Runaway Running

Wispy lights and foggy trails

Lonely nights of broken tales

Unstably seeking unreal dreams

Leaves a soul desolate

As it seems

Eternal falling in the pit

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I Don't Know

I don't know

Where to start in the snow

When the going gets rough

I'm not tough

I am lost

Paying a large cost

My heart turning away

Every day

Yet you seek

Your strength lifts the weak

Sending your only Son

For everyone

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Joshua Fahey

Platter

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Early to Bed, Early to Rise?

Does death make an end?

A fade of life's trend

Or a gate past a bend

I cannot see

Do life's burden and weight

Help a stray walk straight

To the inevitable fate

Am I free?

This world twists sight

Though walking in light

Blind as the night

Such is we

Stubborn I stumble

Meek, poor, and humble

Your grace doesn't crumble

Under me

O Child the Priest

Who gives out the feast

From greatest to least

Glory be!

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Joshua Fahey

Family

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Embrace

Warmth without friction

Love without condition

Peace in the wild

Family in the Child

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Joshua Fahey

Belief

Believe in joy, in life and love

Sing the hymns of angels above

Burn with the fire of this winter morn

And gaze on the holy hope who was born

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Christmas Eve

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Emmanuel

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King of All Nations

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Radiant Dawn

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Key of David

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Fourth Candle

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Root of Jesse

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Lord

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Wisdom

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Vigil of a Feast

Visiting the fences

Minding little mountains

Appreciate the senses

Playing in the fountains

Waiting for the cap gun

Ready for the fight

Letting faith and hope run

To welcome the new Light

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Joshua Fahey

Solo Coconut

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Not of this World

A small note ripples the void

Laughter trickles through the rock

Rhythmic beats that the trees enjoyed

Cheers from pod to herd to flock

Can you hear hope in the air?

Do we prisoners dare?

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Joshua Fahey

Third Candle

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Alive with Joy

Grace that quenches the soul

Oasis in this world of sand

Now may I sing in full

Here may I bravely stand

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Ice Skates

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Pain

Seeing pixels, lights, and stars

Headlights on trains and cars

Madness falling in a bright cheery lake

Hopefully will cool down the headache

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Joshua Fahey

Waiting Alleluia

Ice is such a lovely thing

Making a crown for a winter king

Snow softens under song

Skies darken, night is long

The symphony of angels and moon

Tenses up the waiting tune

Stay alert, keep your sight

To greet the Child of the Light

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Rainy Day

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Excited

Lightning in my bones

Whiskey in my blood

Coffee in my lungs

Wading through the flood

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Second Candle

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Into the Desert

Do we go into the desert

Walk amidst the sand

Lower ourselves into the river

Fill in our barren land

Bow to the spirit

Wash before the sun

Baptized into the life and death

Of the Holy One

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Bundled

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Rest Haiku

Gone deep, seeking peace

Sleeping in the arms of God

Just needing a rest

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Hungry and Cold

A hole, a gap

A chasm no food can fill

No pleasure collapse

No purpose still

Only overflowed with love

Am I as at peace as a dove

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Tiger

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Marching Orders

Rise alert, face the dark

Kick the snake and punch the shark

Raise your voices loud for all

“We’re answering the Savior’s call!”

Need a jacket? We’ve got more!

And we pray from shore to shore

An army ready stiff as starch

Heed the call, ready to march!

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First Candle

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Watch!

Listen! Hear the breeze

The song in the trees

Quiet and listen

For the Prince of Peace

See! The stars in the sky

Dance of fire on high

Be still and see

The King is coming nigh

Breathe! In the life of grace

From the Holy Face

Let be and breathe

Live in the sacred space

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Quietly

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Glorious Gratitude

Sticky stench passing through

Leading off beyond what's due

Yet even in the foulest cell

I hear the ringing of the bell

Amongst the lowest I have been

Lower still to go, from what I've seen

My pride, patched beyond repair

I hear here the angels' care

The church's bell and angels' song

Lifts the meek to be the strong

I give thanks for dirt and dust

To my God in whom I trust

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Joshua Fahey

Mirror-verse

Collected reflection afflicting conflict

Mollified mailing measuring wit

Politely performant pressure has split

Feathery flit

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Held

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St. Joseph the Terror of Demons

When snow turns black and blood is wary

When one's faith turns doubtful and weakens

Hark to the bulwark of Jesus and Mary

St. Joseph the Terror of Demons

In any corner of this life that we breathe

The angels sing out holy beacons

Malice and evil only simper and seethe

At St. Joseph the Terror of Demons

Be of stout heart when battle has drawn

When God alone knows His reasons

No defeat can hint or happen upon

St. Joseph the Terror of Demons

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Separated

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King

The shepherd comes and asks

The lamb asks with a roar

"How have you treated me?

