Sweeping

Sin sweeps through a soul like

A virus sweeps through the blood

Weakening before a fatal strike

By the devil; feels like crud

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Shake

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Quiet Haiku

Angels singing as
Gently as the falling flakes
Sacred stillness


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Perils of Sloth

The sleeper sleeps, the fool
Who does not wake when beckoned
And continues on to drool
While all the souls are reckoned
Now he'll sleep below in hell
And lest you think him really wise
Know his self-sustained sleep spell
Keeps Nightmares behind his eyes


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Take My Hand

I can't help falling in love with you.

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Fire

Remain burning, desert fire
Increase in me my longing
Increase my thirst and desire
So that this world can no longer satisfy
Breathe fire and inspire
My steps to divine things
My steps to climb higher
And cast away my earthly thoughts
Burn them in your fire


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Grant us Peace

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

On the Day of Endless Rain

On the day of endless rain
I huddled in the ark
My feathers shivered in the cold
But trust in you had a hold
E'en with death so stark
On the day of endless rain

After the world had drowned away
And the waters stilled
In prayer and patience I endured
As a noble peaceful bird
E'en then my song I trilled
After the world had drowned away

Servant Noah sent me out
Without rest I flew
Over water and over waves
And found a lonesome tree that saves
E'en with a twig I knew
That we live, without a doubt


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Nailed

Hammer me into what you wish, Lord.

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Dry Haiku

Without any noise
Stillness even of breathing
Endures, listening

Dry mouth, taste of sand
The desert's calmness stifles
Patiently waiting



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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Ash Wednesday

Dust and ashes penitent

Clothes ripped and souls rent

Time with our brother now is spent

As we start this holy Lent

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Colors

In the light are colors

Various shades and hues

Familial, like brothers

Vividly joyful blues

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Nonsense Words

Boxes piling higher toward the core
Creating a cardboard effect even more
Than stumbling through a dreadful penny
Being used by the washing machine frenzy
Giving clothes to be put in boxes
Which is much better than being used by foxes


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Happy Bat

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Howling

The howling of the wild beasts
The rustling of the underbrush
The darkness, ominous seems to crush
Fear has never seen greater feasts
And commands any hope to hush
That I had never caused you pain
Lord I wish again and again


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Got a Light?

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Painless Haiku

Losing my feeling
As the wind rages onward
My toes are numbed


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Pet Dragon

I sought to keep a dragon as a pet
I fed him just enough virgins to not die
And when I tame him the pleasure that I'll get
Is what keeps me young and spry
Yet with despair all my hopes are met
I guess that devilish salesman did lie


God bless,
>P<

On Fire

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Zeal

Let my bones burn
And my blood flow with ice
When it comes my turn
In sharing in the price
That Christ paid in full
To keep us out of Sheol


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Doodle

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Absorbed

When the space of my heart warps
Around my own self, infinite sphere
A mobius strip of walking to leave
The selfish tier

After years of pleading and walking forth
Sometimes little cracks will be made
In the prison I have constructed myself
God comes to my aid


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

A Walk in the Park

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Cinder Haiku

Crackling thump of logs
Transformation into ash
Coals anti-cold


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Burn

Burn O Holy Spirit, burn brightly
And if you think I be too bold
I do not ask for this lightly
I need to be warm in winter's cold


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Shiny

Shiny is the positive charge that covers me
Until I reach out to the door
Then my shock enevlops me
And I'm glad I'm not at the celestial shore


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Bbbbbuzzzzy

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>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Troubled Life

In this troubled life of Adam's fall
To you, O Lord, we turn and call
Help us never give to such doubt and despair
Nor fall into the devil's snare


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

You lift me up

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey