Pensive

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Joshua Fahey 

Kiwis

Kiwis taste good
That's about all I've got
So I should
Eat kiwis a lot


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Joshua Fahey

Hello Doctor

Slow or fast? Which is better?
Which is happier? Which is sadder?
Is hot or colder that much wetter?
Which lives make you madder?

Mine makes me mad
Mad as a loon
Wrathful as a king's rook
But I'm a buffoon, a fool of a Took
But never not alone, and that makes me sad
But that man is glad
The man on the tree
Why He should atone
Yet be full of glee?



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Joshua Fahey

Keys

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Noise

Noise about the soul
Disorienting and grave
Tipping o'er the bowl
My sanity was trying to save
(But in a tempered measure
My chest secures its treasure)
And though I don't know if I am whole
Wholly to God I gave


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Joshua Fahey

Who's at the gate

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Awaken

Come little one, open your eyes
Come visit the world as I do
Placing your heart in other's lives
Don't be cocooned, come be surprised
Awake arise, the day is new



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Joshua Fahey

Tipping Point

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Playground Haiku

Bright colored plastic
Laughter of the innocent
Giving all they have

Play is reflection
No wasted action is done
Nor is time squandered



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Joshua Fahey

Diligence

Let's set up a tent, I say
Mix a brew, polish armor too
Let's ask our priest to pray
For tomorrow will be battle day

Stock up on potions for magic and health
Defeat small fry to increase our wealth
Take our time to prepare
Then enter the dragon's lair


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Joshua Fahey

Cut

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Countless

The third step
The second breath
The first death
I never prep
The first sight
The second night
Out of depth


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Joshua Fahey

Two Masters

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Tools

Tools of the darkness 

Minions of metal

Showers of shimmer

After they settle

Down, down, they fall

Unstable as, well, Hell

But sometimes useful in turning

Back the souls that fell

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Joshua Fahey

Defend

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It Escapes Me

In the spinning round and round
Of things that should stay on the ground
It's found that things do not remain
In the purview of our domain



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Joshua Fahey

Just a Wanderer

Walking on a dirt path
And it's a little snowy
Somehow I am warm
And moving rather slowly
Fanciful the branches
Of trees in their ascent
Humble are the footprints
Revealing where I went
Walking on a dirt path
Searching for my spirit
The angel's song is silent
As I strain to hear it



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Joshua Fahey

Ante

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Joshua Fahey

Taste

What is it when life turns sour
A sadness like a darkened hour
When all joy and glee have lost power
It is like the cross

What is it when life is bitter
Bruising the soul like a pro hitter
When it takes all of one's will to not be a quitter
It is like the cross

What is it when life's been salted
A sense of injustice no one has faulted
When mercy herself has been vaulted
It is like the cross

What is it when life is sweet
A peace joined, light and will meet
When every breath of the soul is frenzied and fleet
After the cross




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Joshua Fahey

Slop

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Homesick

My eyes are frail and cannot see
The magic right in front of me
The myriad colors of sky and sea
Remain a mystery

There is no joy in what I view
There is no strength in what I do
At every breath I groan and rue
For I have no clue

No one sees the me I know
Only a facade I show
I smile without a trace of woe
Hidden behind a glow

Yet there was a hand that pierced my veil
There was a wind that filled my sail
With a gaze that does not cease
He let me taste His peace



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Joshua Fahey

Down Time

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Puzzle

In the wonder of the puzzle
On the brim of a solution
Beyond the surface of my ken
When my mind breaks its muzzle
That chaotic growth is when
My universe grows slightly larger
Yet on to eternity I pine
And another problem starts to rustle
That I might grow again



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Joshua Fahey

Simple Spins

Tentative talking to ten turtle twins
Deadly and daringly about doubtful sins
Nonsense in nattering needled notions
Making memories of merciful maxes and mins


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Joshua Fahey

Thought

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Battle

Perish my foe, perish so slow
And be ready for a battle in the now
Die in a way that is honorable though
With me in combat in raucous row
And tugging to heaven each other in tow


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Joshua Fahey

Daily Cross

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On the Christian Life

I understand the hesitation
My tepid nation, your palpitation
Regarding the man on the tree
That brother of liberty

I understand the fear and strife
Coming with the life, of familial knife
Stabbing in the back and face
And the laughter at disgrace

I understand and also dread
Being dead, as He said
Taking up that daily cross
I hesitate to take the loss

So I understand why you turn back
I also lack courage and tack
And drifting lie on the deck
That is why I am a wreck

Not everyone won't faint
Not everyone's a saint



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Joshua Fahey

Beardy

... I don't even know what I was thinking...

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Joshua Fahey 

Impeded

Why do I have to force myself to breathe
At a thing so small, so trivial, and so benign
Why do I suddenly feel the crawl of time
When fear refuses to grant reprieve?



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Joshua Fahey