Tag Archives: Pray

Like Dominoes Falling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading →

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All My Little Fails

Posted on April 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes even I’m amazed at mistakes that I make. Have you ever had moments when you just want to fall on your knees and pray that God doesn’t give up on you cause you’re a step away of giving up … Continue reading →

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A Prairie Sky’s Truth

Posted on April 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes seeing things differently is mental illness; sometimes it’s seeing things differently. A show I was watching at the suggestion of a person who is increasingly important to me portrayed that in an interesting bit that I have attempted to … Continue reading →

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First Reasons Lost

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

What becomes of our individual worlds when our first reasons are lost? First Reasons Lost by Michael Romani First reasons have been lost And with that loss comes a cost The giving up when it becomes Too much to be … Continue reading →

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A Prayer For the Healing

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

No use whining about life’s complications really, right? So let me just encourage everyone to love when they can and cry when you feel it’s needed. Keep your hearts open and find that bit of truth that works to make … Continue reading →

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Heartbreaks Forgiven

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Justice, Humanity and Christianity Demand the End of All Slavery

Posted on February 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice and humanity require it [the end of slavery] – Christianity commands it. Let every benevolent . . . pray for the glorious period when the last slave who fights for freedom shall be restored to the possession of that … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Christianity, End, First Principles, Freedom, Humanity, Justice, Noah Webster, Pray, Right, Slavery | Leave a comment

Rabbit In A Snow Storm

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In Winter, a bunny will take calculated risk to get supper. This is despite knowing the cold winds and snow. This is done despite knowing others are hungry too. Life can be like that… Rabbit In A Snow Storm … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It is Inconsistent, Unjust and Impious To Fight And Pray for Freedom While Keeping Others In Slavery

Posted on January 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“That men should pray and fight for their own freedom and yet keep others in slavery is certainly acting a very inconsistent, as well as unjust and perhaps impious, part.” – John Jay, Reference The Life and Times of John … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Fight, First Principles, Freedom, Impious, Incosistent, John Jay, Me, Others, Pray, Slavery, Unjust | Leave a comment

Time Awaits A Hero

Posted on January 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Joseph Campbell might have something to say on this journey… Time Awaits A Hero by Michael Romani Long before the dawn of written history Mankind has sought to build community Combined with free will, it’s not easy to do this … Continue reading →

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