Tag Archives: Strain

Moved By Authenticity

Posted on November 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In this season of gratitude and humility, it is our prayer that we all be moved more by humility than ego and more toward love, away from hate. Moved by Authenticity by Michael Romani In that container of love we … Continue reading →

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Desire At the End of Days

Posted on October 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #12: Desire At the End of Days by Michael Romani At the end of days When evil walks and dragons slay The fallen angels will have the rule In absolute dominion over fools Drink this down with whiskey … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appearance, Belief, Believe, Black Death, Breath, Creatures of the Night, Dark One, Day, Deceive, Desire, Discern, Dominion, End, Evil, Fall, Fallen Ange, Fire, Forget, Heart, House, Learn, Lesson, Life, Madman, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Right As Rain, Rip, Risk, Shellly, Slay, Strain, Superstition, Truth, Vain, Verse, Walk, Whiskey, White Chapel | Leave a comment

Eulogy For the Profane

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The last few days have been painful. I wonder if that means I’m growing? Isn’t that the saying “no pain, no gain”? Eulogy For the Profane by Michael Romani They say profanity Is the sign of a lazy mind All … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aneurysm, Appreciate, Boss, Charles, Clever, Cry, Days, Death, Decisions, Depend, Disdain, Doubt, Duty, Endeavor, Eulogy, Eyes, Falling Out, Fascination, Find, Friend, Funeral, Glory, Good Man, Goodbye, Grief, Head, Honor, Infer, Insane, Lazy, Light, Listen, Loss, Lost, Love, Mentor, Mess, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points, Price, Profane, Profanity, Reaper, Right, Sage Advice, Sigh, Soldier, Story, Strain, Tell, Train Wreck, Try, Undone, Venity, Whiskey, Whisper | Leave a comment

Listening To God

Posted on August 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are times I come to find that I wish I had listened more deeply and with much thought before acting instead of always being caught in reacting. It seems a lesson that I continually learn. The mistakes made have … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Choice, Christian, Counsel, Discern, Distinction, Flow, God, Lesson, Listen, Mistake, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Refrain, Strain, Talk, Voice, Walk, Will | Leave a comment

On the Importance of Forgiveness

Posted on June 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Turns out that forgiving is the healthy thing to do, not just for others, but for yourself as well: On the Importance of Forgiveness by Michael Romani Emotional blockages put us ill at ease And this manifests itself in physical … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acid, Anger, Animosity, Blame, Brain, Burdent, Communicate, Confession, Cycle, Disease, Drama, Emotional Blockage, Fire, Forgive, Forgiveness, Fright, Game, Give, God, Heal, Heart, Ill At Ease, Inflammation, Inner Child, Judgment, Learn, Let Go, Letting Go, Live, Mercy, Moment, Path, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Serenity, Soul, Strain, Stress, Take, Temple, Trauma | Leave a comment

On Outrunning Grief

Posted on March 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appear, Blindness, Brain, Dark, Diary, Disappear, Fall Apart, Feel, Feeling, Follow, Grief, Heart, Hope, Kindness, Lark, Lock, Outrun, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Said, Same, Say, Secret, Self, Show, Strain, True, Victim, Way, Words, World | Leave a comment

Scorpion’s Sting

Posted on March 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Danger is the stranger that leaves us curious enough to look closer… Scorpion’s Sting by Michael Romani We stain our souls In our house of pain Nothing left to console As we flail against the strain Venom of the scorpion … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blunder, Broken, Case, Console, Curious, Danger, Deserve, Embrace, House of Pain, Looking Glass, Observe, Outgun, Outplay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Scorpion, Shatter, Shun, Soul, Spoke, Sting, Strain, Stranger, Trap, Truth of Claws, Vein, Venom, Wonder | Leave a comment

Parallel Parking Haibun

Posted on February 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #5 has the Haibun as it’s form. The word prompt is ‘parallel’. That led to some creative thinking on my part. What does one write about with parallel.. geography or basic driving…. “A Haibun = a prose … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blank Spot, Blind Faith, Experience, Faith, Gratitude, Haibun, Haiku, Islands, Journey, Judgment, Lessons, Life, Mainland, Nail, Parallel, Parallel Park, Poem A Day #5, Poetry, Prose Poem, Seams, Strain, Surf, Teen | Leave a comment

Stranger To Myself

Posted on November 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Little something picked up on watching a horror show and thinking. I’m often guilty of thinking way too much. 😉 Stranger To Myself by Michael Romani Purest instincts undone A stranger to myself As divorced from me as from anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adieu, Alone, Annihilation, Cast Down, Crack, Damnation, Darkness, Death, Distant, Doubt, Eternal, Evil, Face, Ghost, Glass, Gone, Goodbye, Hope, Hound of God, Inside, Instinct, Left, Life, Man In the Mirror, Me, Mirror, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Self, Shelf, Strain, Stranger, Time, Whisper | Leave a comment