Calm Before the Storm

Silence while the noise is breaking
Chaos calmed by anxious fear
Evil stilled in anticipation
God has died and been buried here

Yet the devil sits unnerved
And the world strives to see
While the faithful gather near
Singing, praying, peacefully

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Joshua Fahey

Thorns and Crown

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You Know

You know my thoughts
You know why I
Fear to show my feet
You know my doubts
You know my lie
And my eventual defeat



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Joshua Fahey

Stations X-XIV

Life stripped bare, before the tree

The noble tree of life

Without care or decency

We give Him so much strife

Life nailed there, upon the tree

The noble tree of life

Bloodied, bare, and suffering

We give Him so much strife

Death claims Life, upon the tree

Blood pours out for all

Death has won on calvary

Life takes mankind’s fall

A body plucked from the tree

The noble tree of life

A mother buckled on her knee

Crying out her strife

Life wanders into the tomb

Three days into deathly doom

Three days behind a heavy stone

On the third, Death has flown

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Joshua Fahey 

Stations VI-IX

Life wanders though the body’s worn

Though the mind’s peace has been shorn

Veronica sees the suffering pace

And gives her care to wipe His face

Life falters once again that morn

Upon a body bruised and torn

And once again bears the weight

And walks the path narrow, straight

Life wanders where the women mourn

And asks not to weep for Him forlorn

But weep for themselves, for their kin

Who have long been subject to sin

Life falters a final time that morn

A final rising to the cross is borne

And finally comes to calvary

Life wanders to patiently

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Joshua Fahey 

Stations I-V

Life wanders where people scorn
Where people kill what has been born
One born (yet not born) who will die
Condemned by Pilate's slothful lie

Life wanders under burden's borne
On wood that deathly pains adorn
The innocent that gladly bears
Our cruel hearts and sinful wares

Life falters once upon that morn
And stumbles onto hands so worn
Yet once again upon His feet
Life goes on without defeat

Life's warm berth for nine months borne
Obedient soul to Gabriel's horn
O'er thirty years has watched His way
With sword in heart watches today

Life has friends e'en when forlorn
Who will lighten what one has borne
And steady the sway and heft the load
Simon keeps straight Life's road


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Joshua Fahey

Lay me Down

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Before

Before the light we lay down palms
How easy it is to see
The kingdom coming in the dawn
The reign of majesty

Before the dark we run and hide
Naked in our fear
Denying friends not once but thrice
And join our voice to jeer

Before the cross we make the choice
To carry or to flee
To die in the dark or live in the light
Like the Man upon the tree


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Joshua Fahey

Tulip

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Joshua Fahey

Night Stroll Haiku

Growing glowing moon
While I shrink amid the trees
Seeking out sunlight


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Joshua Fahey

Meditation

My heart is down, but my gaze is up
My throat is parched to sip your cup
My mind is calm while the world is mad
You gaze on me which makes me glad



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Joshua Fahey

Fast

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The Peak

The peak, the summit, the tor, the acme
Beyond the horizon of the starry sea
Belted out by heroes, sages, and royalty
The joy to simply be
Not letting any villain in the way
Even if it was me
Not letting any thought to stray
Away from calvary


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Joshua Fahey

That's Life

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All Virtue

All virtue, to be virtue leads to sacrifice and death
Giving all that one is, until the final breath
To God, to God, to His glory, all for His glory
This our role and joy within the sacred story


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Joshua Fahey

Ball of White

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Joshua Fahey

Gift

A gift is a pleasure
When you need it
When it comes from a friend
When it comes into the heart


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Joshua Fahey

Vain

Burn away my vanities
Toss them in the deepest seas
Bury them six feet under
So I might not make the blunder
Of caring more for their clamoring
Then I do for you my King


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Joshua Fahey

Just Chillin'

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I Speak a Drop in the Ocean

I speak a drop in the ocean
A ripple unnoticed, unheard
The effects, a subtlety of motion
The channels and currents unstirred
He speaks and the ocean is made
He laughs, fountains and seas
Yet He hears the ripple I bade
When I speak, down on my knees


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Joshua Fahey

Empire of the Night

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Rest in Peace

The clangs and beeps that beckon my ear
That claim their sovereignty annoyingly clear
I hide from now in rest saying prayers
And in quietness seek Thee who cares


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Joshua Fahey

Finest Gold

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A Sip

A sip of bitter
A taste of sour
A final meal
For the final hour


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Joshua Fahey

Slip

Fasten the claw onto the rope
Take what aim you can and let fly
You might get hurt against the cliff
But it's better than falling down to die


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Joshua Fahey

Innocent and Sly

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Joshua Fahey

Keep on Lenting Strong!

Dreaming of ill-gotten desserts
Of pies and cookies and cakes
But having them fall far short
Of the ones my mother makes


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Joshua Fahey

I've Had it with These Flippin' Tables

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Upon my Heart

When I know not the path ahead
I listen to the voice, the voice of the law
That's in my heart, that has led
Myself away from the world's maw
That has kept me in my Shepherd's sight
Even under the might of night
Even when I can barely fight
He comforts me with His light


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Joshua Fahey

Passionate

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Joshua Fahey

Solitude

Light may travel years in space

In isolation far apart

From anything, just to touch your face

And bounce into my heart

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Joshua Fahey