The Times They are a Changing

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Joshua Fahey

Breakfast Recipe

Egg, flour, butter, milk
Mix until as smooth as silk
Fry and flip until touched by Midas
Then thank the Lord as it goes inside us



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Joshua Fahey

The Day is Coming

Perhaps with no participation
There would be no more anticipation
For the coming emancipation
On that blasphemous day

When the cross's connotation
Deals with death's dark denotation
On that historical annotation
Of our God's death day

But rejoice with exaltation
For death fell under domination
And we continue adoration
Of that astounding third day



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Joshua Fahey

Soul on the Rocks

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Climbing

Jump through diagonals of green
Leap onto jungle vines unseen
Ponder on the rays of light between
The canopy
Where I am free, and clean.



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Joshua Fahey

The Need of Washing

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Purity of Heart

In the clearness of your heart
A lens for the light
Not marred in any part
Your fiat fully right
My vision cleared by your
Humility, strength, and love
Dear mother, please outpour
God's grace from up above



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Joshua Fahey

Collapse

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The Plan Haiku

Practice perfection
A prudent preparation
Peace in paradise


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Joshua Fahey

Expectations

Expected unbalance
Let's us move forward
Unexpected balance
Stops us in our tracks
Expected discomfort
Helps us to grow
Unexpected comfort
Delights us to no end




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Joshua Fahey

Don't Dull the Blade

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Words on Sticks and Stones Hurt

What I've jot is not
All of which I've fought
Yet in fighting to portray
What I mean to say
I'm fraught with words today

In my nonsense recompense
That made others rather tense
For they'd prefer I gave
A more sensible conclave
Hence I'm lying in my grave




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Joshua Fahey

Beyond my Ken

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Hope

Muscles bulging with a flair
Strength to save the day
One day withers without care
But hope does not betray

Intellect as quick as starling flight
Brings ambition to a point
Still fades into oblivious night
But hope does not disappoint

Character, wealth, health, and fame
Plenty enough to fly
They leave as quickly as they came
Yet hope will never die



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Joshua Fahey

Happy St. Pat's!

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Joshua Fahey

Silence

What is it about lies that shake
My calm into an infernal rage?
Why does my very core break
My discipline fail to engage?

I should not think it because of virtue
(Because I know myself too well)
But it is a love of what is true
That causes wrath to puff and swell

Ah! That that cacophony should cease!
That droning witchcraft of dis-reality
And leave me alone to His joy and peace
To a quiet breeze on a tranquil sea



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Joshua Fahey

Edgy

At the end of a wire
Where sparkling fire
Gives a tense desire
To run away
But when in a maelstrom
A circuit's distinct hum
Fraying every last crumb
Of my want to play




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Joshua Fahey

Tears

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Words

Words are what I use to pry
Out the ores within my soul
Rhyme is used to purify
Meter forges toward the goal
But prayer is given to glorify
For God alone can make me whole


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Joshua Fahey

Tents

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Saw His Face

I saw a man the other day

Mean of means and grim

I could not bear to see his face

For all I saw was Him

I saw a lass the other morn

Clear eyes and figure slim

I could not bear to fantasize 

For all I saw was Him

I saw myself this evening

My mouth filled with toothpaste 

I had to look very hard

Yet I still saw His face

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Joshua Fahey

Key to Joy

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Dessert

Friendly parts and sweet wholeness

Needed here today

And with blessings set before me

Is a wonderful sundae

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Joshua Fahey

Polite

Polite are trees, firm and upright

Secure for birds in day and at night

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Blind

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Lamp

I used a desk lamp today
To shine upon my pad
I used a pen with all I had
To find a single joyful ray
Something that made me glad

I used a lamp to read today
And pray on what I read
On what Jesus said
To keep calm during the fray
And follow where He led



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Joshua Fahey

See the Sights

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Foolish Soul

In my soul is foolishness, O Lord
Down in my soul
In my heart and eyes I've sinned, my Lord
Sinned in my soul
I've washed my eyes with tears, O Lord
I cannot wash my soul
You washed your eyes with blood, my Lord
To clean out my soul
Contrition burns my heart, O Lord
Repentance burns my soul
Covered with the blood from your heart, my Lord
No more foolishness in my soul





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Joshua Fahey

Warmth and Light

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Fear of Smiles

I fear a smile more than a sneer
I fear love more than fear
I'll truly surrender to love every breath
But not to fear, not to pain, not even to death




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Joshua Fahey

Ash Wednesday!

In the temple in my heart
Washed with His blood
A desert journey I start
A rain dance for the flood


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Joshua Fahey