Tag Archives: Friend

The Footprints In My Soul

Posted on December 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Footprints In My Soulby Michael DoyleLove is not a monologue,Talking to myself gets me nowhere.Let’s get on with the dialogue,Moving beyond where I simply persevere.Under my empire of ashesLives a garden from my heart.Despite the doom of thrashes,This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Betrayal, Beyond, Dialogue, Dream, Empire of Ashes, Empty Burn, End, Endless Torment, Fly, Footprints, Friend, Garden, Give and Take, Gone, Grave, Heart, Long-Distance Runaround, Love, Many Voices, Memory, Monolgue, Nowhere, Perfect Moment, Poetry and Poems, Rubicon, Snow, Solitary, Soul, Talking To Myself, Wings, Winter | Leave a comment

Under One Star

Posted on December 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Under One Starby Michael DoyleDamn that cancel culture,Believing it has a right to nurtureHatred toward the founders of this land.I don’t think they really understand.We need to bring hope to tomorrow.It’s time to move past the sorrow.We need to remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cancel Culture, Christian, Doubt, Find Our Way Back, Flaw, Founders, Friend, Good, Grace, Hand, Hatred, Heart, Hope, Life, Listen, Love, My Best, Nurture, One Star, Pillow, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Significance, Sin, Srrow, Success, Time, Tomorrow, Town, Under, Understood, Undestand, Writing | Leave a comment

It’s Not So Funny Now

Posted on December 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It’s Not So Funny Nowby Michael DoyleIt seems like the truth behind so many stories.We had to dare the lightning to find the glories.Yesterday’s lessons, we thought would never end,These were the moments we really needed a friend.It’s really not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Believer, Believers, Chilren, Clock, Cope, Dare the Lightning, Days, Deceiver, Deserving, Discern, Discipleship, Dodge, End, Eyes, Falling Rain, Family, Forgive, Friend, Funny, Glory, Head, Hope and Faith, Know, Learn, Lessons, Life, Live, Love, Man Above, Moments, Now, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prophets, Serve, Stories, Thanks To God, Thirst, Toughen, Trouble, Truth, Wall, Wrong Turns, Yesterday, Young | Leave a comment

Words Well Spent

Posted on November 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Words Well-Spentby Michael DoyleDon’t wait until the endTo learn to live as a father and a friend.Now and then are the moments to seize.This lesson doesn’t come with fancy degrees.It begins and ends by saying I love you,And living each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Dream of Shadows, Echo, End, Etiquette, Father, Friend, Guarantee, Hello, I Love You, Joy, Lesson, Moments, Poetry and Poems, Shout, Sould, Tears, Well Spent, Whisper, Words, Writer, Writing, Zest | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend

Posted on October 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Given Grace Grows the Church

Posted on October 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Given Grace Grows the Churchby Michael DoyleJews and Gentiles – we are one family,Worshipping our Lord in the sanctuary.Each of us lives, and sometimes we sin.We find comfort in having God as our friend.Grace is the undeserved love we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Church, Faith, Forgiveness, Friend, Gentiles, God, Grace, Grce, Grow, Jesus, Jews, Meek, One Famly, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Sanctuary, Sin, Strong, Victory, Weakness, Worship | Leave a comment

A Sense of Loneliness

Posted on October 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Sense of Lonelinessby Michael DoyleThe strange new thoughts are invasive.The changes to what life is are pervasive.One must be careful out on the street,Especially of who one decides to eat,To keep things in the superlative, One must never eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attempt, Changes, Eat, Emptiness, Fantasy, Feelings, Friend, Hesitation, Horror, Invasive, Life, Liiquid, Live Forever, Loneliness, Page, Pervasive, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Relative, Sense, Street, Superlative, Thirst, Thought, Unanswered Question, Unquenchable, Value, vampires | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Are Here, As Far As I Can Tell, To Help Each Other – Our Brothers, Sisters, Our Friends, Our Enemies. That’s To Help Each Other, Not Hurt Each Other

Posted on October 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.” – Stevie Ray Vaughn

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Brother, Each Others, Enemy, Friend, Help, Hurt, Sister, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Thought For the Day, We | Leave a comment

Healing Scars Into Stars

Posted on August 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Healing Scars Into Starsby Michael DoyleWe can beat ourselves up in the void,In all the shame we try to avoid. Waltzing through interconnecting rooms of shameThis is where we learned to wear our blame.We tell ourselves that we’re different,Acting humble … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Atone, Avoid, Belong, Different, Extended Hand, Far, Feel, Friend, Heal, Hopeful Eyes, Humble, Learn, Lives, Moments, Okay, Pain, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reverent, Rooms of Shame, Scars, Shame, Skin of Stone, Smile of Low, Stars, Stranger, Strong, Understand, Voice, Void, Waltz, Wonder, Wound | 1 Comment

First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government…Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Publicly Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock, in … Continue reading →

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