Tag Archives: Head

An Albatross Weighs Me Down

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Albatross Weighs Me Downby Michael DoyleOnce again, I stand reminded of a weightThat my days are numbered and have a dateOn which no more effort will be to my gainI push forward that my life is not in vainIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Albatross, Ancient Mariner, Behind, Beseiged, Best Friend, Blind, Capability, Ceiling, Conscience, Cost, Date, Death, Done, Down, Each Tiime, Effort, Every Day Opportunities, Fan-Boy, Gain, Head, Inner Convictions, Invitations, Last Breath, Leave Alone, Life, Life's Bangers, Listen, Memories, Mess, Mind, My Days, My Soul, Naked Trauma, Numbered, Once Again, Poetry and Poems, Push Forward, Quiet Drama, Reminded, Sage Advice, Said, Serve, Shape, Sight, Soul, Soul Undressed, Strength, Tears, Tortured Poet, Troubles, Visions, Weigh, Weight, Whisper | Leave a comment

In Pursuit of Great Expectations

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Bare, Beacon, Best, Devotion, Done, Dreams, Emotions, End, Explain, Feel, Fell Apart, Fly, Flying, Forever, Great Expectations, Head, Heartbroken, Hearts, Keep, Key, Landimines, Lost, Love, Love You, Meaning, Memories, Miracle, My Friend, My Love, Night, Paper Cuts, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Pursuit, Real, Recall, Share, Somehow, Someone, Soul, Stop, Struggle, Tears, The one, Too Close To the Sun, Truth, Undoing, Unsaid, Vain, Weep, Why, Wings, Words, Writing | Leave a comment

Echo of Love

Posted on April 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Echo of Loveby Michael DoyleIn love, there’s no honorable mentionNor is it really a process of eliminationIt comes down to a concrete decisionAt least if you have the right intentionIf your head is really spinningIt might be that you’re finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Brought, Clear, Comes Around, Concrete Decision, Crown, Echo, Evermore, Eyes, Falling Down, Feel, For Rich Or For Poor, Forever, Found, Hand In A Glove, Head, Heart and Mind, Heart Shatters, Honorable Mention, In Love, Kiing, Kiss, Know, Lack, Late, London Bridge, Love, Mean, Nothing, Nothing To Fear, One True Being, Only One, Poetry and Poems, Process of Elimination, Queen, Recognize, Right Intention, Right One, Satisifed, Secret, Shine, Soon, Spinning, To the Moon and Back, Told, Truly In Love, Truly Matters, Walls, Weight, Winning, Without, Without A Doubt, World Spin | Leave a comment

Social Justice Fallacies

Posted on April 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Social Justice Fallaciesby Michael DoyleThere is something to be saidThough I have a given explanationIt’s been rolling around in my headAnd must be spoken for the good of this nationThere is no sense in pursuing ‘equity’It only serves to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Adapt, Best Society, Born, Brother, Cultivated Ability, Deilitating, Elude, Equal, Equality, Equity, Explanation, Face-To-Face, Factual Matter, Fairness, Fallacies, Forgot, Games, Genetic Determinism, Good, Good and Bad, Head, Ignore, Illusory, Increase, Legal, Live, Loss, Louse, Love, Maple, Me and You, Measure, Merit, Million Other Ways, Mind, Nation, Oak, Opportunity, Optimism, Overall Good, Overcome, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Potentiality, Poverty, Proved, Rolling Around, Room, Rule, Said, Serves, Shot, Social Justice, Society, Some, Spoken, Steadily Pursue, Trick, Truth, Utmost, Workday | Leave a comment

Happy Death Day!

Posted on March 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Death Day!by Michael DoyleSplitting hangover starts the dayAgain and again in instant replayYou’re certain you have been here beforeFrom what’s seen, you don’t need thinking any moreDespite appearances, you won’t feel better tomorrowYour two choices are either fear or … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again and Again, Alley, Answers, Appearance, Before, Beleated, Better, Broken Dreams, Cause, Celebration, Certain, Coming Apart, Curtain, Dead, Death, Delirium, Despite, Disorder, Equilibrium, Fear, Hangover, Happy Death DAy, Head, Hurt, Idiocy, Instant Replay, Invitation, Kissed, Last Breath, Leave, Life, Life Grinds, Lucky, Missed, Pain, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Run, Sanity, Seams, Search, Seen, Self, Shelf, Sorrow, Think, This Day, Through, Tomorrow, Two Choices, Universal | Leave a comment

