Stories Told and Untold

Survival stories,

victim stories,

creation stories,

birth stories,

death stories,

travel stories,

adventure stories,

conscious stories,

unconscious stories,

ancestral stories,

historical stories,

teaching stories,

mythological stories,

spiritual stories,

inspirational stories,

heartbreaking stories,

and

social stories.

Stories that justify outcomes.

Stories that build confidence.

Stories that allow one to be seen in a certain light.

The true story kept within,

perhaps only shared with one person

they trust to know their truth.

Everyone has a story.

Humanity is story.

Stories told,

stories untold.

Cover stories,

under stories.

Down,

down,

down through the layers.

Down beyond the human

wound of separation

where all illusion is stripped away.

Down to the truth,

where one stands naked in the knowing,

I AM THAT I AM.

Katharina Reed

October 2022