Mother

Under strictly gentle rules
Teaching gently strict mores
Using disciplined tools
She most kindly restores
The wisdom of known fools
And peace amidst all wars



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Joshua Fahey

Gears

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Joshua Fahey

Philosophy

What mysteries I miss in my finitude
I must make up for in eternal search
Unending adventures on which to brood
An infinite steeple of awe for my church


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Joshua Fahey

Treasure

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Joshua Fahey

Nine Tenths of the Law

Who owns me?
What has me?
My passions and desires
Or the world's embittered criers?
I am possessed by whom?
Who controls my joy and doom?
It can only be me
If I am to be free
To give myself entirely
To He Who BE


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Joshua Fahey

Getting the Message Off the Ground

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Joshua Fahey

Electronic Haiku

Uncertain lightning
Milling about, dammed and stored
Computing numbers


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Joshua Fahey

Within a Peaceful Resolution

Within a peaceful resolution
Lies the danger, a shadow's grin
A subtle, essential revolution
Of the hierarchy within

The captain of such seas
On the waves of passion
Afore the winds of peace
Sails in freedom's fashion

A choice lies as to where
The winds push and currents pull
Does the captain dare
Sail where doom takes toll


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Joshua Fahey

Another Day, Another Dollar

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Joshua Fahey

Lady Luck

Fortune curses me with her smile
Laughing whilst all the while
Knowing my lazy dependence on her mirth
Will crush my bones to earth


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Joshua Fahey

Fishing

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Joshua Fahey

Funny Service

It's kind of funny to think
Of all the things I find important
Not being important
Gone in a blink

The only things that last
Are those that are eternal
That even in an inferno
Would not succumb to the blast

So I stop the amusing things
When I hear His call
Though the orders be tall
I serve the king of kings


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Joshua Fahey

Bed of Wealth

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Joshua Fahey

Panic and Anxiety

Run around in a circle
As the circle shrinks
Run around in a circle
Patience slowly sinks
Eroding calm and peace
As though covered in grease
Run around in a circle


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Joshua Fahey

Idea

An idea could be anything
Not made of quarks or parts
Not plasma, gas, nor liquid
Dwelling in human hearts
Extraterrestrial
Supernatural
Our mind both manger and womb
Connecting beyond the material
Reaching beyond the tomb


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Joshua Fahey

Colorless Depression

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Joshua Fahey

But Those Who Seek Her

The surprise of the expected
Is a gift rarely treasured
By those who hold knowledge
As analyzed and modeled
Ignoring the sunrise, the rainbow, the falling ball
For the pride of false superiority
And the death of joy


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Joshua Fahey

Jesus is Calling

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Joshua Fahey

Naming

Every name has a rhyme
An intoned pace and rhythm
A special piece of space and time
Anointed by an eternal chrism
A holy gift, set apart, and giv'n
As a loving sign


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Joshua Fahey

Freezing Rain Haiku

Heat ghosts into chill
Detaching the soul from fear
Water ice and snow


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Joshua Fahey

Food Trip

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Joshua Fahey

Worth

How does the void compare
To light that shines from everywhere
How does the taste of apples fare
To the blood poured out in care
What value does a worldly faire
Have to He who's heart's laid bare?


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Joshua Fahey

Deforested

I walk within the woods
Knowing not where is what
Not a single star to shine
Nor moon nor sun nor boon
Of light or guidance, just white
To censor what is mine
And hide me in the woods


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Joshua Fahey

Walk in the Woods

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Joshua Fahey

Epiphany

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Joshua Fahey

Shining

A star shone and lit the way
I shine, a reflection of that day
When a child shone like the sun to the wise
And bid all creation to arise


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Joshua Fahey

Fluffy Collar

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Joshua Fahey

Shambler

In an alley lit only
By the stars and the moon
Silent and coldly
The wind lilts like a loon
My eyes wide and meek
My soul, still, etched, and hewn
Out of that which I seek
Out under the moon


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Joshua Fahey

Ground

Ground, shredded, blown on the wind
My pride, my glee, my happiness
Leaving the realization that I've sinned
Courageous sorrow leading me to confess



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Joshua Fahey

A Changing Date

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Joshua Fahey

Mother of God

Blest are those that do the will
Of God, readily, assuredly, serenely
That even in the world's storm they are still
And maintain their dignity so queenly


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Joshua Fahey