Tag Archives: Legacy

My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)

Posted on April 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)by Michael DoyleMy heart grows heavy in the sadnessAs I look at this world of madnessAnd know that love is the needed legacyAs it should be walked as its meant to beNo Matter what … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Bible, Book of Romans, Broken, Burden, Christianity, Death and Rsurrection, Dipping In, DNA, Eden, Faith, Foot Prints, Forgive, Forward, God, God's Will, Haters, Heart, Heart Heavy, Heaven, Hurting, Imprint, Jesus, Legacy, Madness, Palm Sunday, Personal Theology, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sadness, Shame, Sin, Spoken, The Garden, Walked, Whispers, World | Leave a comment

First Steps Into the Shatter Zone

Posted on March 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

First Steps Into the Shatter Zoneby Michael DoyleSometimes, I allow myself an inward journeyAs I seek to know what the past means to meToday, nestled in my roadside booth I find myself eating tacos as I seek out the truthWhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cortez, Destruction, First Steps, God, Gold, History, Inward Journey, Legacy, Mexico, Poetry and Poems, Roadside Booth, Shatter Zone, Spain, Tacos, The Past, Travel, Truth, Two Paths of Madness, Writing | Leave a comment

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footsteps

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footstepsby Michael DoyleA chronicle’s story has been revealedAbout sacred ground that has been unveiledHayden’s expedition surveyed the majestyThat they happened on in Yellowstone ValleyThis stretch of land was meant for explorationIt became a crown jewel benefiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 150 Years, Adventure, Canopy, Canyon, Chronicle, Crown Jewel, Exploration, Geyser Dreams, Hayden Expedition, hiking, Humanity, Legacy, Magical Place, Magnificience, Majesty, Mountains, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Significance, Space, Sprawling Forest, Stone Footsteps, Story, Stretch of Land, Sureeal Beauty, Tapestry, Travel, Unveiled, Wooded Strands, yellowstone, Yellowstone Valley | Leave a comment

History Dignifies the Presidents

Posted on February 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absent, America, Analyze, Beacon of Light, Best Way, Brave Men, Bullets, Cause and Pride, Comments, Compromise, Conflict, Criticism, Death, Deep Regret, Dignity, Faith, Future, Giant Steps, Hats, Hearts, Hill, History, Ideals, Imperfect, Integrity, Last, Legacy, Mantle, Moon, Nation, Nurture, Past, Present Day, Preserved, Presidents, Presidents Day, Races and Thoughts, Republic, Residence, Respect, Solemn Oath, Sovereignty, Step Back, Strength, Struggle, Sunrise, Territory, Time, Well-Shaken Past, White House, Wise, Woman | Leave a comment

Overcoming the Adversary

Posted on November 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Overcoming the Adversaryby Michael DoyleI’m glad to say that I believeIn God’s promise, not a devil who deceivesLife’s storms come, but I have strengthEnough to last the day’s lengthWith the Bible as my swordI rest on the strength of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Belief, Believe, Believer, Belssing, Bible, Christ's Blood, Circumstances, Confidence, Contrary, Darkness, Day, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Fear, Glad, God of Second Chances, God's Promise, Going, Grow, Guess, Harshness, His Light, History, Holy Spirit, Joy, King, Legacy, Life, Lord, Name, Overcome, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Show, Storm, Strength, Sword | Leave a comment

Giving Our Best Attitude

Posted on September 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Giving Our Best Attitudeby Michael DoyleWe find our safety and securityIn what brings us true libertyTo live our lives as we want to beThis is the path of living freeWe pass some things on as a legacyThe Bible reflects this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Attitude, Bible, Books of the Law, Childlike Attitudes, Christianity, Complexity, Faith, Family Rules, Forward, Fredom, Future, Give, God, God's Ways, Gratitude, History, Jesus, Legacy, Living Free, Love Letter, Myster, Path, Poetry and Poems, Real Good, Relationship, Rules and Guidance, Safety, Securit, Servants of God, Teach, The Bible, True Liberty, Understood, Unit, Worship | Leave a comment

Nat Turner’s Legacy

Posted on August 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nat Turner’s Legacyby Michael DoyleExceptions seldom make the ruleFoolish thinkers need their schoolThose who dwell on the mysteryOf why so few rose against slaveryIt is a cowardice of cultureThat we cannot afford to nurtureLet’s recall a moment of historyLived by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, American History, Asunder, Blood and Brutality, Civil War, Country, Cowardice of Culture, Criticism, Death, Destiny, Dignity, Easy Lesson, Education, Equal Opportunity, Exceptions, Experiment, Field, Fight, Foolish Thinkers, Freedom and Liberty, God and Science, Greatest Republic, Hard Road, History, Incendiary, Inspiration, Ironic, Legacy, Liberty, Luxury, Mystery, Nat Turner, Ntion, Nurture, Optimism, Path Forward, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Promise, Prophecy, Rage, Re;public, Revelation, Revolution, Right, Satisfaction, School, Scourge, Sinners, Slavery, Soul, The Rule, Theology, Victory, Vision, Voice, Wickedness Revealed | Leave a comment

The Best of We

Posted on July 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Best of Weby Michael DoyleThere are things sometimes saidThat could be put a better wayEmotions ricochet off the tapes in our headsBetter-chosen words keep the ball in playThe fights fought are a step forwardOn the path that moves us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ball In Play, Best, Best of We, Better Way, Buckle Up, Constructively, Emotions, Eternity, Feelings, Fight, Fights, Hide, Hurt, Legacy, Limits, Little Crazy, Love Is Blind, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pop Psychology, Ricochet, Ride, Said, Step Foward, Strategy, Tapes, Together, Toward, Two of A Kind, We, Words | Leave a comment

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmology

Posted on February 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmologyby Michael DoyleThe time spent quietly comes to its endIt’s been another year of pleasant enough livingHaving found my best habits and friendsAnd it has been another year of peacefully givingBut in truth it has been yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Bestiary, Center, Chinese Mythology, Confidence, Contain, Cosmology, Desire, Determination, Diffidence, Diplomacy, Divinity, Dreams, Elements, End, Eternity, Expansion, Eyes, Fifth Cardinal Direction, Flight, Friends, Future, Gentle Rain, Give, Green Dragon, Habits, Imagination, Infinite, Journey, Legacy, Mast, Mist, Nature Deity, Night, Pass, Peace, Perfect Harmony, Philosophy, Phoenix, Poetry and Poems, Power, Rebirth, Sail, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Self-Worth, Sky, Spring, Time, Tree, Truth, Weary World, Winds, Wood Dragon, Worry, Yang, Year, Year of the Wood Dragon, Yin | Leave a comment

In Plain View (Minding Business)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Plain View (Minding Business)by Michael DoyleIn our efforts and in our spacesWe work hard to separate our tracesMinding our business in all we doThe relevance comes openly into viewThe Bible opens with God’s creationIn page after page of fascinationNothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abilities, Adam and Eve, Agent of Change, Assignment, Beautiful, Bible, Blessing, Charity, Co-Create, Conceal, Credibility, Curse, Deeds, Deserve, Direction, Discouragement, Efforts, Encouragement, Expectation, Faith, Faithful, Fall, Generosity, God, God's Creation, God's Love, Godliness, Good Purposes, Growth, Honor, Humanity, Humility, Image, Integrity, Jesus, Legacy, Live, Living Days, Love, Maturity, Minding Business, Mission, Needs, Open view, Perfection, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Relevance, Representation, Serve, Services, Seventh Day, Sincerity, Spaces, Talent, Teach, The Bible, Thrive, Traces, Truly Alive, Witness, Wonderful, Work Hard | Leave a comment