Mapping Indigenous Poetry of North America, 1830-1924

"A Prodigal" by E. Pauline Johnson

My heart forgot its God for love of you,
And you forgot me, other loves to learn; 
Now through a wilderness of thorn and rue
Back to my God I turn. 

And just because my God forgets the past,
And in forgetting does not ask to know
Why I once left His arms for yours, at last
Back to my God I go. 

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