Tag Archives: Rest

Left Behind

Posted on February 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Left Behindby Michael DoyleThere is a coziness to all our liesWhispers the darkness in this monster’s eyesThere is peace in settling the scoreVengeance knows the warmth of its pourLike a blended whiskey that burns down slowSo is our lack of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alienation, Angel, Anger, Awareness, Beginning, Blended Whiskey, Brimstone and Sulfur, Burn, Cause, Consciousness, Cozy, Creation, Cure, Darkness, Death, Descendants, Design, Desire, Dream, Dwell, Equal, Escape, Exist, Eyes, Fight, Fractional Lineage, Fumbles, Future, God's Favor, God's Will, Heaven's Door, Hell, Humanity, Hunger, Imagination, Isolation, Jesus, Know, Lack of Wisdom, Law, Left Behind, Lesser Beings, Lies, Linear Time, Little More, Living God, Lucifer, Misguided Past, Monster, Odds, Pain, Peace, Pentinents, Persist, Perverse, Poetry and Poems, Pour, Pride, Purgatory, Reincarnation, Requisite Saor, Rest, Satan, Score, Self-Created, Selfishness, Sin, Slow, Sorrow, Soul, Spiritual Synapses, Sublime, Subtle, Suffer, Test, Time, Universe, Vengeance, Warmth, Whisper, Win | Leave a comment

Other Side of Hell

Posted on November 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Other Side of Hellby Michael DoyleThis isn’t meant to discourageBut sometimes, true courageIs found on the other side of HellWhen your eyes have seen enough to dispelAny notion that peace can be foundThrough the taking of lives in warAnd when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Affliction, Answer, Any, Bleed, Chase, Cuts Deep, Discordant Chords, Discourage, Dispel, Do Not Fight, Dread, Every Drop, Expense, Eyes, Fact, False Bravado, Form, Found, Hands, Heart, Hell, Ignore, Know, Life, Lives, Lonesome Trail, Multiple Choice, Notion, One Bullet, Other Side, Others, Peace, Plant, Play, Poetry and Poems, Power, Reflection, Repeated, Rest, Reveal, Road, Scared Cause, Seeds, Seen, Shadows, Sickened, Sorrow, Soul, Stand, Story, Sudden, Swords, Test, Test of First Light, Told, Tomorrow, Too Many, True Courage, Truth, Veteran, War, Windows | Leave a comment

A Humble Servant’s Inquiry

Posted on October 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Humble Servant’s Inquiryby Michael DoyleIs it rebellious to question?I ask this in humblest confessionWe wish only that those we loveMight escape a little longer from heaven aboveWhile others wish for that deathThrough the struggle of wounded breathA second prayer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Become, Blemish, Children, Confession, Conquest, Death, Eternity, God, Heaven Above, Holy Rain, Humble Servant, Inquiry, Life's Journey, Love, Merciful End, Mirror, Noble Quest, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Question, Rebel, Redeem, Rest, Second Prayer, Servant's Request, Struggle, Test, Wish, Wounded Breath, Younger Self | Leave a comment

The Morning Only Brings Bad

Posted on October 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Morning Only Brings Badby Michael DoyleFor some, the morning only brings badThese are those who are persistently sadIndulging only those things that will kill themAs if they missed the call of life’s good hymnInstead, they hear nonstop voices in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another, Bad, Bring, Call, Coins, Deep, Dowry, Fail, Good, Haunted, Hymn, Indulge, Kill, Life's Test, Morning, Neglected, Nightmares, Nonstop, Other, Poetry and Poems, Rejected, Rest, Sad, Sleep, The Dead, Trouble, Voices, Warning, Wicked, Wonder, Words | Leave a comment

I’m Not the Kind of Father

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

I’m Not the Kind of Fatherby Michael DoyleI’m not the kind of fatherWho can spend a lot of moneyHowever much I love my daughtersMy ex thinks this is funnyShe complains about the money she spendsDespite the child support givenAnd I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Another, Answer, Best, Best of My Best, Blindness, Books, Brain, Busy, Cherish, Child Support, Cling, Compare, Complain, Could Be, Daughters, Deep, Disease, Doctors, Down Stairs, Doze Off, Dream On, Easy, Eighteen, Every Breath, Ex, Faces, Fall Asleep, Father, Forgiven, Funny, Go On, God, Gone, Grow Up, Hate, Hug, Hurry, I, Insane, Inside Me, Last Night, Lasting Memories, Life Upends, Limits, Listen, Live, Love, Memory Loss, Money, My Miracles, Need, Need to Know, Night, Not Letting Them Know, Other, Payers, Poetry and Poems, Push, Rest, Seems, Seen, Shelf, Spend, Steps, Sweetest Dreams, Taken, Tell, Time, Tolerably, Traces, Unkindness, Wake, Walk, Wearing Me Down, Wish, Wonder | Leave a comment

