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Poetry on Odyssey: A single Book Library

A poem that goes along the metaphor that we are all capable of writing the story that is our lives. Our story is important and only we can control it.

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Poetry on Odyssey: A single Book Library

We're all books.

Not just any books, but non-fiction.

We're real.


Like every story we like to explain the plots of our lives,

We like to explain all the good and the bad, the truth and the lies,

The happiness and the sorrow.

Like every good story there's hero and a vilan, a love story,

An end.


We do all that we can to make sure our story doesn't fall under the wrong hands,

Because our story is not just written by us,

It's written by the hands of all of the people in our lives.

One person, can change the plot, the outcome, the setting, the hero, in your story.

For better

Or

For worse.

Every story has different perspectives, has different ideas, has a different combination of authors.


The only problem is we're all limited editions,

Our story doesn't get told forever,

It doesn't get sold forever.

There's only one story,

There's only one copy.


Eventually in life we decide who we want to give our only copy of our book to.

Typically we give it to someone who will tell it well, with honesty, with everything.

All the love, the hatred, the agony, the distress. Everything.

We give our story to someone who will make sure our legacy is as it should be, not what they want it to be.

No famous person, good or bad, knew they were going to be famous before they told their story,

They just took a shot.


We're all limited edition.

We're all one.

We're all important.

People care about things that are unique.

People fight over things that are limited.

People will fight and care about you.

Don't be afraid to write and tell your story,

Just make sure it's put in the right hands,

Because this story, is your entire life,

It is you.

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