everyone has a story

everyone has a story

the stories need to be told

By Henry H. Walker

everyone has a story,
and each of us needs to tell it,
each of us needs for it to be heard,

we can create a persona(pərˈsōnə) for the world
that hides(hīd) the battles(ˈbadl) we fight every day
to be, to do,
to hold to the best
while the worst
works to pull us down,

that best in the other
calls me and I find a way
to hold against the emptiness(ˈem(p)tēnəs)
that passing time can visit upon our stories,

I pull together loose(lo͞os) groups
with enough sharing of time, place, and calling,
so that stories can be told, heard, shared,

each has a story,
we have a story,
the stories need to be told,
the stories need to be heard,
each “I” needs to be,
the “we” needs to be,
and to grow in the telling.

https://henryspoetry.blogspot.com/2019/03/everyone-has-story.html