Concluding Thoughts

All things that enter the world. leave

And all that falls has been up above

That which lasts, I do believe

Has to be caught in eternity's weave

Echo that which Truth, Beauty, Love

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Drop By

West of the hill, in a lithe little gully

Neath a pine tree lies an elvish gate

Both square and circle it beckons 'enter'

And those who do have lost their fate

Weaving through short grass and tall trees

Avoiding giants, constantly irate

If you happen upon my humble cabin

I'll walk you in with a human gait

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Flowers

Even in the dark I wish to be
As clean and pure as St. Joe's lily
Also if I may (here goes)
For a faith like Mary's rose



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Morning Bright

In bright day when the faeries rise
The blue moon sunk, neath rosy skies
Children play as to dispel the lies told by one who hates the light

The fresh mint air after a healthy rain
While one can see forever across the plain
And catch a ride on an angelic train for no longer shall fall the night




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Snow?

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Loose and Curled

Loose and curled the animals sleep
And give the babe pleasant dreams
And Mary rests her head so deep
On the chest of a righteous man
Who silently thanks God for peace
And asks for strength to carry them
So that He will someday have death cease



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Merry Christmas!

A humble mother sees
Her little babe elated
At the playful rays of dawn
That the babe created



God bless and Merry Christmas!,
>P<
Joshua

Happy Christmas Eve!

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

O Emmanuel!

We, the slaves of the world and ourselves

We, the blind and lost, we plead

For freedom to raise our eyes to thee

To play unburdened in the hills and dells

Then you came

And angels sang when none else did

Of your name

Emmanuel, from us our bondage rid

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

O King of the Gentiles!

The fall of Adam's sons is stopped
Envy, fear halted, our mess is mopped
The enemy's plan was flipped then flopped
By the King of of Jews and Gentiles
The King of both races raises high
Man's dignity which had fallen to the sty
Let us attend as His coming is nigh
To the manger throne that still beguiles




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

O Rising Dawn!

And as the darkness seems to have won
And time so cold as to be frozen still
A cry calls up for death to be done
For a rising sun to exert his will
For cups of joy to overfill
From deepest trench to the most shallow rill
Light shall fill every canyon


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Fourth Sunday of Advent

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

O Key of David!

The world's desperate need of honest hope
Unfulfilled by promise breakers, false prophets
Stay undeterred, light hearted friends, keep your pockets
Free of the despairing ring and depressing mope
But call on the Key of David's promised king
The eternal rule of freedom, ending slavery
Those of His blood shall freely wear His livery
Dance in the sun! And with the angels sing!


 God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

O Root of Jesse!

On the barren desert of mankind
On the caked desolation of dried clay
Bereft of water, flowers, as the winds wind
Along the crowded easy way
Ask for Jesse's root to sprout
Within your heart from inside out
A sign for the lost and the hopeless and grieved
Drawing from eternal water, the bane of thirst
A hope for all who have believed
A flower of courage from the son born first


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

O Lord!

In midst of the chaotic self-indulgence of men
Whose same voices self-righteously condemn
What's evil as good in fifty shades of black and white
Turn to the Lord's face, call upon His might
Whose every law frees self-tortured creatures
Every beatitude calls us down from the bleachers
So we might be children who can play once again
And call on our Father with holy "AMEN!"





God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

O Wisdom!

When reason runs the railroad all alone
And darkness is all the eye can see
When the lamp glass is black as sin and white as bone
Then call on Wisdom to rise in thee
The stars' light which blazes souls with glee
And calls from lowly bushes with her sweet tone
Who banishes the wisp and illuminates the sea
And guides those on any road to home



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Bitter Taste

A bitter juice is one whose flavor
Takes some age and guts to savor
Awakens those who need alertness
With a sour sacred curtness

So I sat today while tasting the bitter
Juice of homesickness amidst the glitter
Of celebrating a homeless babe's welcome to earth
Homesick for the place of my second birth

I've never been to nor seen this home
Blest instead this life to roam
Until Michael hears my Father's call
I'll endeavor to be standing tall


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tree

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Playful Twilight

Playful twilight sparks abound and lead
By forests' pine, through mystic marshes' reed
As sunlight dims and home is lost in memory
The curiously astray learn how does darkness feed

Captured in fantastic signs in ways most plenary
Designs of wold and wood surround, wildness so free
A little of the magic stops to lightly plant a seed
With a voice as sweet as rose's scent sings the angel's queen Marie



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Gaudete Sunday!

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

The Sparkle of a Gem

The sparkle of a gem none may own
With a beauty undimmed by ages
The sun will rise, and hope be shown
As the divine with earth engages



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Glare

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Prophetic Haiku

Memories of light
Lost as darkness has fallen
Yet hope will arise


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Nervous

Jagged soles on the edge
Souls anticipating rest
After each torturous dredge
Preparing for Him, preparing the best
Waiting becomes a pledge
Of the love with which we are dressed



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Happy Immaculate Conception!

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Leaping Furies

Leaping furies of ancient shadow
Gather forces both old and callow
Yet are held back by a carpenter's son
Whose teachings of light will have won


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Second Sunday of Advent

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Build Me a City

Every beam of light another beam
Every filled-in vale a Terra seam
Which is used to build a higher house
Used to fulfill our Father's dream

And all the darkness does is sit and grouse
Without even the courage of a mouse
To defend itself when in a corner trapped
All it does is mumble like a souse

The prophets have the path to heaven mapped
And every ounce of grace has been tapped
And every eye by joy will have been dabbed
When He comes and we shall worship enrapt


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Snail

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Sunny Haiku

In soft cold stillness
Rays of dawn brighten and warm
Revealing the frost


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Sanity

I don't know what I'm doing
With reality so far ungluing
From the realms my head can traverse
My sanity riding in a hearse

I don't know much more
Than that what I know is a bore
Compared to what can be found
Within the most profound sound

I only know for certain
That the hanged man behind the curtain
Loves me despite my flaws
Which is the most difficult to accept of laws

That doctrine of unconditional love
(Which could only be known from above)
Is the only doctrine of concern to me
For it concludes my integrity



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Such a Lovely Boat. Ship, I Mean Ship.

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Christ Coming

Minstrels of majestic memory mention
Promises proposed by Power unparalleled in purity
About apocalyptic undertakings honored honestly
A beginning granted to a great age of God
By that Deity who decided to do away with death
Wholly humbling himself to human weakness
Sniping sin in suffering souls



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Happy Advent

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Raise the Curtain

In the wrapping of the ages

By soldiers and by sages

The beginning of the final stages

Of the drama will begin

In hearts open through the embrace

If a faithful hopeful grace

Will the incarnation take place

Transforming from within 

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Gavel

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Happy Thanksgiving

There once was a boy who lived in a cabin
Who, when he grew up, knew the country was saggin'
Under a weight that our selfishness brewed
He established an annual day for gratitude
So that we might remember, remember that we
Aren't only reliant on those that we see
And that thanksgiving is what keeps us free
Let us be thankful for beer and turkey


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Baking Cookies

Pour the milk, sift the flour
Beat the eggs until you're sour
Mix them with sugar and with power
Mix until homogenous

Spread the batter, lick the spoon
Lay out all the cookies of doom
They will be ready very soon
Ready to be eaten by us

Heat the oven, scorching hot
Put in the sheets, put in the lot
Be grateful for a dessert we've sought
Be grateful for the mess we muss



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Last Putt Thought

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Winter

Silhouette in snow sings of madness

For frost to freeze the fearful thing

Collecting cool and cold out of gladness

Icy signs of light the slipping sing

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Christ the King

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Soft as Snow

Soft as snow my soul falls
In great reverence to the king
Whilst the angelic herald calls
And the bells of heaven ring

On my knee I give praise
At the face of the Prince of Peace
Who lifted me out of fear and haze
My gratitude will never cease


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Hope and Prayer

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Nightly Haiku

Halved silver disc

Behind gnarled sleeping trees

Tranquil winding winds

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

In a Balloon

In a balloon overlooking the forest

Rests air that is lighter than air

Looking for its invisible lair

Amongst the lightest and the poorest

Leaving behind the oaks and willows

The daisies through which the wind billows

The tulips that would be the envy of any florist

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Troubled

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Colorful?

Encapsulating a soul in carbonite

Into a morass of black, grey, and white

Nary a color in hearing or sight

A deep dark mist that covers the light

Such a suspension can anyone kill?

Lift this monochromatic frill

For a soul is not meant to, in a vale, mill

But rather be a city on a hill

The first color to see is blood-red as the rose

Next an orange glow, then the yellow sun’s pose

Green trees, blue hopes, and indigo grows

And finally we’ll see the violet king’s clothes

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

End of Day

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

All Good Things

The roots of the last tree reaches
The core of the first it breaches
Until the Chosen One beseeches
On behalf of all God's creatures

"Father!" cries the lion's pride
"Turn away from a destructive tide"
"Father! Father!" the lamb has cried
Within his cry the faithful abide

Down the fiery divine wrath
On the tainted wide smooth path
The faithful protected the lion hath
Those soaked by the lamb's blood bath



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tweet

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Chilling Haiku

Lord Winter's chilled breath
Flows out as he awakens
Into the sole soul


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Ta Ta Ta

Ta ta ta go heaven's tears
(ta ta ta ta ta)
Lifting me out of my dread and fears
Out of the dark dog's maw

Ti ti ti on the roof
(ti ti ti ti ti)
With a surety as any proof
That men can be as free

Ta ta ta the angel's song
(ta ta ta ta ta)
Letting me drift ever along
Letting my stone heart thaw




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Chase

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Troubling

What troubles me, Lord, about this path
Is the madness of the very earth
That cannot be cleansed with a simple bath
Whose presence dampens even honest mirth

I cannot see, Lord, beyond the mist
Of my eyes that I have clouded in vanity
My ship always bucks with a list
As I sail away from my insanity

Lord, let me see, I beg of thee
That within your merciful heart the blood
May flow out healing as a sea
And make noble this base creature of mud


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

What Happens When I Mess With Selection and Paint Bucket

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Root of All Evil

What has love of money done
For all the souls entrapped by luster?
What happens to them after the fun
By the demons is finished and done?
Do they have any wealth to muster?

But look an old woman in poverty gives all
She has, without reserve or regret
Ignoring money's alluring thrall
Responding instead to the divine call
She'll be rewarded when all is done and said




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Waiting

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Aged Haiku

Fall banners of old
Remembrance of warmer days
Memory of life


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Vulgar Politeness

Polite is the meeting, polite the man
Which in the fleeting lively struggle
Attempts politely to arrest the action
Which seeks where Wisdom ran
For leaving a meeting for a woman
Goes against the polite plan

Vulgar is the eating, vulgar the tongue
Which in its seating within the soul
Corrupts that warm and gentle Wisdom
Into a song that's never sung
For leaving off pleasure to hear a woman
Is not where vulgarity is hung

Catholic the vision, and Catholic the heart
Which in its mission is common and noble
Lively as fire and gentle as rain
Plants a strong seed that will start
Growing to God in both man and woman
And burns the sin that keeps them apart




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Western or Eastern

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

All Souls

In the longing fire that cleanses my bones
Clears my eyes while my soul atones
I turn my face to your fair city
And a wind cools me from prayers of pity



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Hike

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Prelude to a Starry Sky

Prelude to a starry sky
Filled with a warm embracing light
Lifting all up so high
Into the night

Every glittering twinkling dot
Gives a sweet smile as it sings
Holding back the entropic rot
That death brings

While the Moon sits as queen
And, as king, the Sun rises alert
The heavens governing everything
Made of dirt



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Mystery

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Reach the Moon

Strive, my child, to reach the moon
Leaping by the cry of the loon
Fly by and above the cacophonous gloom
And see the lunar lilies bloom


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Riddle down the Rabbit Hole

If I had another soul that would lift me off the ground
Take me on the road with a toe both filled and found
Heel to heel with living as the pavement I do pound
My lace in ribbon tied happily round and round

Why, my purpose would be fitting, my life's acheivement crowned

What am I?

The answer at wiktionary

God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Brown-eyed

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

On the Road I Saw a Friend

On the road I saw a friend
(And he was a walkin')
He beckoned me with a grin
(And we started talkin')
I noticed he was much more thin
He said it was a trend

We happened quick upon a corner
(As we were a walkin')
He took the left, I took the right
(As we finished talkin')
My steps had filled with vim and light
As if I were an Irish mourner



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Blind

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Healing

Beaten and kicked for speaking
The mind of the fallen and still
Desperately pleading until
The Master asks for a meeting

Though I have been thoroughly
Harmed into such a disabled
State I still with hope cradled
A longing to be healed fully

I beg without deserving any
Mercy yet repeatedly on
My knees I gave cries "Son
Of David! have pity" so many

I ask that I might see the grin
And visage of our king
Jesus, then He did bring
Sight and forgave my sin




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tiger

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Autumnal Haiku

Nutmeg and honey

Toasting with apples ripened

I've 'fall'en hungry

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Invisible Battles

Fierce is the wind that covets my hat
Yet steady my hand in preventing that
Quiet this battle as it is fought
Ignored by the rabble in the parking lot
(Though I see allies also accosted)
I enter the building with my hand frosted
Numbed by the terrors of invisible swords
Flung by warriors of the icy lords
Yet my hat and my hand have truly survived
As I to work have timely arrived





God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Candlelight

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Bounded Onto the Road

Bounded onto the road, I step, I step
Breathing dust I wept
Under fiery sun, to the east I go, I go
Steps unsteady to and fro

With wooden beams I bear, I bear
To the Roman fair
Sand is dyed red, I bleed, I bled
Where I'll be dead



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Hungry?

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Every Debt

Every debt I have incurred
Every virtue I demurred
Every selfish choice and plot
All these have been bought
In rains of grace and blood
You took back this wretch of mud
And forgave this sorry ass
Fed me through each holy mass
I am yours and yours alone
Every breath and every bone



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Raven

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

A Point of Light in the Sky

A point of light in the sky
Leads me as a lullaby
Up my gaze to heaven's sward
Where my ship is moored



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Open Heart

In the dark void of our minds
Lies a fear that harms and binds
But a lover surely finds
How to open up the heart

When we're our own core the devil grins
For the foolish clown wins our sins
When our sense of other slowly thins
And we close off our heart

So let us open eyes and hear
Of every friend and every peer
Who makes music on this lowly sphere
Where beats our heart



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

In the Garden

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Strive

May I strive, O let me strive
Under star song, under grace
As long as I am alive
May I strive to see your face

Before raving, let me be slaving
For the kingdom, my Lord, your Grace
Full of gratitude for my saving
I'll be behaving in this place

Let me not snipe with any gripe
Against any image of your face
In my heart let me hold no tripe
Of evil type in this race

May I strive, O let me strive
With the angels, with glory's trace
Fill me with the zeal and drive
May I strive to see your face



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Sell All You Have

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

What Was Once Could Be

A subtlety hangs in the soul
Of what was once could be
A perfection that would make it whole
On all lands and seas

To this delightful integrity
Lies a blood-soaked road
Crossed by crosses to the city
That the Lord has hallowed

Mother, may I walk this path
Plead to your Son for us
Let meekness o'ercome our wrath
And chastity our lust

Ne'ermore a stranger in a shell
Rotting to time and sin
But in harmony as clear as bells
Light purifying within



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Junk Food

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Harvest Haiku

Harvest graceful gifts
Fills both stomach and spirit
Sweet colorful smell


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Steady My Soul

Even in the darkness, a warmth reassures my soul
That keeping on the journey will restore me whole
Even though I've fallen, lost my tears from ballin'
(Or was it from the pollen?) I've settled on the role
Though crosses weigh me down I've settled on the role
Of steadying my soul





God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Cowboy

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Milk and Honey

Milk and honey, fed to children
Who cannot chew, who must be fed
Who forsake a love of money, who must be rocked to go to bed

Blood and body fed to children
Who chew and drink, who have their fill
And praise the Lord with everybody, with all their strength and all their will



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Book Bag

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

You Have Blessed

You have blessed me with a name
You have blessed me so you could call me
You have called me so I came
You have called my blessed name

You have blessed me with your likeness
You have blessed me as your family
And graced me with a liveliness
That brings glory to your likeness


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Cup of Joe

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Scary Haiku

Gnarled hands branch down
Nightmares grasp my head and heave
Running in the dark




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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Playing Pure Puerile Pastels

Playing pure puerile pastels on the paper

Elicits laughs lightly lilting across the lake

Causing crashes crushing criminals on a caper

Who borrowed beauty to build so as to break

Were that words would wend such wildness

Versus the viscious villains vying for violence

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

A Shoulder to Cry on

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

The Leaf Lets

The leaf lets the wind change the journey
But the end is still the ground
The direction is still down
For no matter how the leaf is turning
The leaf shall fall

The flower receives the sun's awakening
And the end is the sky
Where the sun sits high
The flower is giving no forsakening
Just growing tall



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Bread

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

May I Bless

May I bless others with my words
While I wear your name
And never curse or destroy or worse
Lest it's you they blame

May I bless others with my hands
While you're in my heart
And build up your body in many lands
And the good news impart

May I bless others with my breath
With the presence you've bestowed
From my baptism to my death
Grow this seed you've sowed



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Sleep Tight

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Fear Haiku

Empty breathing of air
Stillness moving in the dark
Paralization



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Silent

Hold the praise, stop the applause
Take him back from out of death's jaws
For above our dreams and under our laws
We are silent now

Juggle the rocks, and tumble the rolls
With far more joy then burning coals
And yet, despite working toward our goals
We are silent now

Bending the knee, bending the heart
Bending our head is where we start
In silence, listening to what he shall impart
What he shall endow



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Treasure

What treasure would I sell

For the treasure of your love?

