Tag Archives: Hurt

Grifted

Posted on August 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Griftedby Michael DoyleMaybe I’m feeling more griftedIn the depth of your lies shiftedOne day this and the next day thatIt’s not a statement in anger; it’s just factI get that you love to fake and pretendBut were you even my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begged, Believe, Book, By My Side, Check, Depth, Done, Down This Path, Entertain, Evil, Explain, Face, Fake, Feeling, Fine Art, Friend, Generosity, Goodbye, Grifted, Heart, Hurt, Laid, Laugh, Less Than, Lies, Love, Lying, Meaning of Your Look, Next Day, One Day, Page, Pay Me Back, Photograph, Play Your Part, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Promise, Shift, Soul, Speak, Stubborn, Think, Veracity, Words, Wounded Pride, Your Soul | Leave a comment

To My Not So Anonymous Enemy

Posted on August 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t worry. I have a pretty good idea who you are. shrugs… Your game is all but washed out…Incidentally, if you think being an ocean apart somehow protects against slander and libel in an electronic communication, well, I guess I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accusation, Afraid, Anonymous, Arguments, Blackmail, Blankly, Chorus, Couple of Times, Crumble, Doesn't Believe, Don't Cry To You, Electronic Communication, Enemy, False Relation, Falter, Fears, Fool's Game, Game Over, Gives You, Gossip, Honest Man, Hurt, Impersonation, Implied Demands, Innuendo, International Law, Karma, Learn, Libel, Lost, Loud Mouth, Made Up, Made Up Tears, Makes One Think, Mildly Waits, Mirror, Mocking, Mocking Jubilation, Photograph, Play, Played, Playing the Victim, Poem, Poetry, Proves Nothing, Shadow, Slander, Someone Who Cares, Speak, Stalking, Stares, Stares Back, Stinks, Stumble, Thankfully, Too Much Time On Your Hands, Wanting No Part, Warning, Weak, What You Say, Your Just Deserts, Your Own Voice | Leave a comment

Awkward Silence Felt

Posted on August 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Does anyone else ever get into routines? I suppose there is good and bad to these things. Awkward Silence Felt by Michael Doyle The awkward silence between Feels down, dirty and mean In pop culture’s references We’re coming down to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, After All, Avoid, Awkward, Between, Confusion, Dare, Dark Clouds, Desperation, Expect, Familiarity, Feel, Feeling, Felt, Flow, Free, Free of Cost, Full, Go, Good and Bad, Grow, Guarantee, Hurt, Incongruity, Inspiration, Keep, Know, Lame, Learn, Lesson, Life, Live the Dream, Lost, Lot To Be Said, Lull, Might Be, Mind, Moments, Okay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prefect, Preference, Psychic, Puppet Master, Puppets, Reference, Regret, Revealing, Routine, Rumor, Rut, Same, Sameness, Say, Secrets, Seem, Shy, Signs, Silence, Sincerity, Sky High, Sleep, Soul, Truth, Work Out | Leave a comment

In Our Persistence

Posted on July 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A fascinating presentation on cognition and how we’re all allegedly living in some sort of a shared hallucination that we call reality, led to this… In Our Persistence by Michael Doyle As I sit there listening My neurons sparkling and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absent, Actual, Agreed On, Apart, Best Estimation, Best Guess, Body, Brink, Certain, Cognition, Comes Down, Consequence, Controlled, Deception, Deep Immersion, Delusion, Different Version, Doubt, End Comes, Existence, Expectation, Experience, Fade, Fear, Feely, Filter, Fire, Followed Through, Fragile Construction, Fully Alive, Generation, Glisten, Guesstimation, Heart, Hurt, Illusion, In and Out, Information, Inside, Inspiration, Interoception, Interpretation, Joy, Less, Listen, Mental, Mind, Mutual Destruction, Neurons, Nothing, Nothing More, Nuts and Bolts, Oneness, Outside, Path, Perception, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Predict, Real, Reality, Reception, Regulation, Reined, Sensory Impulse, Sequence, Shared Hallucination, Signal, Signals, Sparkle, Staying Alive, Subject, Survive, Synapses, Think, Touchy, Transformation, True Life, Two Way Flow, Uncontrolled, Unified, Variables, Virtual Reality, Who Am I | Leave a comment

