Fellow Traveler

An attempt at a poetic story thinggummie



I happened to meet a fellow traveler
About the time my quest began
Like me he prized duty and valor
And our time together was quite grand

He told me he was duty bound
To search for an invisible treasure
From west to east from sky to ground
He must take every measure

This transparent gem for which
He must recover for his clan
Has no color, texture, or pitch
Has never been seen by any man

I asked him how he was to find it
If he couldn't sense a single part
He said that he would use his wit
And store the treasure in his heart

Then I asked if I could help search
He said I had already done enough
The treasure had found its perch
He smiled and said his quest was rough

It was over when you offered your help
For I searched for the sincerity of man
Stolen when mankind was but a whelp
By the serpent's trick were we thus damned

Now to my father I must return
For joy have I found on this earth
My heart in sacrifice will burn
For an honest man has proved its worth




God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Haiku stations of the cross (part 2)

What grief what sadness
Should be made for your children
Please do not worry

A little longer
Though fatigued and exhausted
Prostrate upon ground

A mere man naked
All possessions were taken
Gambled to strangers

Ferric suffering
Refusing to escape pain
Hung upon a tree

The tree of life's fruit
Grotesquely does it hang down
Without any breath

Immaculate heart!
What God gave He took away
Love left in your arms

All men accept death
From ashes only ashes
And from dust to dust


(part 1 is here)


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Trinity Sonnet

Glory, honor, and praise to God our Father
Our rock, the ultimate cause, who formed us all
Forgives the debts of those who love the other
Breaks the stone made hearts, the selfish wall
Eternal praise and glory to God the Son
Incarnate Word and mysterious Paschal feast
Whose sacrifice brings us to the One
And sent us to serve the greatest and the least
Give laud and praise to God the Holy Ghost
The Spirit who guides and sanctifies the Church
Who causes our daily death, that in Christ we'll boast
And in humble hearts counsels from a holy perch
Infinite and endless praise to the One in Three
Let us worship forever the Triune Deity




(Much harder than I thought it'd be)
God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Baseball!

You may ask 'What does baseball have to do with being a Catholic?' and I would answer 'Because Jesus would be playing.' and that's that.



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Look to the pole.

Are you weary?
Are you dreary?
Are you a suffering soul?
Then look to the pole.

Are you battered?
Are you tattered?
Is illness taking its toll?
Then look to the pole.

For those afraid
And those unpaid
And all whose lives have gotten droll
Look to the pole.

The pole in the past
Could not last
Then the Man came with an everlasting goal.
He'd be hung, on the pole.

So those who are dry
And those in darkness lie
There is hope, no matter what your loss
Just look at God on the cross.



God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Happy Anunciation!

Right, well, we celebrate today because yesterday was a Sunday, and the Church decided not to move the celebration of a Sunday.


God bless,
>P<
Joshua Fahey

Law on the heart

Take your stony hearts and give you natural hearts.