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,

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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,
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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,
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Joshua Fahey

Snow?

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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

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>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,
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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

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>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!

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>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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Joshua Fahey

Glare

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Joshua Fahey 

Prophetic Haiku

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


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>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!

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>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,
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Joshua Fahey

Second Sunday of Advent

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>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,
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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,
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Joshua Fahey

Such a Lovely Boat. Ship, I Mean Ship.

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey