What Is A Story? Poem by Edwina Reizer

A story is nothing but tales that you tell.
If it's a true one it creates a spell.
For the listener is rapt by the plot itself.
It can never stay idle upon a shelf.

How many stories have been passed along
By family members who remember wrong?
So stories can change and make you stray
From what was told in a long ago day.

Stories are what our lives are made of.
They're based on hurts and fears and love.
Stories are best if they are told by those
Who have lived the memories they now disclose.

Everyone's story can awaken in you
Just what it is that they've been through.
So listen and learn and when they're done,
Tell them your story and now you've begun

To interact with others who love a tale.
They'll listen to you and without fail
It will bring you closer because you share
With all the listeners that are there.
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