Writing Our Own Stories

Posted on March 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Auditory, Become, Books, Build, Command, Concisely, Dare, Destiny, Different Journey, Dread, Drum, Dullness, Edit, Emerge, Engage, Evolve, Excitation, Finger, Gamble, Hands, Head, Hear, Hearts and Minds, Honestly, Hope, Imaination, Inspire, Integrity, Juggle, Lead, Life, Life's Artistry, Listen, Lives, Our Own Stories, Passing Days, Poetry and Poems, Recitation, Rife, Rote, Shelves, Silence, Solutions, Speak, Strife, Strugle, Violence, Wage, Write | Leave a comment

Time and Illusion

Posted on January 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Time and Illusionby Michael DoyleWalking through life’s many milesI count my wins by my smilesSome might think I’ve been abusedBut mostly, I stand amusedAll the countless false chargesDesigned by enemies to somehow enlargeThe bad things I’ve sometimes doneIn the end, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abused, Amused, Annoys, Bad Things, Behind, Big, Clarity, Closed Minds, Compete, Confusion, Connections, Countless, Design, Details, Divding, Done, Door, End, Enemies, Enlarge, Evil, False Charges, Feathery Bed, Fighting the Clock, Friendship, Future Recollection, God, Good, Good Advice, Greater Evils, Guide, Head, Humorous Jokes, Ignorance, Illusion, Impurity, Irritation, Laugh, Lean In Hard, Lesser Evils, Life's Joys, Life's Many Miles, Listen, Locked Doors, Love, Need, Nostalgic, Open, Opportunities, Poetry and Poems, Points, Pour, Prisoners, Read, Seen, Small, Smiles Shared, Sorrow, Subtle, Time, Tomorrow, Walk, Whisper, Won | Leave a comment

For the Win

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For the Winby Michael DoyleNever give upNever give inWhen you fall downGet up againRun through the valleysKeep your head lowRun through the alleysYou didn’t even knowDodge the punchesWhenever you canThis is the rumbleThat makes you a manHold your head highAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alleys, Battle, Die, Dodge Punches, Fall, Fall Down, Fight, Found, Get Up, Give In, Give Up, Good Reasons, Head, Head high, Keep You Down, Know, Man, Never, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rise Again, Rumble, Run, Soul, Stumble, Twice As Hard, Unafraid, Valley, Whenever, Win | Leave a comment

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Know

Posted on October 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Knowby Michael DoyleThe NCAAWas, and is, the DevilWe knew enough to knowA scam for payNever on the levelIt was for extra coinsNot for any college bowlGraveyard memoriesDedicated to familiesThat gave their allIn the name … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Broken Bones, Brothers, Champions, Character, Coin, College Bowl, Concussions, Cried, Dead, Dedicated, Devil, Died, Dies, Explanation, Fame, Family, Fifty Yard Line, Football, Fortune, Game, Graveyard, Head, Human Being, Jive, Know, Lies, Loan, Organization, Pay, Played, Poetry and Poems, Rode, Sake, Scam, Spirits, Tears, The NCAA, Ton of Bricks, Tragic, True, Unseen, Wish, Worth, Wounded Voice | Leave a comment

The Eye of the Storm

Posted on September 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Eye of the Stormby Michael DoyleTo find the eye of the passing storm in life’s wildernessIs to find quiet hope in the chaos approached in the stillnessWhere the arts find our attention despite all life’s distractionsThe place where somehow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approve, Articulate, Attention, Attraction, Blind, Blossom, Bold, Burial, Chaos, Character, Civilization, Classic Construct, Complexity, Conformed Silence, Contrary, Cruel, Dead, Dignity, Distraction, Duality, Exceed, Eye, Focal Point, Form, Grow, Head, Institutions, Intellect's Community, Intuition, Intuitively, Jedi Masters, Know, Law, Literary, Literature, Long Ago, Mind, Missed Point, Mummy, Mystery, Notions, Obsolete, Plead, Poetry and Poems, Prioirty, Pseudo-Intellectuals, Question, Quiet Hope, Reader, Remember, Respectable Leaders, Right Words, Seeds, Seeker's Soul, Sin, Soft, Sought, Soul, Source, Stillness, Stopped Thinking, Storm, Tapestry, Technicalities, The Arts, Thinking, Thought, Threads, True Impressions, Truth, Tyranny, Unblinking, Unfilled Page, Unkind, Villiany, Warning Signs, Whitness, Wildnerness | Leave a comment