When thirsty? Hungry? Forlorn?"

The lion asks with a gaze

"Who do you love more?

Yourself or me?"

The shepherd guards the door

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Joshua Fahey

Peaceful Victory

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Drawing a Line

Madness creeps beyond the edge

The cliffs that pride dances near

The arrogant does not fear

Mocking here

The humble gardener's simple hedge

Marking off the fatal ledge

Keeping children safely full of cheer

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Joshua Fahey

Shades

Mastered color, light, and time

Not much left to make a rhyme

Blended thoughts and blurred sight

Leads to a well rested sleep tonight

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Hammered

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Adrift

Adrift upon the wine deep blue

Far afield of any land

Far apart from knowing you

Seeker of the lost little lamb

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Two Makes Four

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Long Haul

Stubborn lungs and stubborn heart

Live with zeal at the start

Diligent hands and wise eyes

Are needed when stubbornness dies

Love of the master guides swift feet

Fear of the master keeps my soul neat

My work for the master is hopeful and deft

Keeping me busy once the master has left

If in the night, should sorrow arise

Or in the day, a joyous surprise

The peace in my labor keeps me on track

Ready to welcome when the master is back

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Joshua Fahey

ADD

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Midnight

The heart beats in silence

Stillness that wind cannot hear

Sharpness that rain cannot dampen

Focus as death waits in fear

Lungs breathe in lightning

Darker than the moon

Mouth numbed to silence

Time waits at noon

Together eyes seek the Lady

Quiet at the lake

Silence that thoughts cannot ripple

Fear cannot shake

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Joshua Fahey

Hope in the Lord, Always

Sticky noise, dark noise of madness

Numbing all but shallow sadness

Curling balls of fragile clay

To protect the last spark of day

But day dies in the dark

Making silence stark

Against the infinite realm of night

This little guardian needs the light

Into the pond of tears, a hand

Out of despair and onto the land

A land of joy, peace, milk, and honey

Where even nighttime is always sunny

Grasped in the hand of our brother

Led into the embrace of our father and mother

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Joshua Fahey

Good Book

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Store the Everlasting

And what of power, what does it serve?

What does it make, who does it heal?

In the grave it cannot be kept

Unlike a simple bread and wine meal

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Joshua Fahey

Lamp

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Dead of the Night, Children of the Light

Do you sleep, dreaming of treasure

Stolen by thieves, every measure?

Are you awake awaiting salvation

Or nodding off to the will of a nation?

Have you kept up on the oils of grace

Lit by the Flame, revealing His Face?

Or have you been caught short, lost in the night

Having forsaken the Way of keeping the Light

Only those having waited awake, lamps trim

Will have their hunger assuaged by Him

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Joshua Fahey

Hand of Blessing

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Unraised Eyes, Unlifted Heart

Fed by every breath

Quenched by each step

Calmed by my daily cross

Lovingly kept

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Joshua Fahey

Quieted Child

Still and joyful against a storm

That blasts and drenches all about

But with my eyes upon His form

I cannot drown within my doubt

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Joshua Fahey

Patting the Head

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Fading World

Lightning fades into sparks and stars

Clouds dissolve and winds abate

Rain dries and with it fades tears

And all the waves are no longer irate

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Joshua Fahey

Crown of Flames

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Joshua Fahey

I am a Bowl

I am an empty bowl

I am a cracked bowl

I am a cracked bowl, no longer a bowl

I am a cracked bowl, no longer a bowl, wishing to be filled

I am a cracked bowl, no longer a bowl, wishing for all bowls to be filled

I am not a safe

I am a bowl, wishing to be filled, to be emptied out for others

To be filled, to be emptied out for others

To be filled

I am His bowl

He fills me, and pours me out

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Joshua Fahey

Over There

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Joshua Fahey

Baked Bread

Death from the heat

Life from the rise

Miracle feat

Gluten surprise

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Joshua Fahey

LOL

Lesson taught in wondrous smallness

Overwhelming phantom tallness

Leaping out of caged wallness 

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Joshua Fahey

Mixer

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Joshua Fahey

Western Sunrise

The sky alight like the lines on a cake

The sand aflame with every grain

The embrace of light like a guardian angel

The day that keeps a man sane

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Joshua Fahey

Inscribed

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Joshua Fahey

Moral Compass

If ye can do wrong and do

May ye be caged to stew

If ye can do right yet quail

May ye flee with turnéd tail

If ye were to break any law

Find one with crooked flaw

And ne'er break either these two

Love God and yer neighbor true

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Joshua Fahey

Glass of Pop

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Jiving to Tunes of Tears

Jiving to tunes of tears

Drowning in a jester’s fears

Apples and pears and berries

Softly as an angel carries

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Joshua Fahey

Puppetry Amidst an Empty Theater

Can fire alight a void

Warm the heart of a sea

Enlighten the head of a mountain

Or set Pluto free?

