Tag Archives: Song

Making Early Connections

Posted on September 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Making Early Connectionsby Michael DoyleGrowing up, living in the shadow of war,There was hope, but little more.Utopian dreams grew from anxiety.There was no surrender to the complexity.America offered her roots, rock, and blues.Trains were rolling over blue suede shoes.Memphis electrified … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affect, America, Beat, Blue Suede Shoes, Blues, British, Business, Classic Rock, Connection, Cutting Teeth, Drums, Efficiency, Electric Guitars, Freedom, Guitars, Harp, Jam, James BRown, John Bonham, Little Richard, Lonnie Donegan, Memphis, Music, Poetry and Poems, Records, Rock, rock-music, Shadow of War, Shaking All Over, Shuffle, Skiffle Beat, Song, Stars, Studio Session, The Street | Leave a comment

I Will Follow His Ways

Posted on August 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I Will Follow His Waysby Michael DoyleAs shadows fall and night draws near,I put my faith in Jesus and shall not fear.I have listened to God in living my days.To my best, I will always follow His ways. I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Bible, Brokenness, Christianity, Faith, Fear, Follow, Follow His Ways, God, Good News, Heal, His Ways, Jesus, Life's Road, Listen, Living My Days, Mercy, Morning Light, Night, Poetry and Music, Possibility, Praise, Second Chances, Shadows, Song, Soul, Whole | Leave a comment

Dress Rehearsal

Posted on August 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Dress Rehearsalby Michael DoyleIt seems like life knows its resistance,And all we have is our persistence.We’re dedicated to getting our message through.Sometimes it feels like it’s all we can do.Sparks from the stage blaze a mystic fire.Night after night, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Choice, Chorus, Declarative, Desire, Dreams, Dress Rehearsal, Feel, Fire, Full Glory, Golden Voice, Heart of Stone, Lives, Message, Mystery, Narrrative, Open Letter, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Resistance, Set List, Song, Sparks, Stage, Story, Tempo | Leave a comment

The World Changes (Waiting On You)

Posted on August 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The World Changes (Waiting On You)by Michael DoyleThere’s no doubt about it,Whether we whisper or shout it.It’s always so good to be home,Even when we’re there alone.You share your love among fans and friends,Quietly or loudly until the music ends.You … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affection, Alone, Broken Love, Change, Crazy Ways, Desire, Direction, Dissagree, Doubt, End, Faith, Fans and Friends, Feeling, Fire, Free, Good, Grave, Heats of Darkness, Home, Know, Left Standing, Life, Loud, Love, Music, On the Road, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Reel, Rreason, Sad and Deep, Seasons, Share, Shout, Show, Song, Sorrow, Spotlight, Tomorrow, Too Long, Truth, Wait, Whisper, Wonder, World, Writing | Leave a comment

I Want To Write A Praise Song

Posted on August 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I Want To Write A Praise Songby Michael DoyleI know that the past is always present.It’s nothing to me that I will resent.The scars are a reminder of whereI fell down, and God was always there.I was struggling, unable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Catch My Breath, Christianity, Cross, Crucifixon, Death, Defeat, Faith, Feel, Feet, Fell Down, Forever, Glor, God, Good, Halleluhah, His Hand, His Kingdom, Hurt, Jesus, Limits, Lord Jesus, Loss, Lost, Majesty, Moment, Mystery, Offer Up, Past, Poetry and Poems, Praise Song, Praises, Present, Redemption, Reminder, Salvation, Scars, Song, Strong, Struggle, Times, Timid, Truth, Understood, Victory, Weak, Write | Leave a comment

