WHEN ALL OTHER LIGHTS GO OUT

WHEN
ALL OTHER 
LIGHTS GO OUT

I DON'T NEED IT,

I AM HAPPY WITHOUT IT.

I HIGHLY VALUE MY INFINITE WORTH 
AND ABILITY TO BRILLIANTLY SHINE 
WITHIN ALL THINGS AND UPON THEM.

I KNOW THAT MONEY AND ALL MATERIAL THINGS, 
ARE OF LESSER WORTH THAN MYSELF.

MONEY AND THINGS NEED THE LOVE AND THE LIFE THAT COME FROM MY LIGHT, 
IN ORDER TO EXIST.

MY LIGHT DOES NOT NEED 
MONEY OR THINGS TO EXIST.

THE LOVE AND LIFE THAT COME FROM MY LIGHT, BREATH LIVING ENERGY INTO  ALL THINGS.

MATERIAL THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 
FORMLESS, NAMELESS AND WORTHLESS 
UNTIL MY LIGHT SHINES WITHIN 
AND UPON THEM.

ALL THINGS  RETURN TO TRUE EARTHEN FORM 
WHEN THE LIGHTS THAT SHINE 
UPON AND WITHIN, GO OUT. 

UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OUT, 
THINGS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN 
ILLUSIONS AND DISTRACTIONS.

THE HUMAN BODY 
IS EMPTY WITHOUT AN INNER LIGHT;

A BRILLIANT FORM OF ENERGY, 
AND OF THE HIGHEST WORTH.

SOULS ARE THAT INNER LIGHT. 

YOU AND I ARE THOSE SOULS.

YOU AND I ARE THE INNER LIGHT 
TO THE BODIES WE BORROW.

OFTEN TIMES, 
SOULS ARE DRAWN TOWARD 
DARKNESS OUT OF CURIOSITY.

THE DARK PLACES OF THE WORLD 
REPRESENT THE BEGINNINGS 
AND THE ENDINGS OF ALL THINGS.

WITHIN DARK PLACES 
EXIST MANY TEMPTATION. 

THE SOUL THAT DOES NOT KNOW ITS OWN WORTH, 
WILL LOSE ITS WAY IN THE DARKNESS 
FEELING OVERWHELMED BY 
THE  ILLUSIONS HIDDEN WITHIN. 
OFTEN, THE SOUL TRADES ITS FREEDOM 
FOR WHAT IT BELIEVES 
TO BE OF HIGHER VALUE THAN ITSELF, 
WHEN IN FACT IT IS NOT.

DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 
A  GLOWING SOUL WILL BLINDLY VENTURE.

THE DEEPER THE SOUL GOES, 
THE WEAKER ITS BRILLIANCE BECOMES.

WHEN ALL OTHER LIGHTS GOES OUT,

THERE IN THE DARKNESS, 
THE SOUL WILL HAVE FORGOTTEN 
ITS OWN WORTH.

NO LONGER HAVING THE BRILLIANCE 
TO RECOGNIZE EVEN ITSELF, 
OR THE MONEY AND THE THINGS 
IT HAD PREVIOUSLY SET ITS LIGHT UPON.

UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT AND LOST, 
THE SOUL WILL REMAIN, 
UNTIL ANOTHER LIGHT HAPPENS ALONG 
AND SHARES ITS BRILLIANCE 
TO SHINE WITHIN ONCE MORE. 

  Written By: 

Michael K. Englmann

September 22, 2019

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