The Storyteller
Reporter on the evening news
recites and writes the worldly blues
Ne’er a story his own to choose
working long hours to pay his dues
A servant for his people’s rights
Hope and long-suffering will win this fight
but now, clips of 30-second tape
fuel the flames of war and hate
But sharing stories is what he loves
and telling Truth is what he does
thus civic duty and sense of pride
outshine dismal politics worldwide
From Georgia fields to Ghana soil,
He plants seeds in the fertile ground he toils
Reversing the Trans-Atlantic trail
Whom much is given, much will avail
Look deep to find the real inside
Beneath the anchor’s shifty eyes
And see the people pictured there—
The storyteller’s main affair.
~cdw
June 2011
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