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Arrow & Bow

The arrow leaves the bow and goes off on its own
and when the arrow’s gone the bow remains alone

 

My little grain of rice, my little blueberry
my fig, my pear, my orange – how you grew in me

 

My father said to me when I was leaving home
a princess never cries even when she’s alone

 

So I’ll be over here and you stay over there
as long as we both breathe this unforgiving air


 

Based on a commentary in which Hagar was actually a princess who ended up as Abraham’s handmaiden and second wife. This is about the moment in the wilderness when Hagar thinks her son Ishmael is dying of thirst and sends him an arrow’s-length away (Genesis 21). How impossible it can feel to face the suffering of those we love.

 

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    From the album Open the Ground

    image of Open the Ground album cover: image of a winged woman in a colorful dress holding an uprooted flowering tree out to a winged woman dressed in white.
    1. Separate Histories
    2. Of Meeting In the Night
    3. River So Wide
    4. New Arithmetic
    5. Wise Hearted
    6. Arrow & Bow
    7. Measuring Tape
    8. Open the Ground
    9. I’m Done Dressing up for You
    10. Song For Salt
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