Tag Archives: Played

Second Guess the End

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Second Guess the Endby Michael DoyleThere’s a lot of rightIn learning through the wrong.There’s a lot of hanging tightIn finding where I belong.It’s been a hard road to living,But that’s what I’ve been given.The movie is never as good as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20/20, Belong, Betrayal, Book, Christmas Snow, Disappointment, Drink, Find, Follow, Forget, Ghost, Given, Grasp, Hanging Tight, Hard Road, Heaven, Intellectual Hndsight, Judas, Kiss, Know, Learn, Light, Living, Love, Miss, Movie, Ods, Played, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Right, Second Guess, Sharper Look, Simpolicty, Stranglehol, The End, The Way, Tight, Times, Truth, Wrong, Youth | Leave a comment

Unity In God’s Family

Posted on August 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Unity In God’s Familyby Michael DoyleLife proves the truth of God’s reliabilityAs God gets us through our adversitiesWe stand grateful as we become more wiseLearning to love the world through His eyesWe were once living in transgression and sinCraving the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Adversities, Battles, Bits and Pieces, Blessings, Blindness, Brilliance, Brokenness, Christ, Craziness, Definition, Degrees, Dependent, Deserve, Embrace, Eternity, Faith, Freedom and Liberty, Gentle Traces, Gift, God, God's Family, Godly Ways, Grace, Grateful, Guide, His Eyes, Hope, Humanity, Influence, Justice, Kindness, Knees, Knnes, Learn, Life, Living, Living Grace, Lord's Cross, Loss, Lost Sight, Love, Loving Grace, Media, Mercy, Paths, Penitent Souls, Played, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pray, Punches, Reliability, Repentance, Sacrifice, Saved, Serve, Sin, Spiral, Sway, The World, Truth, Unity, Wise, Words, Wounded Souls, Wrath, Wrath of God | Leave a comment

Surrendered To the Knife

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrendered To the Knifeby Michael DoyleOnce you’ve surrendered to the knifeYour silent pleas won’t save your lifeThis, then, is the solemn price paidFor the best-laid plans never madeThis is what it is to be done with mankindTo take the bitter … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, All, Approved, Best Laid Plans, Bitter, Blade, Blind, Books, Brave, Choice, Cold, Dairies, Dead, Destiny, Devil, Done, Faithful, False Courage, Faustian Bargain, Fear, Friend, Grace, Hand, Hate, Heaven, Hell, Judgment, Justice, Knife, Letter, Life, Love, Loved Ones, Made, Mankind, Mercy, Miracles, Moment, Mutiny, Neck, Nowhere, Page One, Played, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Pretend, Protect, Read, Recall, Red Pills, Rising Sun, Sake of Love, Save, Savior, Silent Pleas, Solemn Price, Surrender, Twist, Wait, Whimpering, Will, Won, Words | Leave a comment

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Know

Posted on October 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Knowby Michael DoyleThe NCAAWas, and is, the DevilWe knew enough to knowA scam for payNever on the levelIt was for extra coinsNot for any college bowlGraveyard memoriesDedicated to familiesThat gave their allIn the name … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Broken Bones, Brothers, Champions, Character, Coin, College Bowl, Concussions, Cried, Dead, Dedicated, Devil, Died, Dies, Explanation, Fame, Family, Fifty Yard Line, Football, Fortune, Game, Graveyard, Head, Human Being, Jive, Know, Lies, Loan, Organization, Pay, Played, Poetry and Poems, Rode, Sake, Scam, Spirits, Tears, The NCAA, Ton of Bricks, Tragic, True, Unseen, Wish, Worth, Wounded Voice | Leave a comment

Played On and On

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Played On and Onby Michael Doyle I always wonderedWhat tomorrow would bringAs I charged aheadDoing my best at everything And though I’ve made big mistakesI did my best at everythingFingers bled into these heartachesListening to the others sing Please don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Contrary, Cry, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Forever, Forget, Goodbye, Heartaches, Lipstick Trace, Memories, Mistakes, Night, On and On, Played, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Tomrrow, Years | Leave a comment

Wonderland Needed

Posted on March 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Wonderland Needed (the Mad Hatter)by Michael DoyleWhen you clear your mindOf all the clatter and voicesWhat’s left behind, are the choicesIn our unwilling to be left behindAs we find in this hide and seekMuch of the world is mass confusionUntil, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abvoe, Because, Benign, Celebration, Choices, Clatter, Clear, Clues, Conversations of the Heart, Cup of Tea, Dare, Dignity, Done, Dragons, Dreams, Earned, Envy, Fascination, Fear, Feeling, Final Card, Fireworks, Freed, Hide and Seek, Hope, Illusion, Learned, Left Behind, Love, Loving Dose, Mad Hatter, Mass Confusion, Matter, Mind, Nighttime, Outcome, Peek, Played, Playing Games, Poetry and Poems, Remembrance, Secret, See, Share Life, Shatter, Sips, Sky, Slayed, Sordid Matters, Sympathy, The Game, True Hearts, Veils, Voices, Won, Wonder Why, Wonderland Needed | Leave a comment

