Time Rhymes

I don’t want to steal another’s stories but
I do want to have the courage to tell my own
in the lines between the inbetweens of time
and rhyme like
would you believe me if I told you I once
witnessed a miracle
would you believe me if I told you I have loved
with everything I had
for as long as I can remember
would you believe me that it has never been enough
would you believe me that I’ve never felt like
I could do anything except write
out words in lines
and rhyme
like
the inbetweens of time don’t matter
like the stories are actually the
threads that tie us together
like there is some poetry in knowing
my stories are my own
your stories are your
own
we are not fully grown
we cannot own much
except the lines of our palms
the sand in our shoes the
stain on our shirt
the weight of the world
the wrinkle in time
the reason or rhyme
the inbetweens of time
your story
mine