Militia of Man

A war of demons, angels, and men
From highest peak to dankest den
Souls and spirits in eerie lights
Burning through the darkest nights
Hell and Heaven come to task
Warriors behind a mask
Demons scourge and angels heal
Until the morning church bells peal


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Joshua Fahey

Lantern

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Running Away with Myself

Thoughts like a shotgun spread
Like the hairs on an old monk's head
Pulling out the stone inside
Leaving a candle almost dead
And all the lightbulbs fried


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Joshua Fahey

Open Your Eyes

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Running Blind

The blind man runs fast and far
Straight into a deathly fall
"Why run?" replies "I gave up the war
And feared bumping into a wall."
He stops. "Who's there? Who asked me that?"
"Why care if you have given up?
Why hope again to step to the bat?
Will you not join me to sup?
Will you not willingly pick up your cross
And walk with me a while?
Or have you given in to loss
And refuse to smile?"
"Lord, my Lord, please let me see"
"Then see, then rise, then follow me"


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Joshua Fahey

Warmth

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Light Haiku

Feast of light
Turning, storing, growing
Stillness of life


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Pride and Pain

With great pride I raise my head
Lower my eyes, smirk instead
Of laugh. My innocence tossed
Consumed by darkness, my soul is lost
My freedom paid by God's own blood
Lies there sullied, covered in mud
My pride refuses to bend the knee
Yet my heart wavers and begs of Thee
To grant the grace and humble hope
To fall with Thee on Calvary's slope
For my soul to rise, my pride to fall
To embrace the cross, and heed the call


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Joshua Fahey

Building Block

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Awful Choice

An awful choice to lose a hand
Or lose one's life, but where I stand
Is to cut off the hand and keep the life
And offer up the resulting strife


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Joshua Fahey

Taste and See

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Sacrifice and Glory

In pain and illness
Offered for another
That salvation may come
For sister and brother
The cross is firm
The blood flows down
That many might rise
Receiving His crown



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Joshua Fahey

American Hack

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Scarce

Never as much do I have
As I thought I had last night
More than I think I have now
But the budget will be tight


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Joshua Fahey

Empty Space

In the mostly empty night
Stars so small, and so bright
Stars that have overwhelming might
My existence seems so light


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Joshua Fahey

Put a Pin in it

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Underwater Ruins

Underwater are the ruins
Of a most fearsome city
Salt erodes the doin's
And joy that made it pretty
Leaving a tomb, haunted
By creatures humble, unvaunted

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Joshua Fahey

I Beg You! Make it Look Easy

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Joshua Fahey

What is Selfless Love?

What is selfless love?
The giving over whole and entire
To another, to hold Him above
Without holding back, within His fire


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Joshua Fahey

Spotty Play

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I Need my Teeth

I need my teeth, brown or white
Dull or sharp, to take a bite
Talk and chew and grin so bright
I need my breath, I'll brush tonight


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Joshua Fahey

It's a Poem if it Rhymes, Right?

Fool's gold for a fool's heart
An early end to a late start
The devil's unity breaks apart
Pride shoots a curious dart

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Fiddle me This

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Knowledge is Power

I know a lot
And I know
The lot I know
I do not know

I know a lot
But what I know
Does not grow
Who I know

I know a lot
But it is low
To all to know
To my woe

What I ought
Is believe in God
Hope in God
Love my God


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Joshua Fahey

Hardening of Hearts

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Surrender

If the guard over my soul
Lowers to you and I show
The part of me, fractured yet whole
A tender seed yearning to grow
Then I have placed into your hands, your heart
Something entirely me, though also a part
Giving my being, leaving a hole
For you to fill and know


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Joshua Fahey

Portable TV

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Sense of Battle

Roar of the Griffon
The thunder of steel
Odor of iron
Taste of raw miel
Vision of victory

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Joshua Fahey

Unfilial Son of Heaven

Sounds under empty cages
Erasing words from ancient pages
A darkness from betrayal's wages
Always how the enemy engages


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Joshua Fahey

Outline

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Autumn

A leaf colored in the gaiety of grace received
Splits from the tree to which it had cleaved
Starts to turn brown, feeling bereaved
Gathered in pillows as the children perceived

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Joshua Fahey