Shave

A close shave is needed

To return unheeded

In a home of cat purrs

With cut and whisked whiskers

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Left to What is Right

Freedom is the ability to move and stand
To think of what is right, and follow
To act without reserve upon command
To have the faith to trust as the swallow

It is upon relying on the virtue of the law
Upon escaping vice's grasping maw
That love has the freedom o'er the heart to thaw



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Cabin

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Mocking Death

The pain of whips that you felt
Preserved my life right now
The mocking voices you were dealt
Have led me to your feet to bow

The sting of death that hurt sweet Mary
Whilst you were humiliated on a tree
Have drawn me deeper into hands that carry
Into your heart that dearly loves me

Let me have faith in your suffering
Let me have hope in your pain
And I will, with love enough, sing
Of how you removed my sinful stain

For until and beyond my final breath
Let me have your love whilst mocking death


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Desk

.

Thinking of what to write.

Too many implements and too little patience.

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Humid Haiku

Moist and heavy

Every step a rocky lump

Trees enjoy the air

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

A Step Over Pebbles

A step over pebbles
On a bridge made of sand
Makes basses and trebles
Avoid nearby land

For singing too loudly
Of truth and of love
Might bring fall to those proudly
Standing above

Many can ramble
About building on stone
But a true fool will gamble
In a sandy off-tone

Sing bravely my brothers
Whether noble or not
Virtue will slumber
If we leave it to rot

And to those worms that whine
Your death will come slowly
By the divine
Amongst the lowly


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tie

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

In the Passage of a Morning

In the passage of a morning

A storm can come and go

A remembrence of an evening

In the heart, can seem real slow

Fill the heart with grace's raindrop

Endure the thunder and the pain

Endure the darkness for love won't stop

Filling the wounded with joy again

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Storm

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Calm

In the storm when I questioned how
You can love me, a fallen man
You asked if I could comprehend your plan
And I answered with a humble bow
And silence understood by you
That I was chastened, while the storm shook
My very being, I knew your look
Hurt that I did not have faith in you
The one who came to this darkened place
And let yourself be bound to a tree
Tortured, killed, so that we may be free
My Lord, salvation of the human race
And in your own time you whispered true
My storm calmed when your time was due


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Fall

In midst of mist

Under glow of flow

Your praise I raise

And sing my king

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Humid Haiku

Milling crying clouds
Batched union of humid air
Cooling nobody



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tick-Tock

Tick goes the act
Tock goes the whim
Flick back to fact
Flocking to him
Clock out of cliques
Click into town

Tock goes the meek

Tick goes the crown

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey

Strained

Strained is my relationship with the pure

Yet fiery is my resolve, my hearth, my fear

I walk strongly though I'm unsure

Out of faith and love for my God, so dear

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Just a Simple Walk

Just a simple walk
Down the morning road
For a twilight jaunt
Peaceful things do bode
Where the simple flaunt
The strongest moral code


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Tree

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

My Lord, Let What Grows in Me Be

My Lord, let what grows in me be
A seed of faith, so not to see
The illusions of a passing night
Let me have faith in your holy light

My Lord, let what grows in me be
A seed of hope, that joyfully
I may walk through this worldly night
Let me have hope in your marvellous light

My Lord, let what grows in me be
A seed of love, this is my plea
That I not be one with the denzens of night
Let me have love for your tender light


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Patience

Patience, it's a virtue most extraordinary 

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Baseball Haiku

The sun beats down
On the falling ball
Caught in a mitt


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Onward!

Leaping from the disparaged earth
With more fire than Prometheus gave
Up! Up! This strange catapult's birth
Break the boundaries of our native enclave!
O! What a heavenly path you pave!


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

By the Sea

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Twilight

In twilight as lights did fade
The last of sight removed from my eyes
The one of darkness my attention bade
And requested to cover them with lies
He shrilly laughed at my surprise

Alone at night in heart in soul
Weakened before the tempter's gaze
A strong desire to remain whole
Accompanied by a frenzied blaze
At least at this my hopes did raise

Now I'm stuck at twilight's end
Between two world's authority
Filled with longing to wholly bend
Towards the void or the vast sea
That would swallow and encompass me


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Fan

Holy Spirit come down and bless

The bread and wine in the soldier's mess

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Meal

Lest we forget
Of the real
Way we met
In the meal
Let us recall
How it's odd
To eat God's all
In body and blood


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Ajar

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Chattering Haiku

Chattering birds
Summer has hold of them
Full of glee


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Nonsense

Snipped and snapped the tiger's claw
Upon the outer ridge he saw
A burly pony dancing true
Beyond the skies so pale and blue
This ghastly nonsense gave a fright
Until he had regained his sight
Alas it made sense when he
Was lying down unconsciously
But now the sense it rolled away
Another dream another day


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Patience

A few pounds of patience

Will outweigh a ton of hate

When laid at the foot of the tree

The key to heaven's gate

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey 

Rusted Blades

All the rusted blades
A yield so thin and vain
Yet the master bade
That I call down the rain

And the faery craft
That made those swords of old
From an angel's laugh
Hastened to be bold

With blood so green and vivid
Such daggers sprouted forth
With the devil's face so livid
At the faery's grassy sport


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey