The Healer

in South Texas deep
once there lived a holy man
Don Pedrito named

well known to many
a curendero was he
him they came to see

their ailments they brought
the halt, lame, sick, and the blind
to be cured they sought

'el mero jefe'
'healer of Los Olmos Creek'
such titles he earned

outside a small town
Falfurrias it is called
a shrine to him stands

even to this day
believers still come and kneel
praying to be healed

(composed 04/05/25)