Everybody Has a Story

Today's post breaks the trend by being in prose... hum along as you read it and you could even call it a song. I wrote this just after a long phone conversation with one poor soul with too much on their plate. I pray it brings comfort and mercy to you as well. It's so often that we think some rude person is a jerk, and then avoid them because they are nasty to us. When you get to know them and they open up about the life they live, and have lived, you really comes to see who and what they really are.

Everybody has a story
Some people read me a chapter, and some just ignore me
Everybody has a story
And some bring tears to my eyes
Everybody has a story
Somebody I know has a thousand volumes
Everybody has a story
And then there's that stanger that just ignores me

Everybody has a weakness
And everybody bears pain
Everybody has a weakness
And some walk in shame
Everybody has a weakness
Some scar that haunts their mind
Everybody has a weakness
Some are fresh and some left behind

And I know you judge them well
Their eyes burn with the pains of hell
And I know that they depress you
And I know that in their pain they just dismiss you
You're just another bump in their road
Just another misery so they've been told
And they believe it, can't you see that

Everybody has a story
Some people read me a chapter, and some just ignore me
Everybody has a story
And her's bring tears to my eyes
Everybody has a story
Somebody I know has a thousand volumes
Everybody has a story
And how they continue to live, it astounds me

And I know you judge them well
Their eyes burn with the pains of hell
And I know that they depress you
And I know that in their pain they just dismiss you
You're just another bump in their road
Just another misery so they've been told
And they believe it, can't you see that

Everybody bears a pain that they can't stomach
Mine is yours, but you can't bear it
Pain is not yours to bear alone
Pray on your knees and reach for the throne
And everybody hears a pain they can't stomach
Their's becomes yours and you can't overcome it
Take it to the throne

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Today's non-word is Truthy (true-theey). Words or information that is presumed to be true, or at least to the extent that can be accomplished through a single perspective. (The writer's). As in, "Mike's blog is very truthy".