We All Have A Story

We all have a story
Of what has passed
For us
Stories of sadness
And sorrows
Of joys
And of exalted times
Times of reaching our goals
Times of failing
Times when parents failed us
And we failed them
Times of miracles
When we just missed
Being hurt
Or killed
And there were times
When troubles hit
Troubles enough to knock one down
And to some
It did
To others
They crawled back up again
To face that which took them down
There were times when our teachers
Failed to teach
And times when we failed to listen
Times when we chose for ourselves
A partner
One of our choosing
And against all wisdom
Of parent and friend
We felt what we had was love
True love
Only to find out they were right
And we were wrong
There were times when death
Stepped in
And took our love away
And there were times when
The birth of a child
Brought us such love
There were times of sickness
That riddled the body
And times of healing
Times when everything
Goes wrong
And times of wonderment
We all have a story
That has made us who we are today
The paths we took
The joys
And the sorrows
All helped to make us
Who we are
We can wallow in self pity
For what our past has done
To us
Or we can step out into a new world
And walk with our heads held up
For there is One who watches over us
Watches over the good and the bad
And with Him we can know
That everything is going to be alright
Everything will be alright.

Gail Adams