Tag Archives: Youth

Darkness Fallen

Posted on January 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Darkness Fallenby Michael DoyleStretching my day past midnight,I’m grasping toward the morning light.There’s just one more thing to do,Planting dreams to know what can be true.Living my freedom in the moment’s truth,I think back on the days of my youth.Outside … Continue reading →

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Second Guess the End

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Second Guess the Endby Michael DoyleThere’s a lot of rightIn learning through the wrong.There’s a lot of hanging tightIn finding where I belong.It’s been a hard road to living,But that’s what I’ve been given.The movie is never as good as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20/20, Belong, Betrayal, Book, Christmas Snow, Disappointment, Drink, Find, Follow, Forget, Ghost, Given, Grasp, Hanging Tight, Hard Road, Heaven, Intellectual Hndsight, Judas, Kiss, Know, Learn, Light, Living, Love, Miss, Movie, Ods, Played, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Right, Second Guess, Sharper Look, Simpolicty, Stranglehol, The End, The Way, Tight, Times, Truth, Wrong, Youth | Leave a comment

In Kalkota’s Slum

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Kalkota’s Slumby Michael DoyleEven in the Kalkota ghetto,You can see courage in the shadows.Youths capture the waters of historyWhile finding hope for tomorrow’s mystery.Revolutionary optimists fetch the waterWhile knowing so little of mother or father.Living life there in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Change, Children, Community, Cradle, Early Grave, Flth, Hazrdous, History, Kalkota's Slum, Message, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Poloio, Poverty, Revolutionary Optimsts, Shadow, Slum, Street, Talk, Tomorrow, Travel, Water, Youth | Leave a comment

Normatives Shown

Posted on October 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Normatives Shownby Michael DoyleAddressing bits of truth,In this age of managed publicity,Has since my youthBeen a matter of building a legacy.Thinking on one’s feetOn the slip of a slippery slope,Helps a man escape self-deceit,Even as he hangs from his last … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argument, Bits of Truth, Containment, Corporate Hand, Deception, Declarative, Devious Mood, Eterntainment, Facts, Feet, Legacy, Life, Managed Publicity, Measure, Measured Question, Miles, Morning News, Normatives, Organic Nature, Perception, Poetry and Poems, Profit, Ratings, Reputation, Response, Rope, Salughter, Self-Deceit, Self-Rgulation, Senseless Acts, Shown, Sleep, Slippery Slope, Stream, Truth, Understand, Unknown, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Only Means of Establishing and Perpetuating Our Republican Forms of Government Is the Universal Education of Our Youth In the Principles of Christianity By Means of the Bible

Posted on September 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.” – Benjamin Rush

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Benjamin Rush, Bible, Establishment, First Principles, Government, Means, Perpetuate, Principles of Christianity, Republican, Universal Education, Youth | Leave a comment

In the Daze of My Youth

Posted on September 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In the Daze of My Youthby Michael DoyleI found myself recently taking a pause,Reliving the music that brought applause.You see, in the daze of my youth,Led Zeppelin and the like were my truth.Whatever it was, the critics said,They seemed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Applause, Classic Rock, Communication Breakdown, Critic, Cross-Fade, Daze, Eternity, History, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Music, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Robert Plant, Rock, Sequence, Skill, Song, Truth, Will, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When I Can Look Life In the Eyes, Grown Calm and Very Coldly Wise, Life Will Have Given Me the Truth, and Taken In Exchange, My Youth

Posted on August 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth.” – Sara Teasdale

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Calm, Exchange, Eyes, Life, Sara Teasdale, Thought For the Day, Truth, Wise, Youth | Leave a comment

As Invincible As the Stars

Posted on June 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

As Invincible As the Starsby Michael DoyleAnother Father’s Day approaches soon.I think on this under the shining moon.I love talking to each of my daughters,And I realized I’m blessed to be their father.I think on the long drives and all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Babies, Blessed, Cars, Catch Fire, Coddled, Daughters, Desire, Eyes, Family, Father, Father's Day, Invincible, Joy, Life, Long Drives, Love, Moon, Poetry and Poems, Stars, Stars Above, Talk, Window, Young Ladies, Youth | Leave a comment

The Great American Train Song

Posted on March 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Great American Train Songby Michael DoyleSometimes words come out stiltedLeaving heads hung and tiltedListening as the lonesome whistle blowsSuddenly, we’re all raggedy hobosAs we wonder to ourselves where time has goneWasn’t it just yesterday when trains rolled onSomewhere down … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blow, Childhood, Coincide, Country, Days of Our Lives, Great Ameridcan, Horizon, Lonesome Whistle, Memories, Outside, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing Our Luck, Raggedy Hobos, Rolled On, Rubber Hoses, Tilted, Time, Tracks, Train Song, Trains, Truck, Wonder, Words, Yesterday, Youth | Leave a comment

Know Not Fear

Posted on March 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Know Not Fearby Michael DoyleYouth always tries to dareTheir elders try to careEach in their own placeStares the other in the faceEach move made creates a snareNo matter how each tries to be fairClimbing to the highest heightTo outpace the … Continue reading →

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