Tag Archives: Soul

The Sweetest Fragrance

Posted on March 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Sweetest Fragranceby Michael DoyleEvery curve, every gleam, every sightHer words were a whisper in the nightCharms awaken my soul as she blazedMy heart on fire, I stood amazedThe depth of her soul was uncharted kindnessIt was crystal clear despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amazed, Beauty, Blaze, Blindness, Bubble Baths, Charm, Comforting Dreams, Crystal Clear, Curve, Darkness, Depth, Dream, Eyes, Fragrance, Gleam, Heart On Fire, Kindness, Known, Life Rearranged, Muse, Night, Poet's Life, Poetry and Poems, Revealed, Saffron, Sight, Signficance, Skies, Smile, Smiling Queens, Soul, Spark, Stars, Sweet, Truths, Unknown, Whisper, Wind of Change, Words | Leave a comment

Due North

Posted on March 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Due Northby Michael DoyleIn these daysWhen everything has gone frothyIn a million waysWe need those around to be worthyThat’s who my friend had always beenThe one I knew was good for the winEver since back in high schoolI knew her … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alright, Always Been, Answer, Beat It, Brave, Calm, Cancer, Challenge, Come Hell or High Water, Concentration, Connected, Crisis, Days, Degree of Fascination, Demeanor, Due North, Facebook, Feel, Focus, Friend, Frothy, Glide, Good For the Win, Hallway, High School, Is, Joyous Laughter, Keep Things Real, Kept Cool, Lie On My Lips, Lifetime Past, Look, Lord, Lost Track, Million Ways, Mindfulness, More Than Fair, My Friend, Nobody's Fool, Paddleboarder, Peace, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Progress, Reconnected, Reflective, Same As the Last, Same Smile, Searching For An Answer, Sigh, Simple, Smile, Soul, Stalled, Stay Still, Stride, Style, Surreal, Tear, Test, Time, Traded Quips, True North Star, Water, Wherever, Words, Worthy, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Will Permit No Man To Narrow and Degrade My Soul By Making Me Hate Him

Posted on March 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” – Booker T. Washington

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Booker T. Washington, Degrade, Hate, Narrow, No Man, Permit, Soul, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Honored In My Praise

Posted on March 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Honored In My Praiseby Michael DoyleFrom now until my deathI’ll praise God to my last breathWhether doubtful or in confidenceI’ll put my faith in providenceKnowing that God stays in controlHis is the hold on my soulThere is nothing to hideAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, All My Days, Astound, Bounty, Calvary, Confidence, Control, Death, Dedicated, Doubtful, Faith, Forgiven, God, Hide, His Ways, Honor, Last Breath, Living, Moments, Now, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Praise God, Providence, Sarifice, Savior, Sins, Soul, Thrive, Tide, Trust | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, and More Helpful; They Are Sunshine, Food and Medicine For the Soul

Posted on March 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank (7 Mar 1849-1926)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Better, Flowers, Food, Happier, Helpful, Luther Burbank, Medicine, People, Soul, Sunshine, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

The Thick of the Thin

Posted on March 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Thick of the Thinby Michael DoyleWhispered rumor has itThat we’re the thick of the thinIf you were in HellI’d come barreling inFounded on trust and loyaltyThis is what makes us a familyMy soul is resolved in this decisionYours is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barreling In, Breathe, Broken Places, Commitment, Cover You, Damage, Decision, Dying Breath, Eyes, Falling, Family, Fills, Founded, Give This To You, Hard Times, Hardships, Healing, Hearts, Hell, Holding of Hands, Honesty, Integrity, Keep Loving You, Know, Lasting Trace, Living Trust, Longest Day's Length, Loving Traces, Must, Never Betray, Never Surrender, No More To Say, Other Side of Death, Poetry and Poems, Resolve, Respectful Loyalty, Silence, Soul, Standing In Front, Stay To the End, Strength, Stronger, Struggles, Surprise, Tender, Thick of the Thin, True Friend, True Friends Do, Trust and Loyalty, Vision, Voice, Worst | Leave a comment

Silently Feeling

Posted on February 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Silently Feelingby Michael Doyle In this world that shifts and shattersMiracles happen most when they don’t matterIt feels a bit like cosmic confusionBut it’s really just a humbling illusionAll these thoughts of constant intrusionCome in layers of complex conclusionsEven these … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Beautiful, Better Places, Bleed, Body, Breaking Hard, Complex Conclusions, Constant Intrusion, Cosmic Confusion, Dead, Edge, Embrace, Escape, Fake, Feel, Four Leaf Clover, Good Sign, Hate, Humbling Illusion, Kiss, Layer, Lose Control, Loss, Lost, Love, Makers, Matter, Miracles, Missed, Moments, Need, Nightscape, Ocean Shore, Our Own Days, Our Own Way, Over, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pseudo-Messiah, Push On, Redefine, Said, Separate, Shatter, Shift, Silently Fading, Silently Feeling, Soul, Sustain, Takes the Place, Thoughts, Trick of the Tale, Wait, Want, Way, Wonderful, World | Leave a comment

I Thought Myself An Eagle

Posted on January 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I Thought Myself An Eagleby Michael DoyleI thought myself an eagleAnd built me a nest in solitudeAbove where I could watch beautyAnd very few might intrudeThe disappointments I’ve knownHave dried up my springs of hopeI retreat to that comfort shownAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence of Love, Atone, Beauty, Broken, Comfort, Complement, Connection, Cope, Decision, Defect, Disappointments, Discovery, Eagle, Heart, Hope, Hypertensive World, Imagination, Inside Myself, Intrude, Jouney, Known, Leap of Faith, Life, Moments, Music, My Love, Nest, Notes, Own, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Private Sins, Pulled Apart, Refuge, Retreat, Revea;, Right Direction, Rote, Search, Secrets, Shattered, Shelter, Shown, Solitude, Soul, Spoken, Springs of Hope, Steady Eyes, Surprise, Survive, Talk, Thought, Times, Walk, Watch, Wordless Words, Would-Be Travelers | Leave a comment

Virtual Love Song

Posted on January 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Virtual Love Songby Michael Doyle She peeked inside my windowTell me how was I to knowFrom outside my hdden shadowWas the heart that would rattle my soul Shaking me into a hope for tomorrowAnd make me forget my sorrowShe’s filling … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Arm In Arm, Beautiful, Best Part, Control, Dreams, Enemy, Forget, Friend, Half-Way, Heart, Hidden, Hope, Know, Love, Magic, Nadia, New Day, Peek, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Rays, Run Away, Shadow, Sorrow, Soul, Start, Stay, Stroll, Sunshine, Tomorrow, Virtual Love Song, Window, World | Leave a comment

If You Should Let Go

Posted on January 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

If You Should Let Goby Michael DoyleBelieveJust believeA little bit longerHold OnJust hold onA little bit strongerTo that love in your soulWhen your passion gives up controlEven when you feel down and outThis is the only thing you can’t doubtYou … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Alone, Alone and Afraid, Art, Believe, Best Fight, Bones, Cheek, Closing In, Cold and Dark, Control, Cry, Doubt, Down and Out, Echoes, Eyes, Eyes Wide Open, Feel, Happiness, Hide, Hold On, Image, Inside, Just This Side of Sane, Let Go, Life, Longer, Love, Love Again, Love Song, Miss, Moon Above, Moonlight, Morning, Pain, Passion, Photography, Plans Made, Poetry and Poems, Praying To God, Radio, Recount, Someone, Somewhere, Soul, Speak, Special Place, Stronger, Tears, Wake, Wonder, Yearn | Leave a comment