Mark Smith singing Medicine Man at the 2016 Florida Folk Festival

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The Medicine ManThere’s a whole lot of good in the worst of us and he lurks just within the soul. A maker of brews with healing powers and a warmth that will light up the cold. A sorcerer of charms and a quality that is found just beyond the doubt. With magical cures and a real sense of peace, all he asks is “just let me get out!” There’s a whole lot of good, in good intentions that may stretch or may strain to rise. As a peddler of clues and mysteries from the mind they’re sent straight to the eyes. Making one feel like a shaman’s apprentice as your work your way out of the drought. While that old wise wizard waits to see all the good that is spreading about. There’s a whole lot of good in wanting to feel all the good that lurks just inside. Be a giver of news that all is well, ‘til your good thoughts no longer will hide. A giver of love that works from the heart when you think that you’re going without. While the medicine man stays working within with a dose that mates good with stout ... © 2016 Joy A. Burki-Watson