Keeping Faith Through Storms

Posted on July 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Keeping Faith Through Stormsby Michael DoyleWalking righteous amidst life’s corruptionThe faithful holds true without disruptionLike Noah and his ark saving our humanityThe chaos of new frontiers heals with peace, not vanityToo often, we live in coffins of our own makingWhile … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ark, Buoyant, Coffins, Compare, Condemnation, Corruption, Dedication, Deluge, Demand, Desire, Disruption, Dominate, Drought, Faith, Faithful, Fault Finders, Frontier, God, God's Reasoning, Grumblers, Heart Breaking, Humanity, Keep, Make, New Day, Noah, Patient, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prepare, Reasons, Rest, Righteous, Shining Light, Storm, Tears, Treasure, Understood, Unlikely, Vain, Vanity, Waters | Leave a comment

Giving Up On Being Superman

Posted on June 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Giving Up On Being Supermanby Michael DoyleThose of us who wished to be a supermanHave mostly ended up seeming like Peter PanThere comes a time when it becomes bestTo put such delusions to their restHaving hit the wall without a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Best Start, Best Strength, CGI, Comic Book, Compassion, Cup, Dedication, Delusion, Giving up, Inspiration, Ladies, Legendary, Listen, Longer While, Longest Miles, Love, Noble, Ordinary Man, Peter Pan, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rest, Sad, Satisfcation, Sky, Smile, Sore Muscles, Strength of Heart, Style, Suit, Superman, Thunderbolt, Time, Time Is Up, Wish | Leave a comment

Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Better, Blessed, Bobbing and Weaving, Canada, Children, Cornfields, Could, Courtships, Cranes Mate Forever, Cycles, Dance, Danced, Dies, Different, Disregard, Drive, Every Moment, Every Year, Fail, Familial Groups, Feathered Paratroopers, Fledglings, Fleeting, Flight, Florida, Forget, Grouping, Guess, Happiness, Hardship, Harvested, Hearts, History, Hope, Humans, Ingrained, Inspired, Its Way, Jasper Pulaski, Keep, Landing, Last, Learn, Learning, Life, Loved, Marsh, Mate, Midwestern Flyway, Migrations, Migratory Routes, Minds, Momma and Poppa, Motion, Natural Wisdom, Nature, Nesting Grounds, Newly Planted, Next Generation, Nourishment, Observation Platform, Pilgrimage, Poetry and Poems, Point, Possible, Promises, Puzzle, Really So, Recognize, Remember, Rest, Revisited, Rituals of Dance, Romance, Romantic Couples, Sandhill Cranes, Scrabbles of Food, Should, Snow and Rain, Sorrow, Sounding Off, Spring, Survival, Taught, Think, Thousands, Times, Too Often, Trace, Tradition, Vain, Watch and Learn, Watching, Weariness, Wish, Wonder, Young, Zig-Zag Patterns | Leave a comment

The Kindness of A Godly Mother

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Kindness of A Godly Motherby Michael DoyleHold on to the wisdom found within the WordDespite all the foolishness that has occurredThe Bible is replete with examples understoodOf women who were mothers, holy and goodThough often imperfect, that’s not the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishments, Appreciation, Assurance, Before Begun, Best, Blessed Family, Can-Do Attitude, Discern, Discouragement, Done, Embodied, Encouragement, Examples, Excellent Quality, Explanation, Faith and Answers, Faithful Reliance, Fear, Foolishness, Generosity, Giving Heart, Goal, Godly Mother, Grace, Gracefully Forgive, Happiness, Hear It, Holy and Good, Hope, Impart, Imperfect, Joy, Kept, Kindness, Leaning In, Lessons To Learn, Love, Loved Family, Measured Test, Next Generation, Organized Life, Poetry and Poems, Practice, Prayer, Productive, Promises, Quit, Reflection of Jesus, Regret, Rest, Righteousness, Serving Spirit, Soul, Story, Stress, Take Heed, Teach, Tears, Tears Wept, Tenderhearted, The Bible, the Word, Touch, True, Truths To Confess, Unconditionally, Veneration, Wisdom, Years | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brand, Brutality, Confess, Cut, Dreams, Grift, Hanging, Held, Infirmary, Interesting Company, Jacked Into, Lost, Night Shift, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Rest, Rhetorical Mess, Rough Edges, Seems, Subtlety, Survivors, System, Test, Understand, Walk On Players, Window Ledges, World | Leave a comment