Madness

Seeking madness over unbearable silence
A flaw, my flaw, I hate, despise
That background noise of storm and ocean
Kill the impulse, deaden the lies
With you there is peace, let me seek it
Let not this hollow cacophony be
I am deafened, grace me your voice
Let it drown me out and be free


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Distracted

Squirrels running everywhere
Underground and in the air
Stealing acorns and my thought
As I focus where I ought not


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Joshua Fahey

Puppy

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Joshua Fahey

Solitary Soul

Behind a door in silence lies
A solitary soul who cries
Out in prayer and in distress
For God to grant him holiness


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Joshua Fahey

Breaking Bread

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Joshua Fahey

Blind Stories

Stories that the blind see
Opened up for clarity
Like a diamond or a star
Sparkles near, shines far
Fills the heart with joy and peace
Allows the constant noise to cease
And we know Truth, as He said
In the breaking of the bread



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Joshua Fahey

Mask

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Joshua Fahey

Shadows Fractured

Shadows fractured fog and star
No one near, nothing far
The quiet buds await the fire
Fulfilled in dawn, rebirth of desire


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Joshua Fahey

Under Fire

Soft and under Fire
Burning light of the King's joy
Yet Peace, a kingdom under the Sun
Connected in Love


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Joshua Fahey

Book

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Joshua Fahey

Cleanse

Grimy blindness
Frothy blindness
Rinse the blindness
In His Love

Washed in blood that
Covers sins that
Brought Salvation that
Showed His Love



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Joshua Fahey

Blood and Water

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Joshua Fahey

Mercy

Sin sets you down a spiral
A spiral ever inward
Ever shrinking ever broken
An evil patterned discord
The Lamb slain has spoken
And His Blood covers many
All chains have been broken
All debts paid to the penny
The spread of hope is viral


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Joshua Fahey

Warm Breakfast

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Joshua Fahey

War is Won

The tomb couldn't hold back life
Darkness cannot hold back light
Peace removes anxiety and strife
The Dawn defeats the night


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Joshua Fahey

Spring Snow Haiku

Washed white and washed grey
Falling snow in isolation
The Spirit enlivens



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Joshua Fahey

Bottled Up

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Joshua Fahey

Don't Be Anxious

Politics, media, bankers promise gain
All they give out is anxiety and pain
'Work harder for us' is their deceitful refrain

Jesus and Mary promise hope and rest
If you accept the cross and let grace give your best
A reward of home, a divine family crest


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Happy Easter!

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Joshua Fahey

Holy Vigil

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Joshua Fahey

Good Friday

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Joshua Fahey

Holy Thursday

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Joshua Fahey

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

Silent darkness
Stillness unbroken
Sadness sealing
Waiting for the Song


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross

Pain without wound
Nothing to balm
Nothing to bind
A painful calm
Mother's heart pruned



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Joshua Fahey

Jesus Dies on the Cross

Song of Life, on dead air
Living Bread on a tree so bare
The world is silent standing there
Our humble God is dead
Broken and bloody red
Who hears what He last said?


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

Crude iron and heavy wood
Traps the eternal beauty and grace
Slowly kills perfect loving good
Pain has marred His glorious Face
Pound pound pound the mallet hits
Ptah ptah ptah the sinner spits


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus is Stripped of His Clothes

The World is cruel
Eats up fools
God is love
Embraces us
Does not lie


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus Falls a Third Time

On the ground, in the dirt
Lies a man who is hurt
Lies us all who are in pain
For us He fell again


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem

I am blind and a fool
Caught in fear, sadness, and pain
Yet you send your Spirit to let me cry out
And your Grace to give me peace in your name

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Joshua Fahey

Jesus Falls a Second Time

Bloodied, spat on, broken, frail
This is the Lord we love and hail
This is the Master who calms the gale
And a fall is not the end of the tale


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>P<
Joshua Fahey