Tag Archives: Illusion

First Principles: In the Struggle For Liberty, Be Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Know, Liberty, Mankind, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Provide, Salvation, Shut, Spirit, Struggle, Temporary, Transform, Truth, Virginia Convention, Whole, Wise Men | Leave a comment

Creativity’s Golden Seed

Posted on February 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Coming soon to a mind near yours, the golden opportunity of a lifetime to have reasonable comfort while focusing on writing and photography. More information soon… let the transition begin… Creativity’s Golden Seed by Michael Romani The problem in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Appearance, Application, Balance, Change, Conception, Conform, Creativity, Crux, Cut to the Chase, Deal, Deception, Definition, Defmor, Design, Ease, Exist, Eye, Find, First Step, Gold, Good, Gravity, Illusion, Important, Imposition, Moment, Momentum, Need, New Goals, Opportunity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problem, Question, Reason, Scale, Seed, Seek, Self Delusion, Severity, Signal, Simplicity, Superficial, Supplication, Touch, Transition, Troll, Understood, Why, Zenith | Leave a comment

To Bring the Stars Closer

Posted on January 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are those who walk into our lives to not simply touch and fadeaway. There are those who from the moment met leave an indelible trace in your heart and soul. It is to this which has left me so … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amaze, Attitude, Beautiful, Beauty, Belong, Brave, Bring, Change, Choose, Close, Closer, Compassion, Contentment, Control, Curl, Curled, Dare, Deep, Desire, Detail, Doubt, Dream, Duty, Embrace, End, Essence, Eyes, Fall, Fascination, Feel, Fools, Forgive, Forgotten, Friend, Give Up, God, Good Man, Grace, Gratitude, Harm, Heart, Heaven, Here, Hold, Hope, Illusion, Important, Inner, Inner Fire, Inspire, Latitude, Live, Look, Love, Lover, Lyric, Magic, Magnificence, Man, Mystery, Night, Obligation, Passion, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Pray, Purpose, Right, Risk, Serve, Significance, Silence, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Soul, Stars, Tears, Time, Token, Touch, Trace, Treasure, Truth, Violence, Watch, Ways, Weep, Well, Will, Wish, Woman, Wonder, Wonderful, World, Worth | Leave a comment

A New Found Treasure

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are things in this world that are priceless and not replaceable. There are things given a value that outweighs their worth. But the greatest treasure is that which cannot be taken and only given. A New Found Treasure by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Breath, Chill, Complete, Dark, Dread, Dream, Embrace, Eyes, Given, God, Hand In Hand, Harsh, Heal, Heart, Hope, Illusion, Kiss, Know, Love, Miss, Pass, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Priceless, Sacred, Safe Harbor, Skin, Sorrow, Surprise, Tear, Tiny Death, Tomorrow, Treasure, Two, Uncertainty, Value, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Gratitude For A Unified Field of Connection

Posted on November 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem in the light of gratitude #20: Gratitude For A Unified Field of Connection by Michael Romani Increasingly one for less and less punctuality While I search for gratitude as my reality I find much of it has to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundant, All, Analysis, Apart, Around, Bits, Bond, Certain, Change, Circle, Competition, Confuse, Confusion, Connection, Deep, Demand, Deserve, Diversity, Energy, Fear, Field, Frequency, God, Grateful, Gratitude, Guide, Heart, Illusion, Influence, Lady Love, Love, Manna, Me, Mind, Nihlistic, Observe, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proposition, Punctuality, Reality, Relationship, Right Intention, Scarcity, Self Absorbed, Small, Source, Struggle, Surround, Think, Together, Truth, Uncertainty, Understanding, Unified, Unity, Universe, Vibrate, View, World, Worship, You | Leave a comment

The Healing Acceptance of Self

Posted on November 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolution, Accept, Alone, Answers, Awake, Blade, Burn, Child, Christ, Cobblestone, Comfort, Compulsion, Confusion, Constant, Cut, Discovery, Divine, Drama, Drown, Dysfunction, Eternity, Fade, Family, God, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, History, Humanity, Humility, Illusion, Love, Magic, Memory, Moment, Night, Pain, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Question, Rain, Reality, Recovery, Sand, Scheme, Self, Self Affliction, Serenity, Shadow, Silence, Sin, Soul, Steps, Tears, Time, Trap, Trauma, Unfinished Business, Victim, Wall, Warm, Within | Leave a comment

Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actor, Air, Applause, Approach, Assault, Audience, Children, Compulsion, Costume, Craft, Cup, Dig Deep, Dirt, Discuss, Distraction, Doctor, Dull, Dying, Fact, Factor, Fear, First Act, Flair, Flow, Focus, Frankenstein, Gauge, God, Grown Ups, Gun, Half, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Illusion, Imagination, Junk, Known, Levitation, Magic, Malt, Memory, Mind, Morphine, Odd, Offstage, Old Actor, Part, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite, Preception, Protocol, Psychological, Ramble, Saw, See, Shamble, Shell Game, Show, Shown, Shriek, Simple, Sleight of Hand, Stage, Stake, Storm, Suspense, Treats, Trunk, Use, Woman | Leave a comment

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Blade, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Child, Choice, Confusion, Cross, Crucifix, Cruel, Cry, Deep, Dies, Down, Dying, Echo, Enfold, Eyes, Family, Father, Fear, Feel, Halloween, Hand, Hard, Heaven, Hesitate, Illusion, Keep, Kill, Lies, Life, Lord, Loss, Lullaby, Misstep, Mist, Moment, Monster, Monstrosity, Mother, Night, Perservere, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Pray, Question, Reel, Revere, Sacred, Shown, Sigh, Silence, Sleep, Souls, Suffer, Tear, Temper, Troubled Soul, True, Voice, Weep, World, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

Pick Up Sticks

Posted on October 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf | Leave a comment

Taking Stock

Posted on September 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Summer of 1969 was a defining moment in the life of America. The currents that led to it swept away many of the traditions of the past in that season of our discontent. Taking Stock by Michael Romani Bethel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1969, America, Art, Assassination, Bethel, Better, Beyond, Bobby Kennedy, Brotherhood, Change, Choice, Clear, Defer, Different, Disaster, Discontent, Disillusion, Dream, Edge, Flood, Generation, Groove, Happening, Ignore, Illusion, Know, Lght, Loud, Music, Nation, Notoriety, Pain, Parents, Peace, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plan, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Proud, Rain, Reverent, Revolution, Satisfy, Scream, Society, Storm, Strife, Summer, Tears, Thought, Transform, Vietnam, Voice, Wrath | Leave a comment