Repentant Prayer

Lord, I know my ways are wicked
How unhappy they make you
How hateful they are
But I thank you for your patience
Your kindness keeps me turning back to you
Your mercy clears my heart
Lord, keep me from the wicked path
Put me again on the path of righteousness
Though my strides may not be as long as even a child's
Let me laugh again within your joy



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Joshua Fahey

I Call Edge

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Brightener

Sprinkles make a smile brighter
A gift of hope that much lighter
A nudge to move out of a rut
That miracle on a doughnut


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Despair

Irritated at the mercy of God
Washing away any heat remaining
Relentlessly facing the heavens
Closing my eyes. Not needed for explaining
The dread that had settled, comfortable
Now arose like worms in mud straining
On my back unable to hear or see receiving
God's mercy. My heart is complaining



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Joshua Fahey

Good Fences Make Good Footrests

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Put All Ideas Inside a Box

Put all ideas inside the box
Then nail the lid, seal it tight
Let not in a ray of light
Or keyhole for the locks

Turn inside let madness reign
You yourself are all that is
Not the fool, ever the whiz
Desperately let your interest wane

At the end of eternity
Two path diverge insistently
One of self, of vanity
And the other of others, in humility

Which habit is trained with zeal
The results will be most real


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Joshua Fahey

Be Generous

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Ways

Your ways, my Lord, your ways are strange
That cause in many a dreadful change
Of heart so subtle and weak
And yet from within it, it is you they seek
Your ways, both clever and clear
And deep so deep, but without fear
And strange, not human, but divine
Rest in the heart of yours and mine


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Joshua Fahey

Hang Your Hat

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Good Night

When light has, dying, gone to final rest
Longing for its warmth and wisdom to the west
Following its path we lie, our work is done
Some with the hope of the rising of the sun


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Joshua Fahey

Nightmare

A start, a startled starry jolt of light
That wakes in cold sweat amid the night
And yet no one there to hear the call
Might be the scariest nightmare of all


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Joshua Fahey

Pieces of Eigths

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Bright Teacher

Hope teaches me to seek
With all the bravado of the meek
Wooing wisdom ardently
Fending off fear fervently
Hope teaches me to fly
And not go too high


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Joshua Fahey

Unlock

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Listening

Patience says the turtle
When attacks rain down on you
Patience says the tiger
When desires run across
Patience says the owl
Limits the faults of anger
Patience says The Lord
Hanging on the cross



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Joshua Fahey

Crucifix

 



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Diligent Patiemce

Putting thoughts out by the lamplight
Watching oil burn away
Finding wrongs to find the just fight
But not to go astray
Giving raging steers a steer
By standing 'gainst my fear
Lending words my power
In this darkened hour



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Joshua Fahey

Rhythm of Lively Work

Pit and pat, pat, pat, pat, pat
tock tick tock, tink and tat
Hammer up and hammer down
Steadily to build a town
Repeat the same again repeat
Glory to the heavenly seat
Steadily step, step, step, step
In times of gloom and times of pep
A mile done, and then a league
Spiritually sated within fatigue
Take each step with ragged breath
There will be time to rest in death


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Joshua Fahey

Joust

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Comfort, That Great Sin

Comfort and happiness I like least
For the one I am in their domain
One who never stops eating the feast
To tell the host a grateful refrain


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Joshua Fahey

Pain for Pane

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Acts Deacts

Wouldn't it be nice if no one complained
About people walking in amidst the flames
Not calling out their given names
And so not getting brained?

For what is kindness without pain?
Courageous act though small in name
Cowards flee before the same
Any conflict is their bane



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Joshua Fahey

Glass Full

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Courage

The bold drive to move ahead
When behind is gloom and before are the dead
To brave the thunder and face the lead
With freedom is always wed


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Liberty

The rhythms, flows, and harmonies
Natures glories, birds and bees
The majesty of elves and trees
The glamour of the free

Many colors blind and blaze
Whilst songs, storms, and stories raise
But amid such noisy praise
Freedom is to be


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Joshua Fahey

Relaxed Socks

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Tar

How dim my eyes are
When I close them shut
My sight would have a glut
Of terrific tar


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Joshua Fahey

Burning Bones

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Frightful Love

I find myself in burial
A talent underground
An isolated aerial
In freedom tightly bound

A fear that leaps from my throat
In inhumane screams
That any damage might be made
To this gift that gleams

And yet show it I must
Sharing that I can't impede
My Lord, in you I trust
Before your face I cede


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Joshua Fahey

Listening

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Joshua Fahey