Tag Archives: Morning Light

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

The Last Snow

Posted on December 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Last Snowby Michael DoyleThis Winter has been warmer than those I recall.I might have expected it after a lingering fall.The last snow Indiana saw fell for a full night.It kept falling through the passing morning light.Piles of slush lasted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blues, Fall, Full Night, Heat, Hik, Indiana, Morning Light, Morning Plans, Poetry and Poems, Slush, Snow, Spring, Warm, Warm Fronts, Winter | Leave a comment

I Will Follow His Ways

Posted on August 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I Will Follow His Waysby Michael DoyleAs shadows fall and night draws near,I put my faith in Jesus and shall not fear.I have listened to God in living my days.To my best, I will always follow His ways. I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Bible, Brokenness, Christianity, Faith, Fear, Follow, Follow His Ways, God, Good News, Heal, His Ways, Jesus, Life's Road, Listen, Living My Days, Mercy, Morning Light, Night, Poetry and Music, Possibility, Praise, Second Chances, Shadows, Song, Soul, Whole | Leave a comment

Cowboys and Mustangs

Posted on February 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Cowboys and Mustangsby Michael DoyleThe Conquistadors brought horses to these landsBack 500 years ago, as best as I understandNow, thousands are allowed to wander freeCausing irreversible damage to the rangeland countryThe conflict arises over the carrying capacity50,000 horses await adoption … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adoption, Appropriate Management Level, Artificial, Aura, Benefiicial, Bond, Brave, Breed, Carrying Capacity, Constraints of Domestication, Cowboy, Cowboys, Dark of Night, Destiny, Dignity, Dissection, Experience, Fallow Trails, Feral, Fit, Free, Freedom, God's Providence, Good Judgment, Heads, Horses, Improvement, Inference, Irreversible Damage, Jouney, Kinship, Lands, Morning Light, Mustangs, Mutual Need, Nation, Natural Selection, Nature, Overconfidence, Overopopulation, Pen, Poetry and Poems, Pushing Hard, Quit, Rangeland, Right To Live, Saddle Up, Scarcity, Scratch, Sovereignty, The Conquistadors, Travel, Wait, Wander, Wild Seed | Leave a comment

Nuclear Winter Hues

Posted on October 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To those who guessed, this Halloween’s poetry theme for me is the monster that lays within far too much of humanity. Nuclear Winter Huesby Michael DoyleNuclear WinterBegins to splinterWith daylight undefinedTricks begin to play on the mindAnother day off the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Another Day, Anyone, Bad, Beginning, Blast, Board, Bored, Creep, Daylight, Decay, Defend, End, Ending, Fast Forward, Fear, Found, Halloween Theme, Hallucination, Hear, Hole, Hope, Hues, Humanity, Live, Mind, Monster, Morning Light, Nation, Never Too Late, Night, Nuclear Winter, Particles, Past, Patch It Up, Perpetual Darkness, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Praying To God, Radiation, Rain, Sad, Seep, Self-Afflicted, Slip, Splinter, Survivors, Today, Transmit and Send, Tricks, Underground, Undone, Uneasy Game, Wait, Whisper | Leave a comment

In the Name of the Father and the Son

Posted on September 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the Name of the Father and the Sonby Michael DoyleTrying to hide in the nightWaiting for the morning lightFeeling my soul must atoneI have never felt so all aloneUntil I glanced on God’s faceThen and there, I knew graceA … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundantly, Afraid, Alone, Atone, Believing, Blame, Blemish, Done, Embrace, Father, Feel, Feeling, Feet, Felt, Fill, Glory, God's Face, God's Will, Godly, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Hide, Home, In the Name of, Joy, Living Up To, Made, Mighty Sound, Miracles, Morning Light, Name, Never Again, Night, Poetry and Poems, Power, Right Attitude, Savior, Solid Ground, Son, Sorrow, Soul, Step, Story, Talk, Today and Tomorrow, Wait, Waken, Walk the Walk, Wayward Son | Leave a comment

If It Wasn’t For Courage

Posted on August 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

If It Wasn’t For Courageby Michael DoyleOn the other side lies paradiseThe captain offers his best adviceAs his pirate crew readies for the fightWho knows how many will live until the morning lightReady the muskets and say your last prayerAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Battle, Captain, Courage, Destiny, Eternity, Fight, Flight, Grave Insult, Ground, Hangman's Noose, Heart, Journey, Judgment Day, Last Prayer, Live, Morning Light, Muskets, Other Side, Paradise, Pirate Crew, Poetry and Poems, Power, Primal Urge, Result, Stare, Start, Steps, Struggle, Survival, Timing, Trial | Leave a comment

Beautifully Amazed

Posted on April 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Beautifully Amazedby Michael DoyleWe paint a life seen togetherCertain that our blessings are betterAs we talk into the nightBefore we know it, it’s the morning lightLearning things of complexityAs we break it down into simplicityLife can be overly demandingBut it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aloud, Amaze, Astound, Beautiful, Better, Blessings, Break It Down, Care, Certain, Complexity, Demanding, Dreams, Eyes, Know, Learn, Life, Look, Love Is Blind, Make, Moments, Morning Light, New Traditions, Night, Paint, Play, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Moments, Realize, Rendition, Safe, Share, Shared, Show, Simplicity, Space, Talk, Together, Understanding, Vision, Words, Your Ways | Leave a comment

A New Horizon

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A New Horizonby Michael DoyleOpen up your eyes and seeLook into the new horizonThe morning light brings possibilityShining on without corruptionThe purity of this new dayLies in your hands to be madeThe rain may fall along the wayBut don’t hide … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arc, Begin Again, Believe, Bound, Childhood, Compassion, Corruption, Darkness, Ears, Eyes, Fears, Forget, Future, Hand In Hand, Hands, Hate, Hide Away, Hoome, Keep, Known, Late, Leave, Light, Look, Love, Made, Morning Light, New Day, New Horizon, Northern, Ourselves, Past, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Purity, Rain, Run, See, Shadow, Shine, Stars, Today, Truth, Understand, Understood, Way, Whisper, Win, Woods | Leave a comment

Ode To A Tipsy Fairy

Posted on December 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Ode To A Tipsy Fairyby Michael DoyleAfter 40 hours locked inside the slave mindIt will take three pints just to leave it behindAnswers needed can’t be found without right questionsThe urgency felt is constrained by life’s hesitationsFundamentally sought within my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Bath, Behind, Birth, Boots, Bottle, Break of Day, Bright, Cobble Stone, Daughter, Edge, End of Night, Explanation, Fairy, Full Throttle, Glow, Hedges, Hesitation, Laugh, Mettalic Roots, Moive, Morning Light, Mystic Lakes, Ode, Pints, Poetry and Poems, Questions, Reality, Sailing Ships, Sip, Slave Mind, Smile, Splash, Tipsy, World | Leave a comment