Tag Archives: Soul

Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls

Posted on August 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading →

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Musical Afterthoughts

Posted on August 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Music is a universal language that speaks to each of our souls. In all of my life, I have never someone whose heart cannot be reached through music. I started my study of music via classical music at a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alpha, Audience, Chaos, Concert Hall, Fleeting Moments, Heights, Icarus, Imagination, Immediacy, Maestro, Mood, Mozart, Music, Omega, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relevance, Rest, Serenity, Silence, Soul, Symmetry, Universal Language | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Prayer

Posted on August 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Feeling it again, hurting soul to soul As I reel from things I can’t control If I want peace, I know who I am And I have to keep to that despite the slam Of another door right into my … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Absurd, Believer, Control, Daily Prompt, Door, Embrace, Feeling, Heartbreak, Hurt, Laugh, Locked Door, Mocked, Peace, Prayer, Reel, Soul, Stair | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Whisper

Posted on July 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the whisper of the light eternal, we dance Show boat and quiet moments, bring romance She makes my heart flow into cosmic song Until she looks away and I no longer belong Deep in my soul, I mostly feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Abrupt, Belong, Compulsion, Corruption, Daily Prompt, Dance, Deaf Ears, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Heart, Lead, Light Eternal, Lost, Need, Romance, Song, Soul, Touch, Walls, Whisper, Years | Leave a comment

Four Verses For My Tulip

Posted on July 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

One day, she was just there and suddenly the world made sense.. https://flic.kr/p/27PCDVs Four Verses For My Tulip by Michael Romani Four verses of six lines each Still in search of your chorus I feel it when you’re in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chorus, Dance, Fear, Feeling, Infinity, Life, Love, Moments, Morning, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Soul, Tomorrow, Touch, Tremble, Tulip, Verse, Walk the Line, Want | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Angel

Posted on June 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Somewhere in the eternal an angel silently shrieks There in the infinite loss of which we seldom speak The horror of it all is probably worse than thought When we’ve forgotten what really should be sought I’ll hold you close … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged All, Angel, Book, Breath, Built, Cry, Daily Prompt, Death, Dreams, Eternal, Forgot, Hold, Horror, Infinite Loss, Intentions, Page, Protect, Role, Shelf, Shriek, Simple, Sought, Soul, Speak, Thought, Walls | Leave a comment

Reflections In the Mirror

Posted on June 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Eyes may be the window to the soul, but, sometimes mirrors are soul revealing as well… Reflections In the Mirror by Michael Romani Everyday I look out into the mirror Beyond a doubt, it couldn’t be clearer I’m no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Eyes, Mirror, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflections, Revealing, Soul, Window | 1 Comment

Mirror, Mirror…

Posted on June 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Some people amuse. Others are a muse… by birth. The lady asked me for a poem to match her beautiful photograph. This was the best, I could do. https://flic.kr/p/28h9g1v Mirror, Mirror… by Michael Romani There she was sitting beside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Better Man, Capricorn, Emotion, Journey, Muse, Ocean, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Side By Side, Soul, Understanding, Virgo | Leave a comment

A Trio of Tanka

Posted on May 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A Tanka is a traditional Japanese verse that has the format of: 5-7-5 (upper phrase) 7-7 (upper phrase) A Trio of Tanka by Michael Romani I Waka for true love Exchanged between just us two Whispered like promises Sunrise through … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Embrace, Glisten, Japan, Kiss, Lips, Meaning, Photograph, Pillow, Poem, Poetry, Rehearse, Ritual, Scenes, Soul, Sunrise, Tanka, Tea, True Love, Verse, Waka | Leave a comment

Neruda Blues

Posted on May 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Neruda Blues by Michael Romani If there came a day When you might look my way I think that I would smile No, I know that I would Through my longest mile Feeling the good of your good Your dreams … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Blues, Depth, Distance, Dreams, Hello, Pablo Neruda, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revealing, Seen, Smile, Soul, Touch | Leave a comment