Everyone has a Story

 Everyone's got a story to tell

Wisdom can change a life's trajectory

Beauty rests in every being 

Slumbering, then blossoming 

I see the look within your eyes

A spark of recognition

And realize we will rise, in time

Through our human condition 

Everyone's got a story to tell

An offering of all we've seen

A testimony reaching far 

All we've been and what we dream

A piece of someone's puzzle,

Or long lasting influence 

An arm outstretched within a dance,

Of miraculous movement 

Everyone's got a story to tell

Victorious fights, and private hells

Living light or losing ground 

Within all these, a soul is found 

Minority, majority

A stranger still, or part of me

Inevitably, a key you hold

I'll catch you further down the road

Beyond the gate and through the door

Unlocked by every story told

For long ago, it was said to me

That Everyone has a story