Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: Harshness
Waymaker
Waymakerby Michael DoyleI woke up this morningWith a shake and lurchThe alarm clock’s warningBarely got me up in time for churchBut there are promises madeThat once made, must be keptI walk with God never afraidDespite the tears I have weptKeeping … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Afraid, Alarm Clock, Church, Darkness, Determined, Edge, Eyes, Glory, God, God's Love, Harshness, Kept, Made, Morning, Path, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Shine, Tears, Transcend, Truth, Walk, Waymaker, Wept, Woke
Leave a comment
The Difference
The Differenceby Michael DoyleThe difference betweenA man and a kingIs that a kingCan face what the future will bringFor all of the goodnessAnd all of the sorrowThrough all of the madnessThat may come tomorrowAnd still, he stands in tallnessTo the … Continue reading
Building Up One Another
Building Up One Anotherby Michael DoyleWe must always build up one anotherRecalling that each is either sister or brotherThose things we don’t understand comes down to fearBut holding each other up is to persevere Our own fears and doubts held … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abrasive, Brother, Build, Darkness, Doubts, Each Other Up, Embrace, Fear, Fears, Gentle, God, Grace, Harshness, Holding, Humble, Humility, Light, Limits, Love, Mistake, One Another, Our, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Saved, Say, Sister, Truth, Understand, We, Wrap, Wrong
Leave a comment
Beauty’s Brutality
Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alive, Ancient, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Bleak Midwnter, Borne, Breeze, Brutality, Change, Chill, Comfort, Constant, Courage, Darkness, Deeps, Discourage, Down Under, Dreams, Endurance, Fatal, Finland, Fleeting, Fools, Forest, Free, Frost, Frozen In Time, Frozen Mouth, Gifts, Golden Eagle, Greeting, Grit, Harshness, Hope, Impatience, Infinity, Jeweled Crown, Land, Lapland, Legends, Life, Magical, Mesmerized, Midnight Sun, Moment To Spare, Myth, Myth of Fire Foxes, Never Know, Northern Light, Owl, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reindeer, Rule, Santa, Serenity, Shine, Stand To Know, Star-Filled Sky, Stillness, Struggle, Summer, Sunrise, Surprise, Survive, The Sun, Thrive, Tough Lessons, Trees, Warmth, Weeks On End, Weight In Gold, Whisper, Winter, Winter Snow, Wisdom
Leave a comment
The Chi Within All
The Chi Within Allby Michael DoyleIt matters not, woman or manEach is to yield chi as they canIt is not for a father to sayWhich is who and what’s the wayThere in the essence of controlWhere one’s power finds one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged All, Become, Behalf, Best, Beware, Breath, Chi, Darkness, Death, Disruption, Edge, Essence, Father, Firm, Foretold, Harshness, Honor, Imperial Throne, Know, Life, Light, Man, Matters, Phoenix, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Right, Road, Shadows, Shapeshift, Shrine, Sould, Talk, Test, The Way, Walk, Warrior, Witch, Within, Woman
Leave a comment
To Find A Friend
The world is a sometimes scary place, particularly when it comes to the heart, isn’t it? To Find A Friend by Michael Doyle To find a friend In this friendless world Toward this end I lay fetal and curled Is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alone, Another, Back Against the Wall, Bath, Beat, Being Alone, Curl, Darkness, Depend, Dream, Each Other, Fetal, Find, Fist, Friend, Friendless, Gold, Guide, Harshness, Heart, Home, I, Light, Magic of Trust, Must, Myself, Never Again, Night, One Heart, One Soul, One Thing, Other, Our, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Purity, Scary Place, Share, Stay Alive, Survive, Together, Too Much, Toward This End, Truest End, Uncurled, Willing, World, Worth
Leave a comment
Logical Pursuit
Though it ultimately comes down to faith, belief is also about evidence and applying logic to this evidence. Logical Pursuit by Michael Doyle Saying no over and over and then again Is the path of righteousness that we walk The … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Again, All Things, Apply, Attitude, Authenticity, Belief, Choose, Chosen, Clear, Cling To, Confess, Conviction, Cross, Crucified, Darkness, Death, Debt, Decision, Decline, Deeper, Earnestly Seek, Embrace, Enormity, Evidence, Excuses, Explanation, Faith, Fallibility, Fatality, Finger, Follow, Forgive, From Immorality, Gain, Get In the Way, Giving New Life, God's Plan, God's Will, Grace, Gratitude, Habit, Hardened heart, Harshness, Heaven, His Name, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Indication, Integrity, Keep Near, Know, Last Breath, Law, Life, Light, Live, Living In Love, Logical, Love, Milk, Need, Never Mind, Newness, No, Not Loss, Not Sinless, Path of Righteousness, Paves the Way, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayers, Priorities, Purity, Pursuit, Regardless, Reign, Repentence, Restoration, Sanctified, Saved, Seed, Seem, Sin, Sinning Less, Spiritual Maturation, Taken Place, The Lord, Transformation, Ultimate, Walk, Walk Past, Ways, Ways of God, Woman and Man, Work In Progress, Work our Way, World
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 