Tag Archives: Scars

Thought For the Day: The Soldier Above All Others Prays for Peace, For It Is the Soldier Who Must Suffer and Bear the Deepest Wounds and Scars of War

Posted on November 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

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Reflections on Dorian Gray V: Immortality Revealed

Posted on October 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections on Dorian Gray V: Immortality Revealedby Michael DoyleArt imitates life as life imitates artMasquerading in the wantonness of the heartIt’s a fearful discovery of the monster withinThat while we don’t understand, causes us to sinActing in the the brazen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Addiction, Art, Artist, Beautiful, Best Promises, Blame, Dance, Dare, Darkness, Depravity, Die, Discovery, Dorian Gray, Doubt, Dream, Duality, Enthralled, Evil, Eye, Eyes, Fatal, Fell, Gift, God, Heart, Hope, Idols, Ignore, Imagine, Immortality, Impulse, Impurity, Intended, Lechery, Life, Lost, Masquerade, Medication, Monster, Monsters, More, Naked, Painting, Poetry and Poems, Premeditation, Reflections, Repulse, Sacrifice, Scars, Scream, Sin, Slippery Slope, Stars, Tell Tale Signs, Temptation, The World, Transform, Treachery, Ugliness, Understand, Wantonness, Whim, Wickedness, Wonderful | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #17: Your Turn To Peek

Posted on April 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #17: Your Turn To Peekby Michael DoyleA silver faceShrouded in thinnest veilShines of love’s embraceIn the greatest detailLines traces acrossScars whispering of lossYet, hopeful of fantasyLike star-crossed lunacyPlaying hide and seekUntil it’s your turn to peekThe day’s sun falls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, Crown, Day, Detail, Embrace, Falls Down, Fantasy, Hide and Seek, Hopeful, Lines, Loss, Love, Lunacy, Na/GloPoWriMo, Once Again, Peek, Play, Poetry and Poems, Scars, Shine, Shroud, Star-Crossed, Sun, Think, Trace, Veil | Leave a comment

Cancel Culture Must End

Posted on July 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I was so heartened to see 100 voices from the Left have finally seen the light so much so that they themselves are now beginning to say what I have said for over 15 years now. This whole cancel culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Anxiety, Any Over Others, Blame, Cancel Culture, Civility, Coercion, Contribution, Cultural Institutions, Demands, Dogma, Each, Encourage, End, Evil, Fascism, Fetish, Force, Force Against Force, Free Exchange of Ideas, Free Society, Free Speech, God, Going Too Far, Harshness, Humility, Intolerance, Justice, Kindness, Letter, Lifeblood of Society, Love, Main Street, Meet, Mess, North Star, Nothing Good, Once Excluded, Open Debate, Openness, Overdue, Persuasion, Photography, Poem, Poetry, President Trump, Protests, Public Shame, Raise, Retribution, Rival, Scars, Stand, Stand Together, The Left, Tolerate, Toleration, Trial, Voice, Voice of Reason, Void | Leave a comment

The Outspokenness of Brokenness

Posted on November 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #29: The Outspokenness of Brokenness by Michael Romani Lord, if you’ll forgive my outspokenness How do you love us in our brokenness? I get that you died for us on a crucifix Wounded by my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Bright, Broken, Confide, Conflict, Conform, Content, Correction, Crucifix, Cruciform, Darkness, Days, Direction, Divine, Eye to Eye, Eyes, Face, Forgive, Grace, Gratitude, Harshness, Heed, Hope, Humanity, Humility, Learn, Listen, Love, Night, Outspoken, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reason, Scars, Season, Stars, Sunrise, Watch, Wish | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Soldier, Above All Others, Prays For Peace

Posted on September 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bear, Deepest Wounds, Douglas MacArthur, Other, Peace, People, Pray, Scars, Soldier, Suffer, Thought For the Day, War | Leave a comment

Broken Down Shuffle Off

Posted on September 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In a movie I was watching tonight, there was a bit of reflective dialog that caused me to think. Judging people without knowing where they’ve been is often the wrong choice. Broken Down Shuffle Off by Michael Romani Scarred face … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Bleed, Blur, Broke Down, Carnage, Daughter, Death, Handshake, Hangover, Heartbreak, Hurt, Judge, Leukemia, Oblivion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Rage, Scars, Shuffle, Sorrow, Story, Suicide | Leave a comment

Chance Encounter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For most of us, it seems from time to time that life is often a string of circumstances in which we try our best to make sense of it all… Chance Encounter by Michael Romani Like anonymous walls Meeting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibis, Alienation, Alone, Association, Blue Dollar, Chance, Circumstances, Connection, Encounter, Gap, Heart, Life, Love, Mourn, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Scars, Squalor, Stars, Stumble, Telephone, Together, Wall | Leave a comment

No Longer Fearing Now

Posted on May 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It is written and, to a degree, I agree that the opposite of fear is love: No Longer Fearing Now by Michael Romani Sitting here now; somehow No longer fearing now Each heart is a burning ground Magnified in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels Tears, Burning Ground, Fallen World, Fear, Glory, Heal, Heart, Heaven, Love, Magnification, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Scars, Unleaven Bread, Victory | Leave a comment

Resonance of Youth

Posted on May 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Resonance of Youth by Michael Romani The angst felt In the hand dealt Was both deadly and dreamy While awkwardly steamy Remembering those days And all of our crazy ways Can be a semi-poetic meditation Too often subject to repetition … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adoration, Angst, Awkward, Better, Bliss, Crazy Ways, Depression, Labored Motivation, Memories, Nervous Wrecks, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Sacred, Scars, Surreal, Sweet, Thoughtless, Together, Wistfulness, Youth | Leave a comment