Tag Archives: Hope

Several Levels From Myself

Posted on December 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Several Levels From Myselfby Michael DoyleLiving lifeSeveral levels from myselfI usually have my noseStuck in a book from a shelfYou were a swirl of perfectionWithout a flaw in detectionWhat was I supposed to doBut to fall madly in love with … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adrift, Answer, Ars, Being With You, Belong, Book, Certain, Chaos, Christmas Serenade, Detection, Done, Doubt, Dreamy Eyes, Flaw, Hello, Hint, Hope, Living Life, Look Out, Love, Making, Near, Nose, Nothing Better, Path of God, Perfection, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Risk, Self, Several Levels, Shift, Storms, Swirl, Taking, The one, Together | Leave a comment

This Is Not True Victory

Posted on December 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

This Is Not True Victoryby Michael DoyleIn memory of Queen Lili‘uokalani I declare this is not a true victoryWhen back in the year of 1893The United States overthrew her monarchyDespite the wrongness of things doneShe did not choose the white … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1893, A People and A Nation, Apology, Authority, Battle, Cleansing Way, Constitutional Sovereignty, Dennis Kanahele, Dignity, Federal Recognition, Free Hawai'i, Freedom, Guns, Homes, Hope, Hour, Islands, Kanaka Maoli, Legislation, Live, Manifest Destiny, Milatancy, Monarchy, Native Community, Notion, Overthrow, Person's Station, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Power, President McKinley, Queen Lili‘uokalani, Rerservation, Self-Determinatoin, Sins of Man, Survive, The People, Tourist Destination, Tribe, True Heart, True Victory, United States, Voices, Voices of God, Wrongness | Leave a comment

Advent’s Adoration

Posted on December 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Advent’s Adorationby Michael DoyleOur eyes are open wide in adorationToday marks the start of the Advent seasonJoined hands pray for our blessingAssured as we are without need for guessingThe pancakes made and servedTasted better than we deservedWe find Jesus walking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adoration, Advent, Advent Season, Assured, Aware, Blessing, Christmas, Dead, Deserved, Eyes, Faith, Guessing, Hope, Immanuel, Jesus, Know, Last Words, Loving One Another, Pancakes, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Served, Taste, Teach, Treach, Weight | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Prison Cell, In Which One Waits, Hopes – and Is Completely Dependent On the Fact That the Door of Freedom Has To Opened From the Outside, Is Not A Bad Picture of Advent

Posted on December 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Advent, Bad Picture, Dependent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Door of Freedom, God Is In the Manger, Hope, Open, Outside, Prison Cell, Thought For the Day, Wait | Leave a comment

If Space and Time…

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

If Space and Time…by Michael DoyleIt’s only been a matter of a few passing yearsI’m alone on your birthday except for my tearsTalking to God again, I stare off into the nightYours was the sisterly love that was my guiding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Clever, Cling, Clue, Communicate, Consciousness, Constant, Cosmic Instant, Cosmic Pasture, Death, Devastation, Every Passing Breath, Existence, Existential Dread, Feel, Flaws In Knowledge, Flooding Grief, Fragmented Conversation, God, Guiding Light, Heart To Stone, Hero, Hope, If, Immortality, Kid Brother, Laughed, Left Behind, Life, Light Particles, Live Forever, Living, Lone Cowgirl, Lost, Love and Belief, Mind, Multiverse, Night, Observation, Outside of Time, Paid the Costs, Pain, Passing Years, Philosophy, Poetry and Poem, Praying, Reality, Risks, Role, Rough Day, Sight, Signal, Sisterly Love, Sorrow, Space, Space and Time, Spaceless World, Spirituality, Story, Talking To God, Tears, Tomorrow, Tools, Universe, Wafture, Your Birthday | Leave a comment

First Principles: For I Know the Plans I Have For You,” Declares the Lord, “Plans To Prosper You and Not To Harm You, Plans To Give You Hope and A Future

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.“ – Jeremiah 29:11

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Declare, First Principles, Future, Harm, Hope, Jeremiah 29:11, Know, Plans, Prosper, The Lord | Leave a comment

What She Doesn’t Know Yet

Posted on November 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

What She Doesn’t Know Yetby Michael DoyleListening to my daughters proudlyAs they talk a bit too loudlyEach holding her own in conversationEach of them has their own ambitionsMy babies have grown up without regretBut I wish each would kindly not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambition, Angel-Shine, Apart, Babies, Beautiful, Behind, Blessing, Blossom and Grow, Borrowed Time, Childhoods, Choke Back A Tear, Conversation, Daughters, Depart, Done Well, Earth, Empty-Nesting, Falling Stars, Family, Far Above, Father, Father's Mind, Forget, Heart, Heartbreaks, Holding Her Own, Hope, Irrevocable Mistakes, Know, Last Breath, Lean, Lessons, Listen, Lost Love, Loud, Love, Lullabies, Memory, Miss, Most Wonderful, Poetry and Poems, Proud, Reflection, Regret, Remember, Same Love, She, Slow, Smile, Start, Talk, Thankful, Their Eyes, Their Love, These Girls, To the top, Warmest Connection, Watch, Well-Earned | Leave a comment

On Hunt For the Moments

Posted on November 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Hunt For the Momentsby Michael DoyleIn my life’s recent historyI have written tons of poetryIn happiness and in tormentI find myself on the hunt for momentsWith x-ray eyes for what is rightI approach the world in second sightFor the … Continue reading →

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One True Love

Posted on November 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

One True Loveby Michael DoyleIn understanding your painIt makes it quite plainYou are all that means anything to meThe worthy answer to my questions for meYou fill up my mindLike nothing else I findThese are the secrets we revealFeeling like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, All Else, Antidote, Blame, Control, Despite, Everything, Filled With Love, Find, Flame, Free, Happily, Held Above, Hope, Jealousy, Life, Life's Confusion, Love, Mean, Meant, Mind, Most, My Thoughts, One True Love, Pain, Plain, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Question, Reveal, Run, Secrets, Soul, Spark, Steal, Stumble, Toast, Understand, Unjust Illusion, Worthy Answer, Your Love | Leave a comment

Nine Lives

Posted on October 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nine Livesby Michael DoyleIt wasn’t exactly love at first biteBut it took an encouraging inviteShe wanted a man who loved her brainAt long last, the search wasn’t in vainIt was a love affair made for a fewIt was time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After, Alive, Beliefs, Brain, Broken Hearts, Conscience, Disaster, Done, Door, Families, Fate, First Bite, Gone, Grain, Grief, Haiti, Hang On, Hell, Hope, Horde, Invite, Lies, Lives, Love, Love Affair, Love Is Blind, Meant, New Tomorrow, Nine Lives, Optimists, Poetry and Poems, Ripped Apart, Say, Science, Scientist, Secrets, Sense of Humor, Sorrow, Strong, Struggle, Sun, Teeth, Think On, Vain, Way, What For, World | Leave a comment