the lord is my shepherd by erin kiernan

I sit on this stump, yes I sit and I pray,

And I wonder how God will address me today

Because, God, He is clever, He likes to surprise,

Which is easy to do ‘cause I ain’t got no eyes!

“LADY!” I hear and I turn to my right,

But it ain’t make no difference ‘cause I ain’t got no sight.

“Why yes, LORD,” I say, “I am willin’ to serve.”

He says, “Ya speak without bowin’. What gives ya the nerve?”

“Sweet LORD,” I reply, and my voice starts to quiver,

And honest apology I start to deliver,

But the LORD cuts me off and tells me to walk,

And on foot I set off through acres of chalk.

The LORD goes behind me but sits on a horse,

And my body does shake with such violent remorse

For disrespectin’ my God of five or so years,

And I’d cry if I could but I ain’t produce tears!

We get to the river and I rest for a while.

“How far we gone?” He says, “Oh, ‘bout five mile.”

I ask my sweet LORD what He wants me to do.

He says, “Help me wash off. I am COVERED in goo.”

I bathe my sweet LORD like He bathed in the Jordan,

At least that’s what it says in the Holy Recordin’,

The one from which God reads to me daily.

He says, “I’m the protag’nist, and thus ya must hail me.”

Now, I may be blind but I sure ain’t no dummy,

And I say, “Look here, my LORD, now here’s something funny.

The Book says the LORD was born without sin,

So how can ya explain how damn nasty ya been?”

The LORD gets real quiet and walks up to my ear

“Don’t ya EVER question again, ya hear?”

Your recent behavior’s been awful untoward.

For Christ’s sake remember that I am the LORD.”

I shrink under my LORD and I know He is right.

“O GOD OF TRUTH! O LORD OF MIGHT!

Forgive me, my LORD! Forgive me! Forgive me!

You are the Way, and I cannot see.”