Tag Archives: Shame

Wounds Let In the Light

Posted on November 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Wounds Let In the Lightby Michael DoyleThey say our wounds let in the lightI don’t know if it’s by experience or second lightBut something about this notion is wound tightAnd from what I have seen, perhaps they’re rightThe worst wound … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bear, Believed, Better Selves, Born, Clear, Comfort, Dead, Deeply Understood, Defend, Enter, Experience, Fatality, Fate, Forced Wrong, Give Almost Anything, Guilt, Immortality, Innately Good, Innocent, Lane, Life, Light, Little Left, Moral Injury, Mortality, Name, No Going Back, Notion, Ourselves, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Right, River, Same, Sear, Second Light, Seen, Self-Confessed, Shame, Sin, Smoke Clears, Soul, Stood, To Return, War's End, Worst Wound, Wound Tight, Wounds | Leave a comment

The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Ability, Accident, Accusation, Adolph, All But Lost, All Peoples, Americans, Ancient Peoples, Apart, April Tenth, Arrive, Atmosphere, Atrocity, Auschwitz, Babies, Barren Fields, Believe, Betray, Bluffing, Buchenwald, Burn, Caged Ghetto, Captivity, Cattle Cars, Cleft, Communication, Cost, Crushed, Cry, Cup, Darkest, Daughters, Death Became the Mercy, Death Head, Deeds, Dehumanized, Demonized, Deportation, Desperation, Destination, Determination, Devil's Symphony, Doubt, Dread, Dying, Elders, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Extermination, Face, Faith, Father, Fear, Few, Flames, Flick, Forced March, Forgotten, Germany, Ghost Train, God, God Be Willing, Going On, Goodness, Grapple, Graves, Grief, Grim Determination, Guide For the Perplexed, Hand, Happenstance, Haste, Hatred, History, Hitler, Hold On Tight, Hope, Huddle, Hunger, Incessant, Infernal, Jewish History, Kabbalah, King, Know, Learn, Left, Let This Be A Lesson, Light, Line, Literature, Live or Die, Living Skeletons, Loved, Madmen, Marginalized, Mengele, Mercilessly, Miracle, Mirror, Misery, Monsters, Mystic Union, Names, Necessary Lie, Night, No Coming Back, No End, Nothing, Optimism, Pages, Peace Alone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pray, Prophets, Prove Forgiving, Provident, Purpose, Question, Rage, Recall, Receptivity, Robbery, Rogues, Rule of Law, S;piritual, Sacred Ritual, Sake, Scarlet, Seek, Shame, Shed, Shrieking, Sighing, Slight, Slip, Snow, Sons, Soul, Spark, Suffering, Suffocating, Sunken Eyes, Survival, Survived, Surviving, Targets, Taste, Terror, Test, The End, The Jewish, The Jewish People, Track, Tradition, Transition, Transmission, Treasures, Truth, Ugliness, Unity, Water, Weisel, West, Whenever, Wherever, Wine, Wisdom, World, Worse, Worship, Yiddish | Leave a comment

Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown

Posted on August 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1619 Project, All Life Is Sacred, All Lives Matter, America, American History, Anyone, Believe, Blackfaced, BLM, Cancel Culture, Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Come A Time, Complex, Contribution, Create, Cull, Debate, Disguise, Distortion, Elevate, Equality, Errors, Evangelists, Fallacious, Falsehoods, Falsity, Feet, Fight, Flip Side, Founders, Frederick Douglass, From the Beginning, Fundamentals, Glory, Great Story, Hamilton, Heart and Soul, Heritage, Hip Hop, History, Holding True, Image, Immigrants, Immigration, Joy, Justice, Land of Mine, Less of a History, Lies, Martin Luther King Jr, Marxism, Marxist, Mediocrity, Misconceived, Miscreant, Musical, Narrative, Nation, Norm, Notions, NPR, Opposed, Outright Mockery, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Presupposed, Principles, Racist Pride, Rap, Realize, Recall, Reflective, Repercussions, Reserve Racism, Revolution, Rhyme and Dance, Rock the Streets, Ruin, Seen As, Set Loose, Shame, Shine, Society, Speaking In Terms, Spotlight, Study, Stupdendous, Theater, Transform, Trap, Travesty, Truth, Well Rehearsed, Youth | Leave a comment

Voices Cry

Posted on July 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a bit of a show that reminded me of the folks out there who suffer from PTSD. From that I got this: Voices Cry by Michael Doyle The voices crying into the night Its hard to take this light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Than the Rest, Bleed, Block, Change, Clown, Cry, Dead, Did My Best, Done, Echo, Far Behind, Friends, Hard To Take, Haunt, Head, In the End, Know, Light, Medal, Memory, Mind, My Name, Never Change, Night, No Good, Normal, Normally, Photograph, Pin, Poem, Poetry, PTSD, Said, Sentences, Shame, Some Things, Stranger, Things Went Down, Thought, Tortured, Trouble, Unfinished, Voice | Leave a comment