To Learn To Love

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Action, Anger, Apology, ath, Bear, Begun, Belong, Beyond, Blindness, Born Again, Bring, Capacity, Colossian, Condemnation, Conquer, Decide, Despite, Dignity, Done With Each Other, Dwell, Each Other, Earnest, Everyone, Evil, Expression, Faithful Choice, Family, Father, Feeling, Forget, Forgive, Forgive Myself, Forgiven, Forgives, Full Voice, Fumble, God, God Flow, Good Works, Greatest, Hardest To Do, Healing, Healthiness, Heart, High Road, Holds This, Honesty, Humble Impression, Hurt, Image of Christ, Increase, Inert, Intentional, Jesus, Keep In Mind, Kindness, Knowledge, Learn, Learn Daily, Let Go of Hurt, Letting Go, Live In Peace, Love, Love One Another, Love Yet Again, Messing Up, No Excuse, One Step Closer, Others, Outbreak, Past, Photograph, Play It Down, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Reach Out, Reconcialiation, Return, Righteous, Satisfaction, Shown, Sin, Sincerity, Sins, Strength, Struggle, Stumble, Tears, Tendheart, Theology, Things Gone Wrong, Time Heals All Wounds, Together, Total, Truly Live, Words, Wrongs, Years, You and Me | Leave a comment

Sure Hand of the Devil Dealt

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The surest hand the Devil’s ever dealt is the deceit blotted out into the dark of night… Sure Hand of the Devil Dealt by Michael Doyle The bell tolls out into the black of night So little is seen in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Awaken, Bad Dreams, Bell, Bell Tower, Black of Night, Bought, Candle, Cast, Child, Conceal, Cost, Crucifix, Danger, Darker Things, Deal, Dealt, Destiny, Devil, Diabolical, Dice, Door, Embrace, Face, Feeling, Felt, Flicker, Footsteps, Generation, Hand, History, Howl, Hurt, Inspection, Know, Less, Light, Locked, Locked Door, Lost, Lurk, Masque, Mind, Night, Nightmares, Old Village, Past, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Prison, Protection, Real, Reason, Reget, Reward, Saint, Search, Seen, Shadow, Shatter, Sins, Sky, Slam, Stab, Startle, Submerge, Sure, Surest Hand, Toll, Truth, Urge, Veneration, Vision, Wall, Ward, Whisper, Winds | Leave a comment

All Life Is Sacred

Posted on June 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Perhaps I repeat myself in saying that elevating one skin tone or sex over another is as wrong as having the first offense kept in place. Love and respect for each other is what is needed. All lives are sacred. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggrieved, All Belong, All Life Is Sacred, All Life Matters, Another, Appalling, Ask, Bad Decision, Before, Believe, Bend Knee, Better Way, Betterment, Black Lives Matter, Brother, Burn, Children, City, Confess, Construction, Created All Equal, Creed, Deceive, Deference, Derision, Destruction, Dr. King, Elevate, Emblazon, Engrave, Equal Before the Law, Equality, Fascism, Fight, Firmament, Fought, God, Hell, Him, Hurt, Ill Afford, Inclusion, Injustice Toward All, Injustice Toward Any, Late, Learn, Lesson, Love, Lucifer, Mean, Meaning, Name of Love, Need, Not Good, Not Hate, Not Made Better, Offend, One Over the Other, Outrageous, Past Wrongs, Path, Permanent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Positive, Pretend, Repeat, Replace, Respect, Reverence, Sex, Sister, Skin Tone, Society, Sought, Story, Strive, Tear Down, The Father, Things, Understand, Understood, Us For Them, Vicious, Wall, Ways, Well Disguised, Will, Win, Window, Wrong | Leave a comment

A Champion Rides On

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Let Your Hopes, Not Your Hurts, Shape Your Future

Posted on May 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Future, Hope, Hurt, Let, Not, Robert H Schuller, Shape, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Fool’s Errand

Posted on May 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Arguing with those we love is maybe sometimes natural. But, it’s a fool’s errand. There can be very little good in having to be right just to make the person you love somehow wrong. Especially in the modern age, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argue, Bring, Complete, Days, Dreams, Elf, Errand, Fight, Fool, Foolish, Forever, Fuss, Harmony, Heart, Hurt, Kiss, Life, Love, Magic, Make, Miss, Never Right, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Queen, Read, Sit, Stay, Table, Take, Tear, Think, Tranquility, Walk, Words | Leave a comment