When it Rains

When it rains, let it rain
Let it wash away your pain
Let it nourish peace and joy
May the laughter never wane


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Joshua Fahey

Treasure

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Joshua Fahey

Things Mortal and Divine

The things divine
Like fine wine
A straightened spine
Are what draws
A wondrous pause
A way into the maws
Of infinity

The things of man
Always demand
A scammers plan
To keep it stored
A rusty hoard
Misery outpoured
That's blinded me



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Joshua Fahey

Do Not Fret

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Joshua Fahey

Tr=0u9ble!

Troubled minutes, troubling days
Troubled knees as a troubled man prays
About his trouble and troubling ways
And to trouble God for when he strays


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Joshua Fahey

Postcard

Hello I'm safe, this place is great
The lights turn on very late
In this great city, in this great state
Sincerely yours, mate


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Joshua Fahey

Emoticubes

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Joshua Fahey

Rain Storm

Raindrops with tranquil calls
Within repeated rhythmic falls
Incessantly enthralls
Even in turbid squalls
Bowling through heavenly halls
My consciousness gently stalls


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Joshua Fahey

Holy Discrimination (for authorized angels only)

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Joshua Fahey

Prayer for Integrity

O my teacher, I beg of thee
My actions would reflect my words and thee
That when I kneel my heart repents
That to you I would not be dense
But fly in joy and peace and hope
And set my sins in sniper's scope
And with great prejudice turn such away
That from thee would lead astray
(This grant me with sincerity to pray)
Help me to glorify you today


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Joshua Fahey

Life's Record

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Joshua Fahey

Haiku Complaint

Rising humidity
With summer sun beating down
Mentalness draining



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Joshua Fahey

Early Morning

A snail is diligent and sound
With a lovely curl around
His habitation
While I curl with slothful soul
Lying in a hundredth hole
A sinful station

I pray to God for strength to rise
And responding to my cries
I get up and go
Learning diligence from a snail
May make it seem like my soul is stale
But I saw the rainbow


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Joshua Fahey

A Bit Too Small

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Joshua Fahey

Blood Shown Envy

What open days and within frenetic scurries
That those airheads carrying no worries
Can smile
Invoking the jealousy of shadows' furies
A hard trial


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Joshua Fahey

Sun Bloom

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Joshua Fahey

Have You Ever Wondered?

Have you ever wondered "Maybe I am on the path"?
Losing all God's graces, cleansed as from a bath
Maybe I'm the fool who lets the devil steal
Every gift from Christ, every satisfying meal

Have you ever wondered "Maybe I am on the rocks"?
Barring God's relationship with your walls and locks
Maybe I'm the fool who will not delve the deep
Lay open to Him my wounds, or give my soul to keep

Have you ever wondered "Maybe I am in the weeds"?
Letting vices in the way of tending to His seeds
Maybe I'm the fool who will not flee from sin
And fly to safety like a child who loves nothing but Him

Have you ever wondered "Maybe I am in the soil"?
Giving God His glory, giving Him your toil
Maybe I'm the fool who surrenders to His God
One whom the world despises and thinks both mad and odd



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Joshua Fahey

Raft at Sea

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Joshua Fahey

Hammer Layer Upon Layer

Hammer layer upon layer
Sheet within sheet
Iron, copper, gold and silver
Enough to make a king weep


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Joshua Fahey

Little Games

In the realm of kings, bishops, and knights
Where queens command the room and hearts
And yeoman gather in spades, in clubs
And diamond castles play their parts
I must admit to playing the pawn at times
But the elves all leave when the church bell chimes


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Joshua Fahey

No Wrinkles Today

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Joshua Fahey

Man Who Runs in Front of Car Gets Tired

So short of greatness
So long of haul
So tall of lateness
And yet so small
So scared of breathing
So calm in fears
So much seething
Through the years
So frustrated, disappointed with the day
So weary, too weary yet to pray


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Joshua Fahey

Fluffy Yoke

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Joshua Fahey

Fear

Nurture well the joy of living
Nurture not control
Love is not power but something far deeper
Fiercer
Terrifying
Loves changes you into someone whom you weren't
Yet still you
Are you brave enough to walk into the light?
Or will you stay in the shadows with your eyes closed?
May God grant us wisdom in this our only choice



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Joshua Fahey

Caution

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Joshua Fahey

Compass on a Journey

In the east the rising sun
The morn, rebirth and light
In the west the setting sun
A calming start to night
Then the south and the north
Are at odds with that line
And the four going forth
Are cardinally supine
We have ups and we have downs
Trouble, courage, fun
Smileys, winks, and frowns
And it starts with the sun


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Joshua Fahey

Unsated

What can sate the void?
A black hole where pleasures ebb
All is insufficiently toyed
With like a spider and its web

And then lost, in a fog
The siren's call of apathy
The rhythm of life in a clog
Eyes unable to rest on thee

Why is this even a choice?
And then why chosen at all?
Like screaming in a quiet voice
And dancing with one's own pall


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Joshua Fahey

Explosively Free

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Joshua Fahey

I Sing a Song of Water

I sing a song of water
I sing my dying breath
I sing a song of purple wine
I sing a planet's breadth
I sing of travelers and of homes
Of friends with which to dine
I sing a song of water
I sing a song of wine
I sing it to my bones


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Joshua Fahey

A Year From Now

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Joshua Fahey

A Sip

A sip of wine
To quench the thirst
Of weariness to the world
A simple sign
A simple feast
A simple sail unfurled

A single act of kindness
A single laugh
A smile
Is enough to find this
Life worth
Another mile


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Joshua Fahey