Tag Archives: Hell

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1

Posted on December 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1by Michael DoyleA moment taken to learn to seeBeyond the pages kept so orderly.It might teach to see with a child’s eyes,And in the doing, become all the more wise.Consequential behavior can upstage,But it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Bethlehem, Bible, Carpenter, Census, Child's Eyes, Christianity, Christmas, Consequence, Divinity, Egypt, Fear, Forgiveness, Gifts, Glory, Go, God, Heart, Hell, Herod, Holy Family, Humility, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, King, King of Kings, Learn to See, Lesson, Light, Love, Manger, Nazareth, Poetry and Poems, Short Story, Sight, Temple, This World, Wise | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here

Posted on October 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare , in The Tempest

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Devils, Empty, Hell, Here, The Tempest, Thought For the Day, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

A Soldier Thinks On War and Peace

Posted on September 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Soldier Thinks On War and Peaceby Michael DoyleSantayana told a soldier’s life was true,When in a soliloquy written as if for you,He reminded us that only the dead have seen war end.The rest of us? We will fight on, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Blood, Cost, Dead, Demoted, Eyes, Fight, General, Glor, Hell, History, Language Fail, Left Behind, Lost, Military, Mine, Moonshine, Poetry and Poems, Promoted, Reach, Rifle, Santayana, Sherman, Soldier, Soliloquy, Speech, Spoonful of Glory, Stumble, Think, Tuth, War, War and Peace, War's End, Whisper | Leave a comment

Whispered Words

Posted on August 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Awake, Bear, Beautiful Child, Cold, Daisy, Daughter, Dead, Die, Discern, Embrace, Eyes, Father, Feel, Flowers, Frame, Go On, God, Goodbye, Graveside, Head, Hell, Inroads, Learn, Left Behind, Lion, Listen, Live, Love, Memories, Penguin, Picture, Poetic, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Prose, Question Why, Remember, Said, Silent Replies, Something Kind, Sound, Summer Breeze, Too Much, Touch, Unconquerable, Unvanquishable, Whisper On By, Whispered Words, Wild, Wonder Why, Your Name | Leave a comment

And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)

Posted on July 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)by Michael DoyleFacing the music as it begins to playI, in my pulpit of one, begin to pray.Lost within my sense of inconsolable dreams,I take comfort in the prophet’s endless screams.Time went on, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Black Sabbath, Blizzard of Oz, Call, Comfort, Crazy Train, Dark Night, Demons, Depression, Extremists, Final Fall, Hell, Hex, Hitching A Ride, Home, Homicidal, Inconsolable Dreams, Mature, Music, Nurture, Ozzy Osbourne, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Pray, Prince of Darkness, Prophet, Pulpit, Puzzle, Randy Rhoads, Regret, Shouting At the Devil, Singer, Song, Sreams, Urgency, Vain, Western Dessert | 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

Click Track To Health

Posted on July 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Click Track To Healthby Michael DoyleThere’s a click track to having good health.It goes beyond other things like wealth.But it isn’t really all that much deep. It’s a thing called regular, consistent sleep.Insomnia has crept across the nights of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Addled, Cherry Chocolate Coffee, Click Track, Health, Hell, Insomnia, Michigan, Night, Poetry and Poems, Sleep, Vacation | Leave a comment

Life’s Race Is Won

Posted on June 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Life’s Race Is Wonby Michael DoyleIn our Father’s nameWe proclaim our freedomFrom our sins and shame.We become part of His kingdom.As Heaven reignsWe cast aside our chains.With the holiness spokenThe power of Hell is broken.In all the mercy knownGod’s greatness … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Broken, Chains, Crown of Glory, Dance, Father, Father's Name, Freedom, God, Grace, Great;ness, Greatness, Head, Heaven Reigns, Hell, His Love, Holliness, Kingdom, Known, Life's Race, Love, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Proclaim, Providence, Race, Shame, Shine, Shown, Sins, Son, Spoken, Walk, Won, Wonder, Words | Leave a comment

The Thick of the Thin

Posted on March 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Thick of the Thinby Michael DoyleWhispered rumor has itThat we’re the thick of the thinIf you were in HellI’d come barreling inFounded on trust and loyaltyThis is what makes us a familyMy soul is resolved in this decisionYours is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barreling In, Breathe, Broken Places, Commitment, Cover You, Damage, Decision, Dying Breath, Eyes, Falling, Family, Fills, Founded, Give This To You, Hard Times, Hardships, Healing, Hearts, Hell, Holding of Hands, Honesty, Integrity, Keep Loving You, Know, Lasting Trace, Living Trust, Longest Day's Length, Loving Traces, Must, Never Betray, Never Surrender, No More To Say, Other Side of Death, Poetry and Poems, Resolve, Respectful Loyalty, Silence, Soul, Standing In Front, Stay To the End, Strength, Stronger, Struggles, Surprise, Tender, Thick of the Thin, True Friend, True Friends Do, Trust and Loyalty, Vision, Voice, Worst | Leave a comment

Wrist Cutter Blues

Posted on February 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Wrist Cutter Bluesby Michael DoyleShe was born hard to impressHe was maybe overly dressedFor a boy deep in his thoughtsBut she could never be boughtThey were standing in the deep endSomehow waiting for a friendNeither of them was from anywhereThat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afterlife, Anywhere, Blues, Born, Bought, Boy, Capable, Care, Cold Brew, Deep End, Deep In Thought, Doom, Empty People, Everyone else, False Punchlines, Fell, Forget, Friend, Happy, Hard To Impress, Hard To Tell, Heartbreaks, Hell, Invisibile, John, Jokes, Laugh, Life, Meaning of Life, Missed, Mistakes, Muddling Through, Overly Dressed, Path, Patterns, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Repeat, Slice, Small Regrets, Steeple, Steven, Suspect, Sylvia Plath, Warm Slice, Wonder, Wrist | Leave a comment