Tag Archives: Love

Darkness Fallen

Posted on January 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Darkness Fallenby Michael DoyleStretching my day past midnight,I’m grasping toward the morning light.There’s just one more thing to do,Planting dreams to know what can be true.Living my freedom in the moment’s truth,I think back on the days of my youth.Outside … Continue reading →

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The Will To Survive

Posted on January 15, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

The Will To Surviveby Michael DoyleIn a soldier’s final score,Only the dead know the end of war.Shrouded in the sadness of despair,Life is hobbled by a world so unfair.We keep on fighting shadowsThough each of us is certain and knowsThe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Battle, Chance, Crime, Dead, Despair, Family, Generals, Ghost, Glory, History, Infernal War, Jesus, Life, Line, Love, Morning Light, Poetry and Poems, Priority, Rumor, Score, Shadow, Soldier, Story, Survival, Survive, Truth Be Told, Twilight, Unfair, War, Will, World | Leave a comment

Conversation

Posted on January 13, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Conversationby Michael DoyleIf you understand what it is that I mean,We’re watching two shows on the same screen.There are few safe discussions in this nation.We have lost our part in decent conversation.Stupid is as stupid does, and becoming plain.That our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Blasting the Ego, Cause, Conversation, Dead, Decent Conversation, Family, Insane, Letting Go, Life, Listen, Love, Mean, mental-health, Nation, Our Part, Plain, Poetry and Poems, Pointing Fingers, Prejudgment, Reframe, Relevance, Safe Discussons, Said, Same Screen, Shown, Stupiid, Thoughtuflness, Twisted Plastic Blame, Two Shows, Understand, Unknown, Weighing Evidence, Writing | Leave a comment

For the Love of Myth

Posted on January 12, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

For the Love of Mythby Michael DoyleWalking out past our prints in the Indiana snow,My youngest confesses that it’s hard to let it go.Greek myths have an existential edge, so inevitableCreative minds find themselves immensely incapableOf letting go, the stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient Tales, Antiquity, Attention, Caprice, Century, Conflicted, Control, Cosmology, Creative Mind, Daughter, Dismiss, Divine, Elegance, Existential Edge, Fate, Free Will, Frozen Words, Good Sign, Greek Myth, Human Vulnerabiltiy, Indiana, Inevitable, Inquity, Love, Mind, Mtyhtology, Myth, Oontrol, Perception, Poetry and Poems, Prints, Rage, Snow, Soul, Stories, Tangled Mess, Tension, The Gods, Touch, Unravel, Walk, Well-Traveled | Leave a comment

The Mystery of Love’s Voice

Posted on January 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

The Mystery of Love’s Voiceby Michael DoyleA voice can hit you with its memory.It’s the soft reminder of friends and family.There’s nothing more graceful than it could be.If this entire world didn’t need therapy.In the book of life, it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Analyze, Anonymous Identity, Another Book, Another Look, Anticipate, Articulate, Belong, Book of Life, Books, Chosen Personality, Entire Worl, Everyday, Eyes, Faith, Family, Fetal Posiioin, Friend, God, Graceful, Happiness, HeartsHappen, Hermit, Impress, Life, Love, Love's Voice, Mae World, Mystery, Page, Poetry an Poems, Quiet Voice, Rage, Soft Reminder, Someday, Taken Wrong, Therapy, Tiny Steps, Unfurled, Wish, Work, Writing | Leave a comment

The Sum of My Confession

Posted on January 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

The Sum of My Confessionby Michael DoyleI know my LordKeeps moving me forward.He’s the God of second chances,Be it moments of action,Or failed romances.He pushes me past dissatisfaction.Daring me a little further down the road,Past the limits that I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Better Angels, Calling, Confession, Confidence Game, Disitance, Disrepair, Dissatisfaction, Dreams, Driven, Failed Romance, Falliing, Forward, God, Going On, Home, Life, Limit, Love, mental-health, Moments of Action, My Lord, Poetry and Poems, Push, Real Love, Refuse, Roa, Second Chances, Second Guessinig, Sum, Sum of My Confession, Sunshine, The Son, Writing | Leave a comment

The Footprints In My Soul

Posted on December 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Footprints In My Soulby Michael DoyleLove is not a monologue,Talking to myself gets me nowhere.Let’s get on with the dialogue,Moving beyond where I simply persevere.Under my empire of ashesLives a garden from my heart.Despite the doom of thrashes,This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Betrayal, Beyond, Dialogue, Dream, Empire of Ashes, Empty Burn, End, Endless Torment, Fly, Footprints, Friend, Garden, Give and Take, Gone, Grave, Heart, Long-Distance Runaround, Love, Many Voices, Memory, Monolgue, Nowhere, Perfect Moment, Poetry and Poems, Rubicon, Snow, Solitary, Soul, Talking To Myself, Wings, Winter | Leave a comment

Under One Star

Posted on December 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Under One Starby Michael DoyleDamn that cancel culture,Believing it has a right to nurtureHatred toward the founders of this land.I don’t think they really understand.We need to bring hope to tomorrow.It’s time to move past the sorrow.We need to remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cancel Culture, Christian, Doubt, Find Our Way Back, Flaw, Founders, Friend, Good, Grace, Hand, Hatred, Heart, Hope, Life, Listen, Love, My Best, Nurture, One Star, Pillow, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Significance, Sin, Srrow, Success, Time, Tomorrow, Town, Under, Understood, Undestand, Writing | Leave a comment

First Principles: For God So Loved the World, That He Gave His Only Begotten Son, That Whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not Perish, But Have Everlasting Life

Posted on December 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16 Merry Christmas, one and all!

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Believe, Everlasting Life, First Principles, God, John 3:16, Love, Only Begotten Son, Perish, World | Leave a comment

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1

Posted on December 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1by Michael DoyleA moment taken to learn to seeBeyond the pages kept so orderly.It might teach to see with a child’s eyes,And in the doing, become all the more wise.Consequential behavior can upstage,But it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Bethlehem, Bible, Carpenter, Census, Child's Eyes, Christianity, Christmas, Consequence, Divinity, Egypt, Fear, Forgiveness, Gifts, Glory, Go, God, Heart, Hell, Herod, Holy Family, Humility, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, King, King of Kings, Learn to See, Lesson, Light, Love, Manger, Nazareth, Poetry and Poems, Short Story, Sight, Temple, This World, Wise | Leave a comment