When the compass stops seeking north

How does anyone know their worth?

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Joshua Fahey

Affection

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Joshua Fahey

Stormy Mind

Sinking from the lightning

Sinking from the waves

Failing to keep my eyes

Upon my Friend who saves

"Help" cries the helpless

"Help" cried out in fear

"Help" cried to the Walker

Whose gaze is very clear

"Fool" I hear sinking

"Fool" I hear in love

"Fool" calls out my Savior

Who lifts me back above

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Joshua Fahey

Inscribed

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Joshua Fahey

Rusted Kings

No matter the tyrant or king

No matter the army or war

God’s angels comfort and sing

God’s people praise and soar

No matter the time or space

Eternity cannot be o’ershadowed

By temporal powers in place

Or limited armies embattled 

No matter the goal or method

No matter the gain or loss

God came amongst the indebted

And redeemed the many by the cross

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Joshua Fahey

Finned

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Joshua Fahey

Lost Lamb

No matter where the lamb wanders

Or how many wolves surround her

The shepherd strives to hear the cries

For help and save the lamb, and reassure

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Joshua Fahey

Belfry

In the dungeons of the mind

Nothing hidden in the cells

Yet behind the walls you’ll find

Dusty, dented, angel bells

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Joshua Fahey

Echo

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Selfless

Finding that which is not us

The minus that is truly a plus

The compass that leads beyond

Superficial affection to an intimate bond

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Joshua Fahey

Neat

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Joshua Fahey

Juncture

Juncture of vice and virtue

Which way is the way to turn?

A celebration for all eternity

Or amongst the dirt to burn?

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Joshua Fahey

Lake

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Joshua Fahey

IT

Wires and cables and tangles and knots

For phones and TVs and giant robots

Make a webwork of lights and lightning

Photons, electrons, and protons all sing

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Joshua Fahey

In the Library

Milk, cookies, celery, and me

An afternoon reading about being free

Sailing with curs on the blue sea

Visiting with nobles drinking their tea

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Joshua Fahey

Living

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Joshua Fahey

Fog of Doubt

When the light of knowledge grows weak

Only darkness is seen at the peak

When Wisdom flees

In the evening breeze

Faith is the strength that we seek

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Joshua Fahey

Pride & Greed

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Joshua Fahey

Sip

Collecting water, seeking light

Giving all through His might

Laughter sings from every lip

While in communion, Him we sip

That is all the Lord does ask

That is our created task

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Joshua Fahey

Cobra

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Joshua Fahey

Actor

Faith, valued only in darkness

Hope is only given amidst despair

Love, miraculously needed within the loveless

The virtuous is the one who'd dare

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Joshua Fahey

Hesitation. Lost. Fortitude.

A thousand pins

Nervous needs

From many sins

A fear feeds

Within the pain

An answer hides

Down a lonely lane

Under rising tides

Need to take a step

Walk out the door

No more prep

No more

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Joshua Fahey

Displayed

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Stargazing

Glowing beetles

Electric needles

Fiery orbs

Moonlit swards

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Joshua Fahey

Unused?

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Joshua Fahey

Freed Will

Freedom from the virtues of my parents

From the vices of my ancestors

For in water I have died, been reborn

In blood I am redeemed and renewed

Led through suffering into grace

Only of my own faults I may be condemned

Only of my own righteousness I may be praised

Glory to the One who freed me

Glory to the Man on the tree

May His Grace guide me to Life

That I may be saved

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Joshua Fahey

Reflections

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Joshua Fahey

Birth

Unknown and understood

By water, over wood

Under fire, within tin

Reveals the stain of sin

The stars will sing and dance

The trees have their romance

The stones will leap in glee

Water makes us free

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Joshua Fahey

Coffee

Dusted senses

Frothing

Mud

Clearly articulated maddening glass

Under sleep

Magic brew

Laugh

Eyes brightened by morning dew

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Joshua Fahey

Smoke Stack

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Best Laid by the Mad

Booked a plan for living

The World wasn't giving

But what the powers were selling

Wasn't all compelling

Was unforgiving

Accompanied by yelling

Made a plan-filled journey

As the Devil played a tourney

Dealt under the table

An empty and shallow fable

Left upon a gurney

Sending home a cable

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Joshua Fahey

Bag of Gold

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Joshua Fahey

Wages

A set of rules that always change

That's the Devil's only range

When we expect to receive the fruit

We find ourselves without a root

A set of rules clear and bright

Eternal wisdom clears the night

When we, to God, hear and pray

We find a wage to live the day

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Joshua Fahey

Over Easy

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Joshua Fahey