Conversations with the Soul

Came to your home

Oh Yolanda

Smoke curled around your name

Cards on the table

Strong tea and strong conversation

You laughed like you’d seen my pain before

You said

“Boy

You ain’t lost

Just wandering”

Tapped ash in a paper cup

“Sit still long enough to listen

Watch your whole world get put back up”

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman (hey!)

Talking straight to my ragged soul

I thought I came to heal your hurting

But you’re the one that pulled me from the hole

Our time was short

But so magical

You burned my map and

Left a better path

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman

You turned my anger into quiet strength that lasts

You wrote three words on a napkin

“Breathe

Accept

Release”

Said

“You can’t outrun your demons

You gotta walk ‘em to their peace”

Bare feet on that dusty porch

You stared straight through my disguise

“Feel it

Don’t feed it

” you whispered

And my storm just ran out of sky

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman (oh yeah)

Talking straight to my ragged soul

I thought I came to heal your hurting

But you’re the one that pulled me from the hole

Our time was short

But so magical

You broke my chains with a quiet laugh

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman

You put these tired boots on the stoic path

I was sent to help you

That’s what I believed

But my hands were shaking

Heart on my sleeve

You just smiled

Said

" It's about that space between reaction and response

Watch your fear fade”

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman

Still I hear you when the nights turn black

I thought I came to heal your hurting

But you stitched my scattered pieces back

Our time was short

But so magical

Now I face the fire

I don’t turn my back

Oh Yolanda

Mystic woman (mystic woman)

You put this broken man on the stoic path