Tag Archives: Poetry and Poem

What Comes Next?

Posted on June 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

What Comes Next?by Michael DoyleDay after day, dot after dotOne way or another, it connectsTaking chances and casting lotsAs we wonder about what comes next.The mullahs act with intimidation,But they aren’t the heart of the nation.And we must never forget … Continue reading →

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No Hiding

Posted on May 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

No Hidingby Michael DoyleSometimes truth is stranger than fiction,With a whisper of angst, you find it in the friction.It’s the slow burn of ambiguous moral values,Hammered hard as if by some forsaken miscue.I like a friend with some mischief in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Ambiguous, Angst, Busy, Disguise, Fiction, Friction, Hammer, Lost Love, Mischief, Miscue, Moral Values, No Hiding, Poetry and Poem, Slow Burn, Ttruth, Whisper | Leave a comment

Coming To Faith

Posted on May 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Coming To Faithby Michael DoyleJesus is known by His many names.These are revealed as we examine Biblical claims.We find it is with prayerful considerationThat there is power in every faithful iteration. In the shadow and light of His sacrifice and … Continue reading →

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I’ve Come To Understand

Posted on May 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I’ve Come To Understandby Michael DoyleEntombed in my shame,I was lost in my blame.I was afraid to show my face,Until I learned of God’s grace.I thought I knew my place,Hiding in the darkness.I was afraid to show my face,Mine was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Belong, Blame, Broken, Call, Change, Circumstances, Control, Darkness, Despair, Done Wrong, Entombed, Face, God, God's Grace, Harshness, Healing Hand, Heart, Hide, Lost, Lost and Wounded, My Place, Orphaned, Poetry and Poem, Redemption, Shame, Show, Soul, Touch, Understand | Leave a comment

A Nation’s Passion Play

Posted on March 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Nation’s Passion Playby Michael DoyleFrom our earliest days, when we dwelt in caves,We have tried to understand what it is that savesOur rarest sentiments are served up like a delicacyThese are questionable as we define principled libertyIt is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Betrayed, Childish Illusions, Civilized Country, Complexity, Condemnation, Delicacy, Earliest Days, Empathy, Freedom, Great Escape, Hard, Hard Road, Nation, Passion Play, Poetry and Poem, Principled Liberty, Saves, Sentiment, Shame, Slavery, Sympathy, Understnd, Wisdom | Leave a comment

If Space and Time…

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

If Space and Time…by Michael DoyleIt’s only been a matter of a few passing yearsI’m alone on your birthday except for my tearsTalking to God again, I stare off into the nightYours was the sisterly love that was my guiding … Continue reading →

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Life Lived Artfully (Without Deceit)

Posted on May 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life Lived Artfully (Without Deceit)by Michael DoyleImagine, if you might, your life in a circumstanceHanded over to art, but only from a tragic distanceIt would be a malaise that knew its exceptionBecause your life is the art that doesn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Artfully, Circumstance, Critique, Deceit, Deception, Evening Star, Every Moment, Exception, Familiar Life, Fascination, Forgiving, General Explanation, Heal, heartbeat, Hope, Imagine, Jagged Scar, Lamentation, Life Lived, Limitation, Long Time Living, Malaise, Masquerade, Poetry and Poem, Simple Life, Stories, Sunset, Tragic Distance, Translation, Truth, Understanding, Variation, Words | Leave a comment

However Hard

Posted on April 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

However Hardby Michael DoyleHowever Hard the wind blewWe knew we’d make it throughHe who wears the victor’s crownWould never let us drownWith our strength of willWe depend on Him, and stillGod will allow to prevailOur faith is shown in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Busy Days, Community, Course, Crowd, Depend, Drown, Dust, Faith, God, God's Family, God's Gift, God's Ways, Good, Hands, Hard, Him, In the End, Make It Through, Matter, Mix, One Another, Poetry and Poem, Prevail, Shatter, Strength of Will, Strong, Tale, Understood, Victor's Crown, Ways | Leave a comment

Sucker Punch

Posted on January 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sucker Punchby Michael DoyleYou’re never fully dressedWithout a smileBut it’s hard to wear oneWhen you feel that you’re on trialDon’t put it downAs a matter of happenstanceWhen you’re watchingA wrong conviction buried in circumstanceFacing a false accusationIsn’t a pleasant feelingWhen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bury, Cannot Be Trusted, Care, Circumstance, Compelling, Dare, Dime, Disappeared, Dove, Face, False Accusation, Feared, Feeling, Fully Dressed, Happenstance, Hard, Harsh Ability, Know, Loyalty, Openly, People, Poetry and Poem, Pushed Too Far, Put It Down, Question, Smile, Sucker Punch, Trial, Vulnerability, Watching, Wear, Wrong Conviction, You To Me | Leave a comment

New Life Reborn

Posted on November 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

New Life Rebornby Michael DoyleThe new life rebornKnows its miseryCommon sense would mournThis loss of such historyAs a life lived in painThere are questions that strainA thousand cuts into our moralityAre the price of approaching immortalityLike pawns on chessboard gamesWe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Common Sense, History, Immortality, Loss, Misery, Morality, Mourn, New Life, Pain, Poetry and Poem, Price, Reborn, Strain, Thousand Cuts | Leave a comment