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Virtual Love Song

Posted on January 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Virtual Love Songby Michael Doyle She peeked inside my windowTell me how was I to knowFrom outside my hdden shadowWas the heart that would rattle my soul Shaking me into a hope for tomorrowAnd make me forget my sorrowShe’s filling … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Arm In Arm, Beautiful, Best Part, Control, Dreams, Enemy, Forget, Friend, Half-Way, Heart, Hidden, Hope, Know, Love, Magic, Nadia, New Day, Peek, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Rays, Run Away, Shadow, Sorrow, Soul, Start, Stay, Stroll, Sunshine, Tomorrow, Virtual Love Song, Window, World | Leave a comment

A Tenderness of Hope

Posted on December 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Tenderness of Hopeby Michael DoyleWe live in a fast-paced society That is filled with such complexityThat it brings less than notorietyTo become overwhelmed by our anxietyStill, each of us chooses a mask to wearA smile of dignity as if … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Ask, Care, Cheeks, Choose, Complexity, Contemplation, Contentment, Cop, Denial, Depend, Dignity, Dream, Earth, Eyes, Faith, Faithfulness, Falls Apart, Falsity, Filfillment, Forced Grin, Friend, Heaven Above, Hide, Hope, Interpretation, Lies, Life's Bargain, Love, Mask, Notoriety, Overwhelm, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Real, Relieve, Seem, Smile, Society, Steal, Tainted Mask, Tenderness, Time and Again, Torn and Bleeding Hearts, Truth, Wear | Leave a comment

Speaking In Tongues

Posted on September 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Speaking In Tonguesby Michael DoyleI’ve been speaking in tonguesSeems like ever since I was youngSaying things that make you thinkStraight up to the edge of a blinkThinking those things we shouldn’t sayThat’s how I roll in my day-to-dayIf you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arise, Bitten, Blink, Blowing Wind, Carry On, Children, Content, Day-To-Day, Death, Dege, Eat You Up, Edge, Face, Fear, Friend, Gaze, Gone, Heart, Hope, Know, Listen, Live, Lone Trail, Look, Look Around, New Dreams, Poetry and Poems, Read, Remains, Rising Sun, Roll, Rolling On, Saying Things, Shouldn't Say, Show, Silence, So Much, Speak, Speaking In Tongues, State, Still Here, Straight Up, Tallest Peak, Think, To Be Done, Wonder, Written, Young, Your Eyes | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Principle of the Constitution Is That of A Separation of Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Functions, Except In Cases Specified

Posted on September 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not expressed in direct terms, it is clearly the spirit of the Constitution, and it ought … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Act, Comment, Constitution, Direct Terms, Executive, First Principles, Free Government, Friend, Function, Judiciary, Legislative, Principle, Separation, Specified, Spirt of the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Arms of God, Attention, Balloon, Blame, Call, Control, Corner Boys, Crash and Burned, Crawl, Crying, Death, Desire, Die, Different, Dollar, End of Night, Escape, Fall, Fantasy, Fatalstically, Fear, Fire, Friend, Gang, Gone, Gun, Hand, Heed, Holler, Jester Crown, Last Prayer, Life, Light, Lost Soul, Loud, Lower East End, Mark, Name, Need, Off and On, On Your Own, Phantasm, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pointed Fingers, Reach, Relationship, Revere, Reverent, Scratch, Scream, Shots Fired, Shuffle, Sinners, Snitch, Soldier, Soul, Stale, Street, Struggle, Switch, Tale, Temptation, The Devil, Truth, Twitch, Whole, World, Worship, Worth of Life, Wreckage | Leave a comment

First Principles: Let Every Nation Know, Whether It Wishes Us Well Or Ill, We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden, Meet Any Hardship, Support Any Friend, Oppose Any Foe, To Assure the Survival…of Liberty

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” – John F. Kennedy

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Burden, Every Nation, First Principles, Foe, Friend, Hardship, John F. Kennedy, Know, Liberty, Pay, Price, Success, Survival, Well Or Ill, Wish | Leave a comment

In the End (We Die Alone)

Posted on July 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the End (We Die Alone)by Michael DoyleHarsh words are toldSometimes quietly, sometimes boldThere are a million ways to live your yearsBut it’s best when you free your fearsAnte up to stay in the gameWhatever happened or who is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above Ground, Ante Up, Balk, Best Ability, Best Card, Better, Beyond Our Capability, Blame, Bluff, Bold, Breath, Chin Held High, Chin Up, Desolate Mile, End, Face, Fake, Fears, Forgiving, Found, Friend, Getting Yourself Together, Grace, Hard, Harsh Words, Head Above Water, Hurt, Impartiality, In the End, Joker's Bluff, Keep On Living, Life, Life Is Life, Live, Live Your Years, Living, Loneliness, Loud, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Proud, Push Comes To Shove, Quite Enough, Rusted Glass, Smile, Stability, Surprise, Talk Your Walk, Thanks, Told, Troubles, We Die Alone | Leave a comment

Dig Our Way Out

Posted on June 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Dig Our Way Outby Michael DoyleThere is no treaty we can signThat can reach for and defineThe reasons why I made a ghost of youThere is no explanation for what I doI hide my shame deep in the shadowsKeeping to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blank Pages, Cage, Deep, Define, Difference, Dig, End, Explanation, Friend, Ghost, Hard, Itch, Matter, Memories, No Honor, Original Sin, Places, Poetry and Poems, Price, Rage, Reach For, Reasons, Right, Shadow, Shame, Sign, Skin, Snake, Still Voice, Talk, Treaty, Truth, Verbal Punches, Way Out, Whisper | Leave a comment

Surrendered To the Knife

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrendered To the Knifeby Michael DoyleOnce you’ve surrendered to the knifeYour silent pleas won’t save your lifeThis, then, is the solemn price paidFor the best-laid plans never madeThis is what it is to be done with mankindTo take the bitter … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, All, Approved, Best Laid Plans, Bitter, Blade, Blind, Books, Brave, Choice, Cold, Dairies, Dead, Destiny, Devil, Done, Faithful, False Courage, Faustian Bargain, Fear, Friend, Grace, Hand, Hate, Heaven, Hell, Judgment, Justice, Knife, Letter, Life, Love, Loved Ones, Made, Mankind, Mercy, Miracles, Moment, Mutiny, Neck, Nowhere, Page One, Played, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Pretend, Protect, Read, Recall, Red Pills, Rising Sun, Sake of Love, Save, Savior, Silent Pleas, Solemn Price, Surrender, Twist, Wait, Whimpering, Will, Won, Words | Leave a comment

Floodgate

Posted on February 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Floodgateby Michael DoyleI know that my place is reservedBy grace, Heaven is now deservedFor a sinner who once did wrongI have changed, and now I belongWhile it is that all aroundThis wicked world is shakingI cling to the grace I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Acquitted, Adversary, All Around, Belong, Change, Contary, Deceived, Deserve, Embrace, Enemy, Faced, Fear, Floodgate, Forgiven, Found, Friend, Given, Grace, Grace of God, Guilt, Heaven, Kingdom, Know, Life's Steps, Lord, Love, Meditate, Mirror, Mistaking, Overcome, Path, Patiently, Place, Poetry and Poems, Present, Received, Repentance, Reserved, Shaking, Shield, Sinner, Strength, Tears of Joy, Tenderly, the Word, Truth, Wait, Wicked World, Wrong | Leave a comment