Tag Archives: Story

The Fight After the Fight

Posted on December 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Fight After the Fightby Michael DoyleThe first death you seeStrips away a layer of life’s dignity.It stays with you like an aura you wearWhile you fight the pangs of despair.The pain grips you by the heart.As you look into … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aura, Battle, Bury, Christmas Season, Dead and Gone, Despair, Dignity, Due, Eyes, Family, Fight, First Death, Glory, Heart, Lack, Layer, Life, Love, mental-health, Misery, Move On, Mystery, Night, Pain, Pan, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rucksack, Saber, Soul, Story, Treason, War, Writing | Leave a comment

First Principles: For We Must Consider That We Shall Be As A City Upon A Hill. The Eyes of the World Are Upon Us

Posted on December 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged All People, Byword, City, Consider, Eyes, False, First Principles, God, Hill, John Winthrop, Story, The World, Undertaken, Work | Leave a comment

All the Broken Pieces

Posted on November 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

All the Broken Piecesby Michael DoyleWhen our sanity has turned to treason,We make up every kind of reason.It seems like our life is by misconception,When we fall for our own self-deceptions.It’s next to tragic applied to our family,In the conflicts … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Broken Pieces, Choices of Love, Conceal, Conflict, Decency, Dignity, Family, Fantasy, Fight, Forget, Glory, Kindnesses, Life, Misconception, Misery, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Revealed, Sanity, Self-Decpetion, Sorrow, Story, Thrown Away, Tomorrow, Tragic, Treason, Yesterday | 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

In Moving Pictures

Posted on June 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Moving Picturesby Michael DoyleDrawing on our life’s experienceThere are characters of preference.They serve as molds of imagination.So much of life is pure improvisation.The charm that got us byAs we hustled to give life our try.The shots of the frame-by-frameAre … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artistry, Behind, Blow By Blow, Brilliance, Brothers, Brutality, Bullets, Characters, Charm, Chemistry, Cinematic Magic, Dalliance, Deep Dive, Differently, Divine Spark, Draw, Experiment, Fashion of Truth, Feel, Fifty Years, Frame, Friendship, Game, Glory, Grown, Heart, Humility, Hustle, Imagaination, Improvisation, Inspiration, Knights, Known, Life, Life's Experience, Light, Light From Dark, Lights, Love, Mind, Mold, Moving Pictures, Night, Okay, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Pushing Forward, Real, Reverently, Score, Shots, Sin, Sixteen, Spirituality, Story, Switchblade Knife, Visceral, Well, Writing | Leave a comment

Anchored In Grace

Posted on June 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Anchored In Graceby Michael DoyleWe stand as ambassadors,In this world of brokenness,Presenting loving truth,Yet, sometimes noted for outspokenness.All that we possess has been givenBy our God who is truly living. Our response is one of contemplation.It leads to our redemption. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Achor, Ambassador, Brokenness, Contemplation, Doxology, Fullness, Given, Glor, God, God's Will, Gospel, Grace, Loving Truth, Omnipotent, Open Door, Outspokenness, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Response, Story, Truly Living | Leave a comment

The Ecology of Hitchhiking

Posted on April 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Ecology of Hitchhikingby Michael DoyleWhen you think of it in terms of ecology,Hitchhiking has very little to do with the economy.From my own experience, it’s about relationshipsPerhaps even sometimes about brinksmanship.The people that are met on the open roadAre … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accepting Rides, America, Brinksmanship, Caught Rides, Collective, Common, Danger, Ecology, Economy, Experience, Extended Thumbs, Friends, Glory, God's Seed, Heart of Life, Hitchhiking, Hitching Rides, Need, Odds, Open Road, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Rregret, Stories, Story, Stranger, Time To Fly, Told, Traveling Companions, Trust | Leave a comment

Born To Praise

Posted on April 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Born To Praiseby Michael DoyleThroughout all of my daysI was born to praiseWhen I’m looking for peace, I find itIn all the hidden bitsEvery moment, I’m gratefulAlways knowing the Lord is faithfulThrough this, I’m righteously ableTo do my part as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Born, Capable, Creation, Days, Dedication, Edification, Every Moment, Faithful, Glory, God, Grateful, Heavens, Hidden, Hidden Bits, Hour, Inspiration, Listen, Love, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Practice, Praise, Reminded, Righteous, Story, Teach, The Lord, Understood, Your Word | Leave a comment

Too Many Miles, Too Many Tears

Posted on April 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Too Many Miles, Too Many Tearsby Michael DoyleLooking back on all the miles I’ve drivenOver lands other believed they were givenI find a lot is needed to be forgivenWere it not for being too busy livingI remember coming to Indiana … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century Perspective, Acre, Aggression, Betrayal, Broken Promises, Brutal Erasure, Callous Savages, Cultural Reival, Curious, Despair, Dirupted Community, Dispossession, Driven, Essence, Expansion, Forgiven, Fracture, Given, Harmony, Heritage, History, Honor, Indian Territory, Indiana, Land, Last Breath, Laugh, Lineage, Living, Miles, Monticello Mansion, Native American, Native Land, native-americans, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Portrayal, Prophetstown, Reborn, Revive, Road Trip, Sacred Cycle, Scream, Story, Survival, Tears, Tenskwatawa, Thomas Jefferson, Trail of Death, Trail of Tears, Trails, Unity, Vision | Leave a comment

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footsteps

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footstepsby Michael DoyleA chronicle’s story has been revealedAbout sacred ground that has been unveiledHayden’s expedition surveyed the majestyThat they happened on in Yellowstone ValleyThis stretch of land was meant for explorationIt became a crown jewel benefiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 150 Years, Adventure, Canopy, Canyon, Chronicle, Crown Jewel, Exploration, Geyser Dreams, Hayden Expedition, hiking, Humanity, Legacy, Magical Place, Magnificience, Majesty, Mountains, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Significance, Space, Sprawling Forest, Stone Footsteps, Story, Stretch of Land, Sureeal Beauty, Tapestry, Travel, Unveiled, Wooded Strands, yellowstone, Yellowstone Valley | Leave a comment