History Is a Stage

Upon Which

Copious Troupes of Time

Have Demonstrated

Displays of Distinction

Stories of Pioneers

Of Firsts & Worsts

Reflective Records

That Provide the Present a Peek

Behind the Backdrop

Of the Theater of Time

But What If These Chapters

Are Nothing More Than

Concocted Campfire Stories

The Authenticity of These Accounts

Can Never Really Be Certain

If Only We Could See

Beyond the Flickering Lights

Into the Darkness

Perhaps Those Firsts & Worsts

Were Merely the Firsts & Worsts

That Were Recorded

Or Could It Be They Are

All Together

Just Fictional Fairytales

Just Stories That Are Told

Around the Campfire