In Hebrew Yah = God and Shalom = Peace
Yah’s shalom heals my body mind and soul
You can heal too if you should be so bold.
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Glaucoma has come down my family line
Taking their sight, making them blind
I put up my hand saying ‘Stop right there!’
You have the power as well, if only you dare.
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The optometrist checks my eyes and grunts
His face oddly contorted, stumped
Unh, I can’t believe your prescription hasn’t gotten worse.
I smile inside. “I won’t accept the curse.”
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Yah’s shalom heals my body mind and soul
You can heal too if you should be so bold.
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No virus can stand the test
No disease can be made manifest
No sickness can live in me
Accept no fear. That is the key.
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No voice can convince me I’m not worthy
Yah’s unwavering support is sturdy.
As I stitch the pieces of my life
I breath Zen and release strife
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Yah’s shalom heals my body mind and soul
You can heal too if you should be so bold.
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I rethink and rehash remunerating thoughts
Days, weeks, years; It wasn’t all for naught
I finally figured it out: I finally came to see
What makes you weak. What makes you hate me.
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I studied the Bible looking for answers
It introduced me to personalities reminiscent of cancers
Now when I meet these people in my life I recognize
Their conniving, cunning, illness and lies.
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Yah’s shalom heals my body mind and soul
You can heal too if you should be so bold.
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My second family with its ties to eastern Europe
With their undressed way to look at life, never sweetened with syrup
I ran to them just to help me remember
There are people in this world who want me to do well; no matter my color; no matter my gender
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It almost got me, it almost made me racist
I thought I’d never trust again any white faces
Then my grandson was born the color of milk & honey
So eager to learn and love, with a disposition so sunny.
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Yah’s shalom heals my body mind and soul
You can heal too if you should be so bold.
