dreams.I’ve spoken, often, of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Way, Believe, Capability, Cave, Children, Choices, Dreams, Faith, False Gods, Flow, Free-Thinker, Future, God, Half-Forgotten Faces, Hearts, Hell, Know, Leap of Faith, Life, Listen, Living Forard, Love, Nurture, Philosopher-King, Plaent, Poetry and Poems, Responsibility, Spoiled Odds, Stay the Courcse, Tide, Today, Tomorrow, Traces, Voices, Winds, Witness, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Love Is Never Lost. If Not Reciprocated, It Will Flow Back and Soften and Purify the Heart

Posted on June 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” -Washington Irving, writer (3 Apr 1783-1859)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Flow, Heart, Lost, Love, Purify, Reciprocation, Soften, Thought For the Day, Washington Irving | Leave a comment

Mean Street Struggles

Posted on June 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Mean Street Strugglesby Michael DoyleThe top tier of all artistryHas the flow found in living free.The struggle and hustle of the cityHas the habit of instilling its vibrancyThat grinds against the boneIn a way that makes each soul its own.New … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Day, Artists, Before, Bone, Cinema, Closer To Love, Corruption, Differently, Disruption, Door, Fight, Flow, Forgotten, Fragments, Full Price, Ghost, Glimpses, Greater, Grinds, Habit, History, Ideals, Illumination, Imagination, Immigrants, Learn, Living Free, Mean Street, More, Neighborhood, New York City, Opportunities, Own, Perception, Poetry and Poems, Primeval, Push and Shove, Revere, Reverent, Rival, Scenery, Second Generation, Seen, Soul, Store, Struggle and Hustle, Struggles, Sum of Sacrifice, Survival, Survivors, Sympathy, The City, Top Toer, Tribabl, True Mystery, Up and Coming, Visitor | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Life Does Not Consist Mainly, Or Even Largely, of Facts Or Happenings. It Consists Mainly of the Storm of Thoughts That Is Forever Flowing Through One’s Head

Posted on March 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.” – Mark Twain

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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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessings, Blood of Jesus Christ, Born, Cheer, Circumstances, Clear, Creation, Darkness, Days, Deeds, Embrace, Fear, Flow, Follow, Grace, Green Valley, Heart, Know, Lead, Light, Living Ways, Lord of My Life, Mountains, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reins, Share, Source, Sun Rays, The God of Second Chances, Veins, Victim, Victory, World, Your Love, Your Name | Leave a comment

Fires Framing Truth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading →

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