Shepherd Song

from The Richest Path by Benjamin Hofer

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May the north star always guide you to the truth
may you always find the song that’s at the root
may you find the love that draws you out in strength
may you know the height the depth the breadth, the length

When you lose your joyful memories to the night
and your sorrows and your darkness rule your sight
may you cast them to the shepherd as you pray
may their constellations brighten all your ways

In your waking
in your sleeping
in your laughing
in your weeping
may he keep you a child at peace
in the Shepherd’s song

Oh I know this is a crooked tapestry
there are blessings tangled with iniquities
you’ll unwind one thread and find another way
there are threads you’ll fight forever, every day

In your waking
in your sleeping
in your laughing
in your weeping
may he keep you a child at peace
in the Shepherd’s song

When the wolves sleep and the lambs lay down to dream
and the snakes and mice and bullfrogs, all at peace
when you listen for the words the poets spoke
there’s a song beneath the ruins and the smoke

In your waking
in your sleeping
in your laughing
in your weeping
may he keep you a child at peace
may he keep you a child at peace
may he keep you a child at peace
in the Shepherd’s song

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from The Richest Path, released March 25, 2023

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