The Importance of Story

By Andrew R. Duckworth

What is the shaper of society?
What shapes the social landscape?
What brings life to past
And makes it last?

Words bound by flowing air,
Breathing life in time to spare
And sharing lessons learned in time,
Whether through prose or through rhyme,
A playful art to convey
The knowledge built through days.
Listen to the words they say,
Before stories have faded away.