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The 151st Psalm

from Artificial Illumination by A. Sea Herndon

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The 151st Psalm

Sweet daffodil of my heart
Springtime is almost to start
As I stand on this hill
Where Jesus was killed
I wonder what drove us apart

Did you move to the left or the right
Or was it me who one night
Crawled out of bed
Got lost in my head
When I should have just been sleeping tight

The lonesome winds howl through this house
My flame now is flickering with doubt
If I leave the door cracked
Will you ever come back
Or will you just always stay out

If I were the chief musician
Would these seeds ever come to fruition
Or like a cold frozen stare
Would they always stay bare
Without adequate sunlight and nutrition

King David appeared in a dream
He taught me to play and to sing
He sang from the heart
I played autoharp
And he let his old lyre ring

I was born in a most sacred place
The son of the son of faith
The apple don’t fall far
But it falls none the less
Now there are bruises and dirt on my face

Now it seems that I’ve passed on the best
And the worst of my genes with the rest
If it passes down
Don’t let it be to the ground
If I’m cursed, let my children be blessed

Now I’m drinking some one-fifty-one
I buy it by the fifty gallon drum
But no matter how much
The current can’t wash
Me back to that place I feel calm

Sweet daffodil…

(c) 2005 & 2012, A. Sea Herndon (BMI).

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from Artificial Illumination, released December 21, 2012

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