Breath

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Joshua Fahey 

Service

Service is of kings

Gabriel sings

Michael’s sword swings

Raphael, hope brings

Service is of the King of kings

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Joshua Fahey 

To the Heavens

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Joshua Fahey 

Reunion

Reunions happen only

After parting

Don’t stand there stonily

Get to starting

To meet again

No regrets remain

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Crown

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Ascension

Here while not here

Here and there and anywhere, everywhere

But was just here

Who ascended there

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Joshua Fahey 

Lonely Haiku

Loneliness can be

A gift that leads us to prayer

Or it can be hell

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Joshua Fahey 

Measure of a Day

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Joshua Fahey 

Insect Critic

Heard then sung

Notes in the sky

Bees stung

And my notes die

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Joshua Fahey

Loved and Kept

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Joshua Fahey 

Love and Light

Love is like light

We, like the trees

Showing our leaves

Making sap, as right

Or maybe a shrub

Turning light to berries

Delighting fairies

Giving tummies a rub

Light turns to fruit, tea

Sugar, veggies, and more

His Love does outpour

On all very free

Transforming our souls

Our bodies and hearts

As glory imparts

As praise doles

Love is like light

We, like the flower

For every hour

Giving delight

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Joshua Fahey

Scared?

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Joshua Fahey 

Wobble

Wobble wibble wabble wub

Out the door into the pub

Water is a gift from God

Let me rest on this nice sod

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Joshua Fahey 

Joy in Truth

Birds can’t fly and pigs can’t eat

The water’s dry, take a seat

Swim through marble to complete

The mad one’s world of lies

With joy I sing of the sky, being high

Peaceably walk through the forest to find

Truth asking for a cup to pass by

Yet yielding, in love, with death resigned

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Joshua Fahey 

Safe Childhood

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Joshua Fahey

Depression

Colorless edges hiding the lines

Tasteless grapes made into wines

Odorless perfumes in a friendless embrace

Prayerless soul hidden from your face

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Source

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Joshua Fahey 

Purpose

Mint and juniper burn the blood

Enlighten the bells of silver and bronze

Strings and sticks in glorified mud

Receive love, and give love in response

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Joshua Fahey 

Death is a Gift

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Joshua Fahey 

Politics?

To the left, to the right

Following worldly might

Fashionably caring about the night

Then the day

First going, then to stay

Never any time to pray

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Joshua Fahey 

Spring

A flower, little petals

Shining bright as precious metals

Calling visits from the bees

That make honey as they please

Then vanish quickly as they bloomed

Highest honor and then doomed

But ever blooming are they to be

In the sight of eternity

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Joshua Fahey 

Boot

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Joshua Fahey 

Afterword

Cached supplies

Sullied stores

“Survive” cries

Across the moors

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Joshua Fahey

Shepherd Staff

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Joshua Fahey

Firm

Security, foundation of meekness

Cowardice is founded in weakness

Hatred born of the coward

Mercy comes of the shepherd 

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Joshua Fahey 

Doorway

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Joshua Fahey 

Undoubted

Passively pretentious

Masking imitation

Joyful judiciousness 

Gifts the gallant

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Joshua Fahey 

Snakes and Ladders

Slither, sliding down

With poisonous ease

Losing a crown

For a shallow tease

Pulling, lifted climb

Working a sweat

Taking the time

Fully well met

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Joshua Fahey

Flames

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Joshua Fahey 

Bedtime Stories

Pillows, quilts, and feathers

Ink, quills, and letters

Dreams drowned in dreams

Everything as it seems

And when the dark is rising

The sun is e’er surprising

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Joshua Fahey

Haul CLIII

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Joshua Fahey