Before I heard that rattle
Satan caught me on the wrist
By a serpent badly bitten
I am crawling mid the mist
Miles from Pine Valley
Virgin running at the base
I must make it from the desert
Cross the waters to my place
Kalista strong awaits me there
Hushed behind our sacred door
All my future sleeps beside her
If I reach that rivers shore
No weapons here aggressive
But to hunt, defend, survive.
Starving took so much away
Thank God she's still alive
A brother lives down yonder
With his Dene kids and wife
Should Kalista need his fury
I'm assured he'll give his life
Kalista's starlight hear me
Far above this earthly dome
Like a whispered early morning
Speaking love inside our home
I am bitter now to leave you
As your belly's firm of child
I will rage across this badland
And it's rivers calm or wild
Hold me sweet Kalista
In the soft light of this morn
May the love I have toward you
Be within our child bourn
Kalista brace for morning
If I lose this final race
Know the final moment's
But a portrait of your face
I am on the banks my darling
I wont rest yet on my land
Through dust I see you running
As I raise a swollen hand
Words my heart have spoken
Tears I've shed in rhyme
Heavens beauty but to see you
For this final dance in time
Thank you so Kalista
That your love is here by choice
Mostly sweet beloved
For your life, your touch, your voice
-Hermit King-
