Tag Archives: Memory

A Pale Death

Posted on October 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #17: A Pale Death by Michael Romani The end of days descends Like a fog from hell that ascends On us all a thick as it can be As we dance away our sanity Lilith asks for one … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bittersweet, Breath, Charm, Comfort, Core, Death, Death's Door, Demon, Die, Dignity, Embrace, End of Days, Evil, Fatal, Flee, Fog, Foul, Glow, Grace, Guide, Halloween, Haunt, Heart, Hell, Kiss, Knees, Lilith, Linger, Lord's Prayer, Lost, Man, Memory, Moment, Monster, Mortality, Pale, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Stab, Star, Trap, Wild, Wish | Leave a comment

Blood On Our Hands

Posted on October 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween poem #2 – mankind has the worse monsters and is seldom as kind as we might be if only we could. Blood On Our Hands by Michael Romani Our brutalities serve to shape us Though we wish to deny … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Asylum, Atrocity, Belief, Better, Blood, Brother, Brutality, Certain, Creature of the Night, Cure, Dawn, Deny, Dignity, Doctor, Fail, Fatal, Forget, Forgivver, God, Halloween, Hands, Heavy, Heoes, Humane, Humanity, Killers, Laugh, Live, Memory, Monster, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Remake, Right, River, Seen, Shadow, Shape, Sister, Sleep, Stir, Toll, Unafraid, Vanity, Watch | Leave a comment

Ghosts of A Thousand Ages

Posted on September 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

We can learn a lot from history. Ghosts of A Thousand Ages by Michael Romani The ghosts of a thousand ages Tell the truth of a thousand sages Stepping to the ledge, window shopping The fireworks inside are heart stopping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Blessing, Dead, Fireworks, Heart, History, Joy, Ledge, Legend, Memory, Music, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sage, Soul, String, Truth, Widow Shop | Leave a comment

Bringing Our Best

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life’s tests are part of what make for our memories as we grow into our best. https://flic.kr/p/qUuQ4B Bringing Our Best by Michael Romani Deliberate deceptions told in truth Are the moments that keep us in our youth Sauces of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Blessing, Blind, Chemistry, Deliberate, Food, Heart, Itch, Kind, Life, Love, Memory, Photograph, Picnic, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Sauce, Scratch, Stubbon, Surge, Test, Truth, Twitch, Urge, Youth | Leave a comment

Felt Like Home

Posted on September 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Home is a place of gratitude, loving appreciation and warmth. Right? Felt Like Home by Michael Romani Moments of gratitude felt like heaven Counting our blessings over bread un-leaven Every step feels like a new journey With each yesterday treasured … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Best, Blessings, Felt, Flavor, Gratitude, Heaven, Home, Journey, Love, Marketplace, Memory, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Savor, Smell, Spice, Star, Story, Taste, Treasure, Twinkle, Unfold, Warmth | Leave a comment

Secret Melody

Posted on September 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There is a secret melody that plays in the heart of all who love. Secret Melody by Michael Romani A memory caught in a secret song Swell of timbre that seems to strong Music has its way with those Whose … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apart, Beating, Day, Deep, Destiny, Dream, Ear, Faith, Family, Follow, Forever, Heart, History, Know, Legacy, Lesson, Life, Love, Melancholy, Melody, Memory, Mind, Music, Mystery, Near, Pain, Photograph, Play, Plaza, Poem, Poetry, Reach, Regret, Secret, Sing, Smile, Song, Sun, Teach, Timbre, Treasure, Whisper, You | Leave a comment

In Memory of 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

We must never forget what extremists brought on this day We must always linger on the troubles that come humanity’s way We must also never forget that we are all the children of God And that God would have us … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 9/11, Ache, Acts, Afraid, America, Ashes, Beacon, Betteer, Blind, Brave, Brazen, Break, Breathe, Cherish, Children, City on the Hill, Come Together, Day, Dreams, Example, Extremists, Fight, Forget, Founders, Freedom, Future, God, God's Will, Hands, Heart, Help, Humanity, Kindness, Liberty, Love, Loving, Madmen, Memory, Nature, Need, New, New Life, Nurture, Patriot, Peace, Remember, Seek, Shine, Strifee, Thought For the Day, Tolerate, Trouble, Words | Leave a comment

At A Half Mumble

Posted on September 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Like the song says, if there’s a rock n heaven, you know they got a heck of a band. Have you ever really stopped to think on all those who rose up like some latter day shamen only to burn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Band, Bend, Blend, Blind, Blues, Burn, Complex, Devil, Dignity, Distort, Dreams, Emotion, End, Epitaph, Fade, Fragile, Frontier, Future, Generation, Genuine, Gracious, Ground, Happy, Heaven, High, Hills, Hint, History, Ideal, Learn, Left, Magic, Melody, Memory, Mind, Mixed Message, Mumble, Personal Level, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Promises, Puzzle, Rock N Roll, Rush, Said, Shade, Shake, Shaman, Show, Sigh, Signal, Sonic, Sould, Space Out, Steely Eyes, Stolen Line, Strength, Sweep, Tender, Toxic, Troubador, Weep, Whisper, Wind | Leave a comment

Spoons Full of Memories

Posted on August 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words | Leave a comment

Like Brothers

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years | Leave a comment