Tag Archives: Light

The Black Book Blues

Posted on September 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Black Book Bluesby Michael DoyleA father’s handClutches his son’s bloodMired in the sandClotting in the mudCorruption is as corruption doesSome things never changeIt’s as bad as it ever wasSome things simply rearrangeAn honest man can’t always be niceNot when … Continue reading →

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A Harper Rises

Posted on August 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Harper Risesby Michael DoyleWhen a harper rises from his slumberAnd whatever the spell that he’s been underHe will find his answers become rightAs though illuminated by the lightNo longer trading in colloquialisms and slightBut speaking only the true, noble, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibi, Answer, Begun, Brdige, Brink, Clever, Conceive, Crumble, Dare, Done, Endeavor, Faith, Fog, Forget, Good fight, Harper, Humble, Illuminate, Journey, Life, Light, Love, Nobility, Noble, Poetry and Poems, Puzzles, Right, Rise, Saving Grace, Sensibility, Setting Sun, Slumber, Speak, Spell, Stride, Strong, Stumble, Think, Tight, Trade, Tragic Pride, True, Under, Victory, Way, Weak, Winds of Time | Leave a comment

Inside the Temple

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Inside the Templeby Michael DoyleThe mercy of God fills the heartOf the blessed souls that will departBut as the light fades, the night grows longFor the sake of the fight, make the coffee strongIt might be hours; it might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolve, Blessed Souls, Coffee, Confusion, Days, Demon, Desperate, Destroy, Eternity, Fight, God, Heart, Hours, Inside, Light, Mercy, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Restless, Sacred, Serenity, Shame, Sins, Temple, Unclean Spirits, Vanquish | Leave a comment

Forbidden Fruit

Posted on August 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Forbidden Fruitby Michael DoyleLove of witchcraft presents the evidenceThat the ability to influence is no coincidenceAs they open up evil, door by doorAnd find a craven audience wanting moreThe portal to desires some wish to exploreOpen up to all, beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amuse, Audience, Beginning, Blame, Charade, Charm, Child's Play, Children, Coincidence, Contract, Craven, Danger, Delicious, Desire, Device, Door, Door By Door, End of Days, Engage, Enslave, Evidence, Evil, Explore, Forbidden Fruit, Freedom, Fright, Game, Grandmaster, Ground Floor, Hidden, Holy Advice, Ignore, Influence, Innocence, Intuit, Knock, Lie, Light, Lost, Masses, Messengers, Multiple Ways, Night, Perceive, Pleasurable, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Portal, Question, Run, Scatter, Secret, Shadow, Sudden, Task, Taste, Treasure, Witchcraft, Wonder | Leave a comment

Perpetual Providence

Posted on August 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Perpetual Providenceby Michael DoyleIn God’s perpetual providenceWe are always seeking His guidanceAsking God for aid in making our decisionsThat we know His preferences with greater precisionGod is a constant companion wherever we goHowever we travel; whether by will or by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aid, Constant Companion, Decision, God, Guidance, Hidden, Light, Perpetual, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Pride, Providence, Reveal, Side, Speak, Travel, Truth | Leave a comment

Continually and Helpfully

Posted on August 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Continually and Helpfullyby Michael DoyleContinually and helpfully, we must setGod’s word before us studied, not just a peekSeeking to live as Jesus would teachKeeping the things above within our needed reachFocused on what is truly our very bestThat we might … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battlefield, Breath, Compel, Continue, Death, Devil, Dwell, Evil, Eyes, Flawed, Focus, Fumble, God, God's Word, Good, Grow, Helpful, Impulse, Jesus, Know, Learn, Light, Live, Minds, Outward, Path, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Push and Pull, Reach, Satan, Season, Soul, Study, Talk, Teach, Tempt, Test, Toward, Treason, Truth, Understood, Victory's Crown, Walk, Word of God, Yield | Leave a comment

Anger Blocks the Way

Posted on August 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Anger Blocks the Wayby Michael DoyleAnger Seals away Steals away Keeps away Love Until the day We learn to say That which must be said Hope will be dead With disappointmentDanger Rules our decisions Without precision With the derision Keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again Right, Anger, Appointment, Arrow, Authenticity, Block, Build, Clarity, Darkness, Day, Dead, Decisions, Derision, Disappointment, Dnager, Faraway, Find, Flight, Forever More, Future, Guide, Hearts, Hold On Tight, Hope, Indecision, Integrity, Keeps Away, Learn, Life, Light, Lose, Love, Make Our Way, Morrow, Now, Past, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Put Away, Regain, Rules, Said, Say, Seal Away, See, Seek, Sincerity, Sorrow, Stay, Steal Away, Straight and Narrow, Tomorrow, True, Way | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Truth: the Truth That Lights the Way and the Truth That Warms The Heart. The First of These Is Science, and the Second is Art

Posted on July 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Art, Chandler, Heart, Important, Independent, Inhuman, Light, Other, Raymond Thornton, Ridiculous, Science, Thought For the Day, Truth, Two Kinds, Warm, Way | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Shadow Owes Its Birth To Light

Posted on July 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Shadow owes its birth to light.” -John Gay, poet and dramatist (30 Jun 1685-1732)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Birth, John Gay, Light, Owe, Shadow, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

His Cure

Posted on July 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

His Cureby Michael DoyleJehovah by nameHe takes our blamePurified in praiseBringing light to our daysHis is the peaceThat wins from sin, our releaseGiving us our freedomIn the name of His KingdomHe who has set the starsAllowing us healing from our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action Verbs, Blame, Broken, Correction, Cure, Days, Empty Words, Fear, Freedom, Gardens, God, Graves, Heal, His Cure, His Path, Humanity, Jehovah, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mourning, Name, Only Way, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pure, Release, Ressurection, Scar, Sin, Spoken, Stars, Steady and Sure | Leave a comment