Give em a Hand

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Joshua Fahey

Cut Out My Pride

Is there a need for any thought
That veers a soul from what one ought?
Is it useful to have a mind
If evils it seeks the flesh to find?
Would that my heart instead would cry
Out the Truth and prophesy
His Spirit of love for you and I
Rather than a banal worldly lie
Thus bless me Lord with humility
Joining my voice with the free


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Joshua Fahey

Stop to Look

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Joshua Fahey

Spicy Haiku

A burrito's weight
Tying destiny with mine
Warming up the tongue


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Joshua Fahey

Dawn's Tree

Bent between the gaps of thread
Eighteen eyes close in ahead
And gaze upon a simple tree
Floating on a profound sea
A million crimson petals fall
A thousand songbirds give a call
A shock enough, my breath, to take
For the greeting at day's break

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Joshua Fahey

Work Ready

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Joshua Fahey

Beyond Thunder

I gaze upon the stars and wonder
What it's like beyond the thunder
Behind the twinkle, in the silence
In that quiet, steady defiance


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Joshua Fahey

Smashing

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Joshua Fahey

Fortitude

Knowing the limit of one's courage
Gives humility, for it is never enough
The finitude of a heart's storage
The pettiness of its fluff
Lead many away from the direct path
Lead many on toward's God's wrath
A humble man when the road is rough
Could call for grace, a marriage
Of human and divine will to buff
Any obstacle that might disparage


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Patience is a Virtue

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Joshua Fahey

Baptism

Placed with the grace to walk
Forty years or more
Understanding the sand will pour
A dying heart unlock
Before reaching the other shore


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Joshua Fahey

Stumble

Sadness and regret cannot bring
Back the time and choice spent
On evil things nor hold judgement
I've crucified him again today
With Peter's pride and away
I ran in wretched dismay
Yet find myself on my knees to pray
For the humility it takes to bring
Me back to Him to sing

God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Preserve My Life

Save the servant who trusts in You.

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Joshua Fahey

Lunch (Sometimes)

Strawberries, glazed, boiled, and mashed
Along with the remains of peanuts bashed
Between fluffy bricks of wheat so rich
A joy is a PB and J sandwich


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

A Beard to Pluck

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Joshua Fahey

A Martyr's Request

Dreadful is the courage
Facing blood and pain
Heroic is the spirit
Withstanding the rain
Let your grace rain down
Grant me your courageous crown


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Lamp

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Joshua Fahey

No Worries

Walking through the storm
No panic, screams, or fear
Drawing nearer then near
Until I see your form
Walking as if the norm
Bringing a sky so clear


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Pullovers

Zippers, buttons, laces, and ties
Fascinating fasteners free
A new communication lies
Within a fabric industry

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>P<
Joshua Fahey

For the Road

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Joshua Fahey

Ruin of a Castle

A sharp sword grows dull
A man withers within
A sheath never used, eaten by moths
Against harmony and integrity, a sin


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Bells

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Joshua Fahey

Deaf and Dumb

Escape and run, flee and hide
From the noisy worldly tide
Until I'm deaf I've thrown off hope
Of finding a way to cope

Then I stopped, and my fear grew more
I couldn't hear behind the door
Of my own head, and that was numb
Within fear my heart grew glum

I cried out, but couldn't hear
Though I wept, my eyes wouldn't tear
Until a voice woke me with a start
"Come back to me with all your heart"

"With all your heart and mind and soul
Come back to me, I'll make you whole"


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

Safe

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Joshua Fahey

Night Hunter

Owls on the hunt, in silence
Quiet is the flight of purpose
Contrasting with the loud defiance
And its slothful waste of surplus


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Joshua Fahey

Living Will

To be alive and awake
Enthusiastically aflame
Ardor for your sake
For the glory of your name
To be joyously alive
Only in your grace I thrive


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>P<
Joshua Fahey

This Your Card?

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Joshua Fahey

Friends

Friends in peace and war
Strengthen up one's core
The best will all outpour
The charity they store


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Joshua Fahey

Vase

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Joshua Fahey

Blamable

Can you blame the generous
For making such a fuss
Or blame the envious
For throwing others under the bus?


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Joshua Fahey