Tag Archives: Traces

Pierce the Charade

Posted on September 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Pierce the Charadeby Michael DoyleOne thing I’ve discovered recentlyIs that I am capable of acting decentlyBut if the world could see my inspirationMaybe there’d be cause to doubt my motivationStill it is that I struggle for my bestAnd my failings, … Continue reading →

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Through the Eyes of Love

Posted on July 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Through the Eyes of Loveby Michael DoyleThrough the eyes of love I see youDreaming of things we’ve grownTo become and what it is we doWhat the future holds is shownIn the way that you touch my handAnd how you kiss … Continue reading →

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In the Providence of Seneca

Posted on August 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Providence of Senecaby Michael DoyleIn the age of ancient tyrannyWhen Rome had lost its libertyEven a good man might compromiseFor the partial good seen in his eyesThough at times, it took its tollTo hide his better angels in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolute, Age, All That Happens, Ancient, Beg For Mercy, Belong, Better Angels, Bind, Blessing, Breath of Life, Code, Complexity, Compromise, Confronted, Correspondence, Creation, Cringe, Death, Destroy, Deviation, Divinity, Done, E, Epistles, Every, Evil, Evil For Evil, Eyes, Face to Face, Facing Adversity, Fast, Felt, Fiddle, Final Analysis, For Good, Full, Garment, God, God Works, Good, Good Man, Good Person, Greater, Grow, Hide, His Creation, Hold True, Just, Kill, Knowing, Liberty, Life, Lost, Mankind, Moral Relativists, Mortal, Name of God, Nation, Natural Law, Nero, No Choice, Nobility, Order, Partial Good, Path, Perfection, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Providence, Regardless, Return, Right and Wrong, Right Way, Righteousness, Role, Rom, Rule, Satisfaction, Seam, Self, Seneca, Sense, Setting Sun, Shade, Shadows, Showing, Situational Ethics, Slavery, Socrates, Sonorous, Soul, Strains, Subjugation, Test of Evil, Testimony, Thoughts, Time, Times, Toll, Traces, Tyranny, Understood, Universe | Leave a comment

The Good Fairy Tale

Posted on June 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What then is a fairy tale? What elements are necessary? And what are the purposes served in these? The Good Fairy Tale by Michael Doyle From deep within the wishing well Comes the invention of the fairy tale It’s hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acting Well, Ancient Times, Beast, Beauties, Beauty, Begin, Book of Job, Children, Convergence, Courage, Crux, Deep, Deeply, Details, Disaappear, Elements, Emulation, Equal Share, Eucatastrophe, Evil, Face of Fear, Faded, Fairy Tale, Familiar, Forgiven, Fortitude, Freely Given, Generations, Good, Goodness, Hallowed Place, Happen, Happy Ending, Hard Times, Hear, Hero's Journey, Honest, Hope, Humanity, Inner Beauty, Instill, Invention, Listen, Lived Happily Ever After, Love, Love and Be Loved, Magic, Measure, Misfortune, Moments of Joy, Moon, Nations, Necessary, Once Upon A Time, Outside, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretending, Prevail, Pride, Prince, Reality, Rely, Rest, Restoration, Reveal, Rich Fabric, Righteousness, Royalty, Set Out, Shadow, Source, Story, Sublime, Survive, Tell, Traces, Trail, Treasure, Vanquished, Variance, Will, Win, Wisdom, Wise, Wishing Well, Woven | Leave a comment

My Thorny Crown

Posted on March 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

War never truly ends for some. My Thorny Crown by Michael Doyle It’s said and it’s true As a lesson learned by me and you That only the dead Know the end of war For the rest of us, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bring Down, Comfort, Crown, Cut, Day and Night, Dead, Death, Embraces, End, Forsaken, Good, Harbinger, Head, Heed, Infinite, Intimate, Keep, Line, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pure, Small Spaces, Soul, Sure, Thorn, Torment, Traces, True, Understood, Unforgettable, Unknown, Untainted, War, Ways, Wear, Wrong and Right, Yesterday | Leave a comment

A Woman’s Thoughts On Reaching 50

Posted on June 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A blend of bits of reality mixed with a column that I read: A Woman’s Thoughts On Reaching 50 by Michael Romani At risk and at torment of feeling superficial She looks in the mirror, feeling somehow less special Weight … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acheive, Age, Anxiety, Beauty, Believe, Better Place, Botox, Changes, Comfort, Despair, Duty, Fear, Fifty, Love, Mirror, Mortality, Mother Nature, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Privilege, Regeneration, Simplicity, Superficial, Thoughts, Traces | Leave a comment

No Substitutions Acceptable

Posted on March 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

No Substitutions Acceptable by Michael Romani Substituted something instead of Christ Faithless cults to say that to be precise Never quiet knowing or ever really getting That Christ is our indwelling never regretting His is the truth and His is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Atonement, Bible, Christ, Commandment, Compassion, Cults, Eternal, Faithless, Grace, Holy Word, Indwelling, Light, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Simple Lesson, Substitutions, Talk, Traces, Truth, Understanding, Walk | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Meander

Posted on March 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It is the cool, clear waters of springtime The remind us of that warmer, safer clime All of those cherished places and faces That have left their many warm traces Helping to form just who we have become Treasured by … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Account, Bend, Clime, Collection, Daily Prompt, Dream, Form, Lives, Meander, Ripple, Springtime, Stream, Sun, Traces, Treasure, Warmth, Waters, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Evoke

Posted on January 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There behind all the present faces Were all the solemn traces Each serving to evoke All the words unspoken and those He spoke Memories of this family dinner Evoke deeper layers for this beginner As each year seems to swing … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Christianity, Daily Prompt, Evoke, Faces, Last Supper, Layers, Spoken, Traces, Unspoken, Wordpress, Words | Leave a comment

Run, Run

Posted on November 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Run, Run by Michael Romani Run, run But you can’t get away Undone Thrown into the fray Caught in a blaze Lost in a daze Of the good and then the bad Saner than I’m mad Encircled in fury Always … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Blaze, Darkness, Devil, Fury, God, Light, Madness, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Traces | Leave a comment