This angelic bell

With its unearthly knell

Could not compare with a moment above

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Adventure

To the end of the ages
Towards the start of being
An eternal flower grows
The adventurer engages
With a red heart beating
Where the mouth of magic flows



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Sometimes Beds Seem Bigger

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Betrayer

Every lie a betrayal to me, who seeks
That which is real, whether knowable or not
To know everything, my aim beyond understanding
Every lie is against me, is a plot
Even the lies that I tell myself in the dark
Even I have betrayed myself for all I've got
Yet for me you let yourself be tortured and killed
Give me the grace to forgive myself and the others that you bought



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Casual Thinking

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Starry Haiku

Bright eyes winking
Gazing, absorbing, alive
Singing a song



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Banshee

Under old bridges and over new tombs

A disquiet, a mist, a destruction looms

And pierces souls as strong as trees

And leaves rotting stones that freeze

A glum gloom that ghosts through the woods

Wily creatures run without their goods

A screech that holds all the sacred still

A banshee cry, who dies? Someone will

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Cooking

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

River

To the river and the rock I stroll
Casually, with humble air, I gleam
Passing softly by a faerie knoll
Carrying pen and mind and ream

Quietly with little flair I write
Of the dance of river grass
And yet swiftly my paper supply is light
And more time than I know does pass

So back from river and rock I walk
Satisfied humility on face and ream
Listening to the most wondrous talk
That lent my heart and eyes a gleam



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Freed from Chains that Bind

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Loyalty

On the field is loyalty
A creature that would never be
Without faith and hope that see
What thee hast given me

On the field I ask, my Lord
To smite my cold heart with thy sword
That by my sins has been bored
And heal me by thy blood, my Lord

On the field I live by thee
Please save my life most graciously
Grant me thy love eternally
Let me give thee my loyalty



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

If I

What my eyes would see

If I could see as thee

What my heart could know

If I would in thee grow

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Night Walk Haiku

Softly cooler nights

Gives a haze to moonlit walks

While the birds sleep

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Waiting for a Change in Weather

Await

the rain

in a deciduous trait

so plain

and yet

so true

and full of the dew

anew

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>P<

Joshua Fahey

Stage Fright

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Weird

Mildew sits and dreams of life
Upon a slice of bread
But its still stuck on a wall
And will be until its dead

The iron curtain bar with rings
Starts rusting in the air
But this is just the gist of things
And entirely fair

A very strange and somber poem
This is that I've been writing
But maybe a much richer loam
Will cause ideas to come biting


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Joshua Fahey

Beached

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Joshua Fahey 

In a Cave of Shadows

In a cave of shadows, lost, is the mind of Adam's kind
Unclear as to what meadows are and no hard answers can it find
But a Jewish handyman can clear the eyes and ears of sin
So one can hear a melody of angels praising and lauding Him
And see all of reality in its awesome terrifying shroud
And think, this wonder is what life means, and praise the God of gods aloud



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Joshua Fahey

St Francis pray for us

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Joshua Fahey 

Rosary

A piece of glass
A lump of thread
A knotted mass
Fingers pass
The beads which mark the mysteries He said



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Joshua Fahey

The Thing About Dogs

Llamas might carry a green suitcase on Mars
Unicorns may chomp on white chocolate bars
But the thing about dogs that is so clearly canine
Is when they drink water out of a grown man's beer stein

Queen ants should enjoy both sugar and salt
Kangaroos could jump on bright purple asphalt
But the things about dogs that makes them so dear
Is how expressive they are with their tongue and their ears

They have only to look and rest at your side
To lift you out of your misery after you've cried



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Joshua Fahey

Computing

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Joshua Fahey 

Pondering Angels

A dance on the floor with the light fading in
Pondering angels pray
A festival of melancholy mixing with tin
In his eternal lay
Dig! Dig! away the dismay
As pondering angels pray

A toast to the bards as the violin hums
On this auspicious day
A cake filled with tears as much as with crumbs
Alone upon a tray
Dig! Dig! away with dismay
As pondering angels pray



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Joshua Fahey

Down in the West

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Joshua Fahey