Tag Archives: Tears

The Blood of Unrequited Tears

Posted on October 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Blood of Unrequited Tearsby Michael DoyleEven children book storiesHold whispers of former gloriesLike the Book of Life’s ResurrectionIf we follow the clues, we’ll find the connectionsA brave child will dare to readUsing his imagination to find where it leadsEven … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Arise, Attachment, Blood, Burning Fire, Children Book Stroies, Coax, Connection, Consequences, Curses, Damnation, Death and Pain, Despair, Disrepair, Doctor, Forgotten, Funeral Pyres, Hell, Hippocratic Oath, Hypocritic Snare, Imagination, Mercy, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Read, Tears | Leave a comment

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Know

Posted on October 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Knowby Michael DoyleThe NCAAWas, and is, the DevilWe knew enough to knowA scam for payNever on the levelIt was for extra coinsNot for any college bowlGraveyard memoriesDedicated to familiesThat gave their allIn the name … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Broken Bones, Brothers, Champions, Character, Coin, College Bowl, Concussions, Cried, Dead, Dedicated, Devil, Died, Dies, Explanation, Fame, Family, Fifty Yard Line, Football, Fortune, Game, Graveyard, Head, Human Being, Jive, Know, Lies, Loan, Organization, Pay, Played, Poetry and Poems, Rode, Sake, Scam, Spirits, Tears, The NCAA, Ton of Bricks, Tragic, True, Unseen, Wish, Worth, Wounded Voice | Leave a comment

Lamentations Through the Tears

Posted on July 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Lamentations Through the Yearsby Michael DoyleBefore my eyes and with my own earsI’ve witnessed miracles in my yearsYet, there have still been times of painWhich have brought lessons, not in vainHard times hit, and they hit hardWith darkness compelling like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cares, Communication, Dependent, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Frustration, God, Hard Times, Heartbreak to Hope, Lamentations, Lessons, Limitation, Miracles, New, Old Testament, Pain, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Psalmist, Relationship, Sovereignty, Submit, Tears, Theology, Vain, Wild Card, Years | Leave a comment

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Keeping Faith Through Storms

Posted on July 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Keeping Faith Through Stormsby Michael DoyleWalking righteous amidst life’s corruptionThe faithful holds true without disruptionLike Noah and his ark saving our humanityThe chaos of new frontiers heals with peace, not vanityToo often, we live in coffins of our own makingWhile … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ark, Buoyant, Coffins, Compare, Condemnation, Corruption, Dedication, Deluge, Demand, Desire, Disruption, Dominate, Drought, Faith, Faithful, Fault Finders, Frontier, God, God's Reasoning, Grumblers, Heart Breaking, Humanity, Keep, Make, New Day, Noah, Patient, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prepare, Reasons, Rest, Righteous, Shining Light, Storm, Tears, Treasure, Understood, Unlikely, Vain, Vanity, Waters | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Bitterest Tears Shed Over Graves Are For Words Left Unsaid and Deeds Left Undone

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (14 Jun 1811-1896)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bitter, Deeds, Grave, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Left Undone, Shed, Tears, Thought For the Day, Unsaid, Word | Leave a comment

On the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Posted on May 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On the Wrong Side of the Tracksby Michael DoyleJust south Of Desolation BoulevardOn the wrong side Of those rusted tracksIs a place we knowWhere the kids all goAnd the traffic’s slowWhere hearts beat forever Than the speed of lightOn the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barrios, Believe, Bleed Out, Cherish, Cling, Desolation Boulevard, Desperation, Dreaming, Dreams, Facts, Feeling, Flow, Hard and Fast, Hearts Beat, Hold Onto, Important, Kids, Kiss, Know, Life, Love, Madrid, Mistakes, Moment, Never Let Go, Night, Poetry and Poems, Rust, Scream, South, Speed of Light, Tears, Tracks, Traffic, Truth, Wrong Side | Leave a comment

The Kindness of A Godly Mother

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Kindness of A Godly Motherby Michael DoyleHold on to the wisdom found within the WordDespite all the foolishness that has occurredThe Bible is replete with examples understoodOf women who were mothers, holy and goodThough often imperfect, that’s not the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishments, Appreciation, Assurance, Before Begun, Best, Blessed Family, Can-Do Attitude, Discern, Discouragement, Done, Embodied, Encouragement, Examples, Excellent Quality, Explanation, Faith and Answers, Faithful Reliance, Fear, Foolishness, Generosity, Giving Heart, Goal, Godly Mother, Grace, Gracefully Forgive, Happiness, Hear It, Holy and Good, Hope, Impart, Imperfect, Joy, Kept, Kindness, Leaning In, Lessons To Learn, Love, Loved Family, Measured Test, Next Generation, Organized Life, Poetry and Poems, Practice, Prayer, Productive, Promises, Quit, Reflection of Jesus, Regret, Rest, Righteousness, Serving Spirit, Soul, Story, Stress, Take Heed, Teach, Tears, Tears Wept, Tenderhearted, The Bible, the Word, Touch, True, Truths To Confess, Unconditionally, Veneration, Wisdom, Years | Leave a comment

Unvanquished

Posted on April 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Unvanquishedby Michael Doyle Crescent moons signify deathNight births the heavens with her last breathThe realm of darkness buries the sunUntil once again a new day is begun Digging the way through disparagementNeeds perseverance when there is no encouragementThe seeds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrival, Blind Seer, Cast, Claustrophobia, Convince, Creation, Crescent Moon, Death, Disparagement, Embrace, Fear, Glissando, Heavens, Hope, Last Breath, Logic, Man's Survival, Myth, Night, Organic Emotion, Permeate, Perpetual Motion, Poetry and Poems, Primeval Struggle, Psyche, Reappear, Repress, Ridley, Seeds, Sensation, Shape, Suspense, Synthesis, Tears, Tether, The Necronomicon, Unspoken Voice, Unvanquished, Vission, Wheel | Leave a comment

Luke’s Account

Posted on April 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Luke’s Accountby Michael DoyleLuke’s account states with prevalenceAn account chocked with given evidenceOf what could not be sheer coincidenceFor what he witness first hand of providenceVivid and descriptive in its rich detailLuke presented the wealth of this tale456 prophecies which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 456 Prophecies, Admission, Arrogance, Belief, Belong, Dead, Discrepancy, Easter Day, Embrace, Equal Truth, Evidence, Examine, Experts of Ignorance, Face-To-Face, Facts, Fulfill, God, God's Greater Glory, Holiest Moments, Human, Illogic, Impossibile, Improbable, Jesus, Living, Luke's Account, Metacognition, Mistake, Numbers, Objective, Poetry and Poems, Points of View, Prayer, Prevalence, Pride, Probability, Providence, Relief, Revealed, Rich Detail, Right and Wrong, Skepticism, Stone Rolled Away, Tale, Tears, Theology, Weight, Witness, Years | Leave a comment