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Healing Scars Into Stars

Posted on August 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Healing Scars Into Starsby Michael DoyleWe can beat ourselves up in the void,In all the shame we try to avoid. Waltzing through interconnecting rooms of shameThis is where we learned to wear our blame.We tell ourselves that we’re different,Acting humble … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Atone, Avoid, Belong, Different, Extended Hand, Far, Feel, Friend, Heal, Hopeful Eyes, Humble, Learn, Lives, Moments, Okay, Pain, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reverent, Rooms of Shame, Scars, Shame, Skin of Stone, Smile of Low, Stars, Stranger, Strong, Understand, Voice, Void, Waltz, Wonder, Wound | 1 Comment

It’s In the Timing

Posted on August 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It’s In the Timingby Michael DoyleLike the words of a good and holy song,The melody and the beat come on strong.The Kingdom of God is like a planted field,Filled with good seed for expected yield. The enemy is sneakier at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autumn, Bare, Bible, Care, Christianity, Day, Deciduous Trees, Desperation, Discern, Faith, Fleece, Fruit, God, God's Children, Good, Good Seed, Grow, Guard, Harvest, Hearts and Souls, Hold, Holy, Inspiration, Jesus, Keep, Kingdom of God, Learn, Lessons, Melody, Night, Planted Field, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Release, Roots, Season, Seasonal Flow, Seasons, Separation, Sheep, Should and Ought, Sing, Song, Spring, Strong, Stubborn, Stuggle, The Enemy, Thoughts, Time, Timing, True Wealth, Understood, Weeds, Weep, Winter, Wisdom, Words, Yield | 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

Thought For the Day: Maybe It’s Not Too Late To Learn How To Love and Forget How To Hate

Posted on July 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Maybe it’s not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.” – Ozzy Osbourne

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Forget, Hate, Learn, Love, Maybe, Ozzy Osbourne, Thought For the Day, Too Late | Leave a comment

Where We Might Fit

Posted on July 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Where We Might Fitby Michael DoyleWherever we go,However, we might grow,It’s in our soulsLight is accentuated by shadow.The universe invites us to explore,To reach out to find something more.In this, we find an explanation,And sometimes, we happen on new civilizations.Among … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accentuate, Beautiful, Civilization, Discern, Expectations, Expore, Fit, Hesitation, Human Soul, Laugh, Learn, Light, Magnitude, Off-Path, Poetry and Poems, Question, Shadow, Socialize, Universe, Where, Wise, Wonderful, Year | Leave a comment

First Principles: If Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More and Become More, You Are A Leader

Posted on July 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Become, Do, Dream, First Principles, Inspiration, John Quincy Adams, Leader, Learn, Your Actions | Leave a comment

Hollow Words and Climbing Trees

Posted on July 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep | Leave a comment

Through Songs and Deeds

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arbitrator, Bindings, Blasphemy, Bringer of Life, Circle of Fifths, Decide, Deeds, Difference, Discern, Eternity, Explanation, Explore, Fear, Frequency, Future, Gamble, God's Embrace, Happen, Harmony, Hidden Truth, Hypotheticals, Interfere, Language, Learn, Life's Song, Maestro, Matter, Messages, Music, Notes, Past, Peace, Persevere, Planetary Music, Poetry and Poems, Preordained, Present, Reach, Reshape, Revelation, Ride, Sacred Duty, Shatter, Something Else, Songs, Space, Strain, Strife, Translation, War, Wash Away, Water | Leave a comment

The Truth About Power

Posted on July 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Truth About Powerby Michael DoyleThe edges of rationality tatterWhile the People determine what matters.If there is one thing needed to learned,It’s the limits of power properly discerned.When a jaded politician wants to steal the hour,Maybe it’s best to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agitation, Another's Complaint, Capital, Civic Stewardship, Congress, Edge, Grave, Hour, Jaded Politicians, Learn, Limits of Power, Matters, Oxygen, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Power, Rationality, Singularity, Test, The People, Truth, Understand, Washington, Wreath | Leave a comment

The Riddle of the Sands

Posted on June 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Riddle of the Sandsby Michael DoyleWith my mind’s last breathI felt myself melt into my death.Reality faded into flowery dimensions,None of which flows with great precision.But the sounds inside were already goneBefore I realized what it was to go … Continue reading →

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