Tag Archives: Poetry and Poems

My Business Is the Future

Posted on November 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

My Business Is the Futureby Michael DoyleLike other dreamersMy concern isn’t the presentThat’s for erratic schemersAnd others that we grow to resentMy business is the futureNot as an oracle but as one who createsLooking for the right things to nurtureEngaged … Continue reading →

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Then Sings My God

Posted on November 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Then Sings My Godby Michael DoyleDive on in and get off the fenceLive your potential, not your pretenseGo ahead and carry the burden of the crossIt’s only for your gain and never your lossWorshipping in all the iconic spacesWe touch … Continue reading →

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A Truth Told

Posted on November 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Truth Toldby Michael Doyle Trapped within lies within liesA truth illuminates under artificial skiesAnd the pain makes for the better manIt’s a script a believer can understand Meant, as it is, to make us believeThough written so carefully as … Continue reading →

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Artistic Travesty

Posted on November 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Artistic Travestyby Michael DoyleMouth breathers don’t truly understandThe logic, as it were, of supply and demandThat produces things of artistic travestyLike the weight of the world bringing me to my kneesThis is a complex world in its friendingAnd not often … Continue reading →

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Blood Path of the Samurai

Posted on November 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Blood Path of the Samuraiby Michael DoyleYou’re not just going to leaveA beheaded man on the ground?She asked in what I believeIs her shocked voice soundYou don’t see that everydayBut that, my dear, is the samurai’s waySmall men snuff out … Continue reading →

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Midnight Reflections

Posted on November 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Midnight Reflectionsby Michael DoyleSending I love you echoes across the canyon wallInto the frigid air of this late fallThinking to myself that you were once so nearNow gasping at the thought that you might disappearThe distance is no further than … Continue reading →

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Steadfast Against the Culture

Posted on November 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Steadfast Against the Cultureby Michael DoyleThere are two kinds of believersThose committed to the Bible and deceiversSome are guided by the Holy Spirit to aspireAnd then there are the carnally minded led by desireThere are two types of ways to … Continue reading →

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None of This Matters

Posted on November 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

None of This Mattersby Michael DoyleNone of this mattersBecause none of this is realCloaked in our tattersIt’s just another day in HellGod’s given insightInto the battles we must fightScattered in the ashes of the nightWe somehow hold onto the lightThe … Continue reading →

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Rough Edges

Posted on November 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Rough Edgesby Michael DoyleSometimes it seemsI’ve lost all my dreamsAt the rough edgesAnd window ledgesAre all I’m hanging ontoIt’s been so long since I’ve held youStuck working the night shiftIn a world full of griftThe system works its cutAgainst the … Continue reading →

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Imagine My Surprise

Posted on November 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Imagine My Surpriseby Michael DoyleImagine my surpriseAt learning time is linearThe doctors opened my eyesWith a ditty about no longer being superiorSitting there tugging at my capeHinting I’m no longer a masked crusaderBut the prisoner of a lined gapeMother Nature … Continue reading →

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