Right Standing

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Peter 12: Right Standing by Michael Doyle Father, God in Jesus’ name I have been made without blame Though your crucifixion Rising above my afflictions Thanks to your grace I am held in your loving … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affliction, Angel, Blame, Bolder, Bone, Broken, Cross, Crucifixion, Cure, Days, Demand, Direction, Discern, Earn, Embrace, Example, Faith, Father, Fix, Follow, Foward, God, Good, Grace, Heaven, His, Holy, Holy Spirit, Home, Jesus, Keep, Learn, Live, Lord, Loving, Name, Onward, Peter, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pure, Restore, Right, Righteousness, Rise, Seek, Shadow, Shame, Sin, Smolder, Speak, Standing, Strong, Talk, Trace, Walk, Watch, Weeks, Weep, World, Wrong, Yoke | Leave a comment

Cursed Fate

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Once upon a not so long ago, even words spoken could get you accused of all sorts of things. Now it’s a new sort of dogma that we have to conform to or pay a wicked price. Funny isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Banal, Blame, Cause, Challenge, Charge, Clever, Contempt, Cunning, Curse, Deception, Deprive, Deveiver, Device, Dogma, Dream, Evil, Fate, Fire, Flames, Glower, Grow, Guilty, Head, Hell, Honest, Ill Manner, Innocent, Inspire, Judgment, Know, Men, Moral, Nightmare, Outlaw, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pretty, Price, Said, Scheme, Shame, Sharp, Slip of Tongue, Smil, Theive, Thought, Tongue, Trial, Undone, Weary, Wicked, Word, Young | Leave a comment

Simply Do Unto Others

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 7: 12: Simply Do Unto Others by Michael Doyle In Jesus’ name we give our gratitude Demonstrated in our loving attitude Thankful for His covering and His grace Looking at love given in His embrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, Appreciation, Attitude, Avoid, Beautiful, Best, Bitter, Blessed, Blessing, Blind, Break, Brother, Call, Clarity, Commentary, Compassion, Competition, Consideration, Cycle, Daily, Dark, Day, Dignity, Divinity, Do, Done, Duty, Elevate, Embrace, Ethics, Expectation, Eye For An Eye, Father, Flame, Focus, Forgive, Give, God, Golden Rule, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heal, Help, Holy, Holy Spirit, Honor, Hope, Humility, Impact, Initiative, Inside, Intentional, Jesus, Judgment, Kind, Law, Less, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Math, Matthew, Misconstrue, More, Morning, Mount Everest, Name, Need, Neighbor, Night, Oblivious, Obstacle, Others, Pain, Parise, Pass, Passion, Path, Peak, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Promise, Reciprocity, Rejection, Religion, Repent, Right, Score, Seek, Shame, Simple, Sincere, Sister, Son, Spark, STuck, Summit, Test, Thanks, Think, Thought, Treat, True, Understand, Want, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

Leaving Yesterdays Behind

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What matters profit if it has cost your soul? Leaving Yesterdays Behind by Michael Doyle What it is that seems fit Is often enough a matter Devoted entirely to profit All other arguments shatter The implication is clear That neither … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, Argument, Behind, Blame, Call, Capable, Convince, Cost, Cut Quick, Depth, Devote, Empty, Fence, Fit, Full Pocket, Implication, Impossible, Indication, Inevitable, Insanity, Leave, Lost, Love of Money, Made, Matter, Mend, Mind, Mistake, Money, Morality, Mutual, Name, Near, Notoriety, Obstacle, Payment, Photograph, Pirate, Place At the Table, Plunder, Poem, Poetry, Profit, Purchase, Quality, Reason, Sail, Scratch, Secret Garden, Shade, Shame, Shatter, Soul, Surface, Tend, Vanity, Vindication, Yesterday | Leave a comment

In A Relevance of Universal Mind

Posted on February 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A rose by any other name is still a rose. That’s the proposition of Shakespeare, correct? All the same no matter how inspired or inspiring it is still simply part of the created. God known by any other name is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Change, Collide, Complexity, Conscience, Convention, Correct, Create, Cybernetic, Deep Space, Deny, Deviant, Direct, Done, Eloquence, Embrace, Emotional Mapping, End, Everything, Explanation, Eye of God, Find, Flag, Flawless, God, Human, Infinite, Inspiration, Inspire, Interest, Love, Matter, Mesh, Mind, Multiverse, Neutrality, New Math, Nothing, Observance, Observation, Observer, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Quantum, Reality, Relevance, Rose, Science, Scientists, Shakespeare, Shame, Snap, Synchronicity, Tatter, True Heart, Truth, Universal, Universal Mind, Vibration, Virtual, World | Leave a comment

In the Wonder of the Star

Posted on December 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A star led the wise men to find a babe in a manger. The wise still seek Him. In the Wonder of the Star by Michael Romani In my loss, I feel my shame No longer certain in my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Adequate, Answers, Babe, Beacon, Best, Better, Beyond, Bleed Out, Blurred, Brave, Choice, Christmas Star, Dear, Demand, Destiny, Divinity, Eyes, Feeling, Flood, Follow, Footsteps, Hesitation, Him, Hurt, Infant, Lead, Lord, Loss, Magi, Manger, Mystery, Name, Need, Occur, Overwhelm, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Proceed, Questions, Reach Out, Remember, Saint, Seek, Shame, Star, Star Gaze, Stars, Twinkle, Unclear, Understanding, Voice, When, Wise Men, Wonder, Word, Wrinkle, Years Ago | Leave a comment