It’s In the Timing

Posted on August 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It’s In the Timingby Michael DoyleLike the words of a good and holy song,The melody and the beat come on strong.The Kingdom of God is like a planted field,Filled with good seed for expected yield. The enemy is sneakier at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autumn, Bare, Bible, Care, Christianity, Day, Deciduous Trees, Desperation, Discern, Faith, Fleece, Fruit, God, God's Children, Good, Good Seed, Grow, Guard, Harvest, Hearts and Souls, Hold, Holy, Inspiration, Jesus, Keep, Kingdom of God, Learn, Lessons, Melody, Night, Planted Field, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Release, Roots, Season, Seasonal Flow, Seasons, Separation, Sheep, Should and Ought, Sing, Song, Spring, Strong, Stubborn, Stuggle, The Enemy, Thoughts, Time, Timing, True Wealth, Understood, Weeds, Weep, Winter, Wisdom, Words, Yield | Leave a comment

And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)

Posted on July 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)by Michael DoyleFacing the music as it begins to playI, in my pulpit of one, begin to pray.Lost within my sense of inconsolable dreams,I take comfort in the prophet’s endless screams.Time went on, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Black Sabbath, Blizzard of Oz, Call, Comfort, Crazy Train, Dark Night, Demons, Depression, Extremists, Final Fall, Hell, Hex, Hitching A Ride, Home, Homicidal, Inconsolable Dreams, Mature, Music, Nurture, Ozzy Osbourne, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Pray, Prince of Darkness, Prophet, Pulpit, Puzzle, Randy Rhoads, Regret, Shouting At the Devil, Singer, Song, Sreams, Urgency, Vain, Western Dessert | Leave a comment

We Will Do the Rest

Posted on July 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

We Will Do the Restby Michael DoyleWith a little rain and the truest grit Following admonitions to never forget,We’ll know liberty’s tree from its roots grownTo the top of freedom’s leaves, deeply flowing.We’ve driven the distance to see the sightsAcross … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adoninitions, Belong, Constitution, Constitutional Republic, Dare, Daughters, Democracy, Dictum, Distance, Eyes, Failures, Family, Fight, Flowing, Forget, Freedom, Government, Grit, Hearts, Hereditary, Honor, Hope, Improvement, Independence Day, Just Causes, Legendary, Liberty, Mankind, Misunderstanding, My Fault, Necessicty, Nobility, Obama, Poetry and Poems, Posterity, Rain, Republian, Righteous, Roots, Self-Evidenct, Sights, Sing, Song, Start, Stop, Struggle, Talk, Test, The Rest, Think, Thought, Tree, Trust, Truth, Tyranny, Unalienable Rights, Walk, We | Leave a comment

A Spring’s Walk

Posted on May 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Spring’s Walkby Michael DoyleSomeone once said something like a homilyThat the worst misfortune is to have been happy.To have lost this feeling becomes its own misery,Born in our life as it’s tragic inequality.Once felt, the search begins for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Animals, Artistry, Beautiful, Birds, Bother, Compassion, Fashion, Feeling, Floral Tapestry, Forgotten, God, Happy, Homily, Listen, Mindfulness, Misery, Misfortune, Natural, Notes, Nouns, Path, Peace, Peek, Pileated Woodpeckers, Poetry and Poems, Remedy, Render, Search, Sky of Blue, Song, Speak, Spring, Sunny, Talk, The Woods, Tragic Inequality, Trails, Trees, Verbs, Vision, Walk, Warbler, Wonderful, Woodland, Words, World | Leave a comment

That I Might Be of Service

Posted on February 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

That I Might Be of Serviceby Michael DoyleJesus is the holy and sacred nameOf the one who took away my shamePowerful enough to break every chainRefreshing my life like the pouring rainEvery day begins on my kneesTalking to God who … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believing and Loving, Belong, Break Every Chain, Breath, Brings, Conversation, Devastation, Died To Save Sinners, Each New Day, Every Day, Eyes, Forgive, His Purpose, Holy, Jesus, Knees, Living Possibility, Mistakes, My Life, My Savior, Name, Open, Pleas, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Refresh, Sacred, Service, Shame, Sing, Skies, Song, Talking To God, Trust, Wonder, Worthy | Leave a comment