Song of Praise
i. Him One
Kristen E. Nelson
Key: C
Meter: 5.4
I carry your blood,
Father, I do.
You are in my bones,
Father, you are.
Refrain:
Annie is pleading.
She is still bleeding.
Yes pleading, pleading.
For thee to come:
Come home, poor sinner,
Come home, come home. 3
That black gun you held,
Daddy, it’s gone.
Your gun in my head,
Daddy, it’s gone.
Better luck next time,
I said to you.
You were dead, I said.
Free, Daddy, free.
KRISTEN E. NELSON (www.kristenenelson.com) writes poetry and cross-genre texts. She has recently published work in Tarpaulin Sky,
Trickhouse,
Cranky Literary Journal, Quarter After Eight, In
Posse Review, and you are here. She is a founder and the Executive Director of Casa Libre en la Solana, a non-profit writing center in Tucson, Arizona; an editor for Trickhouse; and a production editor for Tarpaulin Sky Press. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Goddard College.
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