Author: Justin Farley
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Pursuing Your Dreams and Reaching For the Stars
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If you had absolutely no fear, if you woke up tomorrow and could choose any profession and know you’d succeed and make the same money that you do now, what would you choose?
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The Storm – A Dystopian Fiction Short Story That Centers on the Dangers of Judging Others – FREE EBOOK TODAY ON AMAZON
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The Storm – A Dystopian Short Story by Justin Farley. “When a unusual storm hits the Utopian town of Nod, the forces of evil are released and allow an unthinkable tragedy.” The Storm is a short story that centers around the concept of the damage that can be done when we judge others based on…
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Today is the Day – A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams
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A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams. So many of us allow our lives to be dictated and restricted by fear.
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Don’t You Know? (Song Piano Demo)
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Don’t You Know (Demo) (CLICK TITLE TO HEAR SONG) Verse 1 Where will you run to After I’m gone? Where will you run to When my heart moves on? Where will you hide, dear Where will you turn? What will you do, dear Once the bridges are burned? Chorus Cause don’t you know The fire’s gettin’…
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The Invitation (Demo) Song
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The Invitation (Demo) (CLICK TITLE TO HEAR SONG) Verse 1 Through it all I suppose I should hate you. Through it all I suppose I shouldn’t care. Through it all I know I should dispose you. But through it all, my love for you still prevails. Chorus So if you’re out there tonight, Consider this my…
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What’s It Gonna Be (Demo) Song
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So I’ve never done this before, but I thought I’d give it a shot…I thought I’d start uploading some of my songs from start to finish, instead of just posting the “polished” final. I think it’s important to not only put out the absolute best stuff, but also the stuff that is in progress, is…
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The Leaves of Autumn (I’ll Remember You) – A Poem About Lost Love
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The Leaves of Autumn (I’ll Remember You) – A Lost Love Poem When the fireflies bring their dances to a close over the meadowAnd the leaves of autumn change their hue,I will look out my window, love,And I’ll remember you. That twinkle in your eyesWill bring a smile to my face,But sadly my memories won’t…
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Unrequited Love Poem About Missing Someone You Love
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Oh, how the heart aches when it’s separated from who you love–even more so after a break-up. When we go through hard times in a relationship our minds never seem to rest. We question all our past actions and words while mapping out possible ways to fix things and get back to the way we…
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If Only … – A Love Poem
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If Only … – A Love Poem If there was a way to pluck my beating heart from my chest, I’d let you have it. Just to give you the comfort Of knowing you could crush it at a moment’s notice, Just so you wouldn’t feel so vulnerable, so weak, so full of fear. If…
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Narcissus and God – A Poem
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My feelings for you swing like a pendulum, driven by the forces of gravity; pulled back down by life’s realities and the weather during these ever-changing seasons of my life. I have hated you. I have loved you. I have sought you and found nothing but empty space. I have sought you and found the…
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Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love
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Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love My heart is burning in the flames of betrayal – Scorching like a fiery furnace stripping away metal, Bubbling like a boiling brew over a kettle; Anguish stirs within. Oh, this wretched weakness, this bitter sin That I allow my anger to smolder. Steam sneaks…
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Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins, Renewal and Repentance
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A Christian Prayer for Forgiveness and Divine Mercy You, Oh Lord, are the wellspring of wisdom that is never empty and is always rising to the lips of those who are thirsty. When my worldly eyes go blind and walk towards the cliffs of destruction, you await to halt me – to reattach my spiritual…
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Who Shall Dwell On Your Holy Hill? – A Commentary On Psalm 15
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Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill? A Psalm of David O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor,…
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What the Heart Heard – A Poem
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What is this sound come beating in my heart, that rattles my walls and shakes me apart? It roars with the echo of a thousand lions, always on the prowl. Stealthily seeking to devour me when its advances I finally allow. It is a soft, cool whisper like the wind howling through the trees, anxiously…
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Wandering – A Christian Poem About Guilt
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Your commandments loom over me, Blinding my eyes like a bright light in the midst of darkness. It hurts my eyes and causes me to turn away From the angelic presence of your glory. Isn’t this the essence of the human story, Locked in a constant battle with our foolish hearts Year after year choosing…
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The Tinman – A Poem
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The Tinman – A Poem Your beacon blazes with the firestormOf a thousand pyres.In your eyes I find the fires –Smoke signals that rise to the heavensAnd lead me on a journeyOut of the confinement of earthly shacklesThat have clanged like lonely church bellsRinging in the early morning,Beckoning for deliverance around my feet for countless…
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans As we stroll down the streets of our lives Pursuing the dreams of our hearts, Growing old with loved ones, And sleeping in for a snooze Amid cozy beds on weekend mornings Safe within suburban sanctuaries, It is easy to forget that these paths of…
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem Your law feels like a jailer’s prisonthat constrains me in a straight jacket,unable to move within my cell.I could strip off my dirty clothesand unlock my chamber door…But what awaits me out in the free world?What of my foolish desiresif life loses all meaning and beautybecomes simply a…
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