Tag Archives: Whole

Too Many Voices

Posted on March 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Too Many Voicesby Michael DoyleThe mourning after is brought by its happy day.Maybe it amounts to the memory kept, and by the way.How do I keep you today, hoping for our tomorrow,Without my smile, sometimes slipping into sorrow.If I should … Continue reading →

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Heart Made Whole

Posted on February 11, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Heart Made Wholeby Michael DoyleIn the pain of endless moments,There are times of sheer torment.The things accidentally said,These echo roundabout in my head.Worse yet are the things I’ve seen.Sights that destroy my inner being.Painful recollections from the startAre the scars … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aaaazing Grace, Anchor, Days, Echo, Forwrd, Head, Heart, Inner Beiing, Keeper of My Soul, Know, Love, Moment, Note, Outside, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recollection, Scar, See, Shadow, Sid, Sight, Song, The Lord, Torment, Ways of the Lord, Whole, Worship | Leave a comment

I Will Follow His Ways

Posted on August 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

I Will Follow His Waysby Michael DoyleAs shadows fall and night draws near,I put my faith in Jesus and shall not fear.I have listened to God in living my days.To my best, I will always follow His ways. I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Bible, Brokenness, Christianity, Faith, Fear, Follow, Follow His Ways, God, Good News, Heal, His Ways, Jesus, Life's Road, Listen, Living My Days, Mercy, Morning Light, Night, Poetry and Music, Possibility, Praise, Second Chances, Shadows, Song, Soul, Whole | Leave a comment

Into God’s Family

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Into God’s Familyby Michael DoyleLike prodigals, we hit rock bottom,Brokering what’s right for what’s rotten.The self-righteous can be too blind to see.The truth of grace is needed for you and me.Returning home, we are still family.We must, of course, accept … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Broeker, Christian Nation, Community, Compassion, Cue, God's Family, Gracefully, Heal Our Souls, Holy Connection, Invite, Inward, Live Life, Outward, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prodigals, Rescue, Return, Rock Bottom, Rotten, Sorrow, Sself-Righteous, Tomorrow, Truth of Grace, Wandering Lost, Whole | Leave a comment

On Hunt For the Moments

Posted on November 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Hunt For the Momentsby Michael DoyleIn my life’s recent historyI have written tons of poetryIn happiness and in tormentI find myself on the hunt for momentsWith x-ray eyes for what is rightI approach the world in second sightFor the … Continue reading →

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Raising Unnecessary Spirits

Posted on October 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Raising Unnecessary Spiritsby Michael DoyleConsigned to a comedic sense of HellThere is a demon who laughingly dwellsHe makes his home in haunted house scareBeetlejuice is filled with tricks and daresTo call his own shots filled with this synergyIt recalls the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aesthetic, Alone, Back Down, Beetlejuice, Best Telling, Charmingly Twited, Demon, Don't Do Over, Dwell, Eccentric Parts, Half-Interest, Haunted House, Hell, Hollywood, Home, Imagination, Juice, Learn, Life Moves Forward, New Script, New Vision, Not New, Older Eyes, One Soul, Paralyzed, Pizzaz, Plot Line, Poetry and Poems, Profitable Return, Raise, Resume, Shake Loose, Shot, Spirit, Story, Stripped, Supernatural Complications, Synergy, Theory, Three-Ringed Energy, Unneccesary, View, Whole, Wise | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Easier To Love Humanity As A Whole Than To Love One’s Neighbor

Posted on July 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor. … Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are “vowed” to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Easier, Eric Hoffer, Humanity, Love, Neighbor, Thought For the Day, Whole | Leave a comment

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

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Too Jung For the Good Life

Posted on April 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Too Jung For the Good Lifeby Michael DoyleThe verbal coinage of modern-age complexityLays predominately bound to Jung’s dexterityIt’s something that happens in synchronicityOf the universe beaming out the need to be happyBut the journey of happiness, despite its fascinationCannot be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Ask Who Are the Militia? They Consist of the Whole People

Posted on August 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.” – George Mason (1788)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Ask, Consist, First Principles, George Mason, Militia, People, Who, Whole | Leave a comment