Tag Archives: Mine

A Soldier Thinks On War and Peace

Posted on September 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Soldier Thinks On War and Peaceby Michael DoyleSantayana told a soldier’s life was true,When in a soliloquy written as if for you,He reminded us that only the dead have seen war end.The rest of us? We will fight on, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Blood, Cost, Dead, Demoted, Eyes, Fight, General, Glor, Hell, History, Language Fail, Left Behind, Lost, Military, Mine, Moonshine, Poetry and Poems, Promoted, Reach, Rifle, Santayana, Sherman, Soldier, Soliloquy, Speech, Spoonful of Glory, Stumble, Think, Tuth, War, War and Peace, War's End, Whisper | Leave a comment

Victory Worn

Posted on April 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Victory Wornby Michael DoyleWhen we talk about my king,I can’t help but sing.Wide awake with praise,I lift my voice in all my days.Into the world, He shines His light.Darkness is defeated in this fight.With Grace given on Calvary,He has given … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Arose, Calvary, Darkness, Days, Devil, Dignity, Down, Enemy, Felt Victory, Fight, Grace, Heaven, Heaven and Earth, His Life, Holiness, Holy Veil, Jesus, Light, Lion, Mine, My King, Parades, Poetry and Poems, Powerfully Real, Praise, Reveal, Seamlessly, Sing, Stone, Talk, The Lamb, Torn, Victory Worn, Voice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: One Day You Will Ask Me Which Is More Important? My Life Or Yours? I Will Say Mine and You Will Walk Away Not Knowing That You Are My Life

Posted on April 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.” – Kahlil Gibran

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Important, Kahlil Gibran, Know, Life, Mine, One Day, Thought For the Day, Walk Away, You Are My Life | Leave a comment

The Truth of Why We Fight

Posted on January 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Truth of Why We Fightby Michael DoyleIn different timesHow might it end?Could it have beenWe might have been good friends?Your job and mineHere on the frontlineIt’s a killing job to be doneYet, you are somebody’s sonThere is the truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bad Guys, Beware, Courtyard, Death, Die, Different Times, Done, End, Enemy Territory, Fight, Frontline, Glory, Good Friends, Good Guys, Hard, Jumping, Killing Business, Killing Job, Life, Mine, Moral, My Story, Name, Old, Poetry and Poems, Question Why, Rubble, Shame, Somebody's Son, String Quartet, Told, Truth, Wrong or Right, Your Job | Leave a comment

To Know Love Actually

Posted on January 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Know Love Actuallyby Michael DoyleI was just saying helloWhen you started saying goodbyeI kept trying the best I know Being persistent in giving it my best tryLove can be and is so cruelAnd I am inevitably its foolStill, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actual, Agony, Beginning To End, Best Friend, Christmas, Cruel, Dark Horses, Emotion, Factual, Flaw, Fool, Forgiving, Gift, Giving, Goodbey, Heartbreak, Hello, Know, Love, Million MIles, Mine, Mistake, Motion, Persistent, Poetry and Poems, Real Answers, Sorrow, Text Lines, This Day, Tomorrow, True Love, Truly Mine, Valentine, Wish, Words | Leave a comment

In His Name

Posted on January 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In His Name by Michael DoyleThe stars of lifeThese come and glowIn peace and strifeFaithful love is what I knowWhatever the circumstanceI’ll make it throughTo dance again, this danceOf joy felt through faith in youThis faith is more than a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blame, Blood of Christ, Circumstrance, Come and Go, Dance, Enemy, Faith, Faithful Love, Fear, Feeling, Frame, Free and Whole, Glow, His Power, In His Name, Jesus, Joy, Know, Life, Live, Mine, Peace and Strife, Permanent Line, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Precious Name, Proclaim, Revealing, Satan, Separate, Spirit of God, Stars, Through, Winds | Leave a comment

My Heart and Mind’s Connection

Posted on January 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

My Heart and Mind’s Connectionby Michael DoyleMy heart and mindHave left this world behindCrossing as I followJesus from out of the shadowsFinding my good causeAs I gently start to pauseKnowing I must change my waysFor all my coming daysStep-by-stepI turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Behind, Blind, Change, Connection, Cross, Days, Deep, Faithfulness, Finish Line, Follow, Forgiven, Good Cause, Heart, Hungry, Jesus, Know, Lane, Left Behind, Life's Choice, Lord Jesus, Mind, Mine, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Press On, Right Direction, Run, Shadow, Sight, Start, Step-By-Step, Stride, Tremble and Shake, Turn, Voice, Ways, World | Leave a comment

Bring On the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Bring On the New Yearby Michael DoyleAs my daughters and I take our moment to reconnectThe newsman sings his warnings about a polar vortexWe don’t care because we are warm and safe insideIn our cozy corners, where each of us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2025, Adventure, Amusement, Bring On, Care, Confide, Cozy Coerners, Daughters and I, Each Other, Everyone, First Day of the Next Year, Friends, Good Times, Joy, Laughter, Life, Love, Mine, Moment, Music, New Year's Eve, Newsman, Offer, Place, Poetry and Poems, Polar Vortex, Reconnect, Secrets, The New Year, The Sound of Music, Tomorrow, Tradition, Trust, Warm and Safe, Warning, Whenever They're With Me, Without Condition, World of Pretends | Leave a comment

A Road of Traveled Story

Posted on December 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Road of Traveled Storyby Michael DoyleThis universe isn’t made of cosmic dustThough we all depend on God as we mustThis universe is a road of traveled gloryEach of us has our own part in this storyGiven our roles, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Answer, Beautiful Mind, Beauty, Blind, Broken Arrow, Challenges, Choice, Choices, Cosmic Dust, Crash, Cure, Dark, Days, Decision, Devil's Train, Door, Duty, Fate, Friends, God, Gypsy Tears, Hate, Hope, Hurt, Imprisoned, Life, Light, Love, Mine, Morning, Narrow, Night, Opportunity, Own Part, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prism, Refrain, Road, Roles, Shine, Sighted, Sky, Still Live, Story, Time, Traveled Story, True Love, Ugly, Universe, Veil, Voice, Walls, Ways, Weight, Years | Leave a comment

In the Heat of August

Posted on August 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the Heat of Augustby Michael DoyleRising temperatures affect the moodWith noisy insects seeming to intrudeSome live to complain line after lineBut I think instead, I’ll make August mineEven a poet or two finds it a povertyThat they cannot enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affect, August, Autumn, Blue Moon, Children, Complain, Dreams, Dusk, Embrace, Evening Woods, Explore, Favorite, Feast, Fields of Flowers, Fireflies, Forget, Fruit, Heat, Helen Hunt Jackson, Hours, Intrude, Line After Line, Magic, Mine, Mood, Moon Beams, Nature, Noisy Insects, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Pools, Poverty, Regret, Ripe, Rising Temperatures, Soul, Summer's Last Stand, Sunny Days, Swim, Swimming Holes, Tapestry, Think, Understand, Violets | Leave a comment