The Importance of the Word

Posted on April 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Importance of the Wordby Michael DoyleIn this roll of yearsSoftly past the flowing tearsI think on words soughtTo connect the dot-to-dotThe words in mindI seek and sometimes findThat words are cultureAnd culture is the we nurtureSlipped into this elasticityIs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Being, Bond, Breath, Community, Complexity, Connect, Cousin, Crumble, Culture, Death, Define, Display, Dot-To-Dot, Elasticity, Find, Float Over, Flowing Tears, God, Grumble, Importance, Knowledge, Me, Meaning, Mumble, Nurture, Occurred, Odd, Past, Played, Poetry and Poems, Politely, Ponds, Quest, Refine, Roll of Years, Seal, Seek, Sense, Sleep, Slip, Sought, Sudden, Symbol, Table, the Word, Theories, Think, Thirst, Thought, Words, Words In Mind | Leave a comment

Slightly Out of Tune

Posted on April 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Softly Out of Tuneby Michael DoyleThe piano plays slightly out of tuneThe preacher is drunk, crazy as a loonA voice whispers hello old friendThe bemused look hints at the endLife is one continuing negotiationIt seems a program of collaborationIt is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Bemused, Brave Enough, Cards, Collaboration, Conceal, Dealer, Decisions, Door, Drunk, End, Free Will, Heresy, Illusions, Irony, Life, Loon, Masquerade, Matters, More, Negotiation, Old Friend, Played, Poetry and Poems, Preacher, Regrets, Scorched Earth, Secrets, Skeletons In Closets, Skill Sets, Slight, Tatters, Tune, Victory, Visions of Dreams, Whisper | Leave a comment

Discernment Revisited

Posted on November 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Discernment Revisitedby Michael DoyleI guess that’s the dealLetting Jesus take the wheelLike the wisdom of Solomon’s sealIt is what keeps it realGoing deep into the ScriptureWe find the things of GodSurrendering in devotion to ScriptureWe recommit to the ways of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Decisions, Buoyancy, Deep, Demanding, Destination, Devastation, Deviation, Devotion, Dimension, Discernment, Distracted, Do the Math, Drive, Dwell, Elimination, Eyes Set, Footing, God Is In Control, Grace, Grow Strong, Impediment, Inclination, Insecurity, Jesus, Know, Living, Lose, Loss, Maturity, Meander, Mindful, Narrow Path, Overestimation, Path, Personal Inadequcy, Played, Poetry and Poems, Prayed, Pressures of Life, Pushing Through, Put Aside, Real, Recommit, Reconsideration, Refuse, Revisited, Rhyme, Right Sentiment, Satan, Scripture, Serve, Significance, Slip, Solomon's Seal, Soul, Stay, Stay On the Path, Strive, Surrender, The Deal, Things of God, Thoughts, Time To Time, Tool, Tragic, Tricks, Truth, Understanding, Undiminished, Ways of God, Wheel, Wisdom, Words, Wrong Emphasis | Leave a comment

To My Not So Anonymous Enemy

Posted on August 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t worry. I have a pretty good idea who you are. shrugs… Your game is all but washed out…Incidentally, if you think being an ocean apart somehow protects against slander and libel in an electronic communication, well, I guess I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accusation, Afraid, Anonymous, Arguments, Blackmail, Blankly, Chorus, Couple of Times, Crumble, Doesn't Believe, Don't Cry To You, Electronic Communication, Enemy, False Relation, Falter, Fears, Fool's Game, Game Over, Gives You, Gossip, Honest Man, Hurt, Impersonation, Implied Demands, Innuendo, International Law, Karma, Learn, Libel, Lost, Loud Mouth, Made Up, Made Up Tears, Makes One Think, Mildly Waits, Mirror, Mocking, Mocking Jubilation, Photograph, Play, Played, Playing the Victim, Poem, Poetry, Proves Nothing, Shadow, Slander, Someone Who Cares, Speak, Stalking, Stares, Stares Back, Stinks, Stumble, Thankfully, Too Much Time On Your Hands, Wanting No Part, Warning, Weak, What You Say, Your Just Deserts, Your Own Voice | Leave a comment