Welcome To My World

 Welcome To My World

Let me tell ya 

I've lived

A good life

For 53 years

Here on Earth

With some 

Really good peers

Including my parents

From whom 

They gave birth

Dad would say

Stick to one thing

But I just had

To try it once

Cruising through

Before I blew

My reckless stunts

Too many things

For a man to do

Wanting to try it all

I sang and danced

Got my share 

Of hot romance

Conversed with

Super stars

Got a lot

Of battle scares

Fighting solo

But I loved to learn

All there was to know

It wasn't all

Glamour and gum

!0 years forward

From 37 

Had now begun

Down I went

The staircase 

From heaven

Time was wasted

Actions lambasted

When all judgement

Went numb

I danced 

With the bottle

Those were the days

Of blood sweat

And tears

But it couldn't sustain

In my toxicity frame 

So the tree

Began to fall

The way it leaned

I'd better straighten up

It would seem

Or I'd be going down

For good

Becoming 

Someone else's

Fire wood

Into the furnace 

I went

It was too damn hot

I thought

So I got out

At 47

And started my way 

Back up to heaven

The first steps 

Were the worst

It felt as if

I had been cursed

But I would not quit

And before I knew it

I got back on track

My footing re-grounded

The crack

Began to mend

Suddenly I found 

Myself surrounded

By others who

Had been there too

Maybe this sounds

A bit like you

I wasn't alone 

Any longer

Everyday I got stronger 

And stronger

I could now see

Beyond the yonder

My friendships grew

I learned to 

Love myself

No more 

Stale bread 

Upon the shelf

This I knew

Without a doubt

It was now 

My choice to choose

A better route

It was me

I was the only one

I could rightfully blame

And when I took 

Responsibility

My life returned

Back to high fidelity

I did what I did

What was done 

Was done

I opened the lid

To shed a few tonne

Forgiveness and freedom

Was mine now to gain

I let in the light

My life cleansed

By rain

Renewal through

Vulnerability

An unlikely friendship

Shaped by humility

But I'm grateful 

That I returned

Back to grace

From that 

Dreadful place

Where 89 percent

Of the human race

Have trapped themselves

Within their own illusion

And that my friends 

Brings me too

This final conclusion

The only one

The fool is fooling

Is themselves

Through their 

Own self ruling

A path that can only

Lead back to itself

For more of the same

A never ending loop

Jumping through 

Their own flaming hoop

How could this be

You may be asking

If you look inside 

There you will see

The ongoing fight 

Between Reality

And duality

Step back from it all

And take a seat

Just observe the show

This is how

You'll get to know

The truth about

What's gotta go

But in the end 

The choice is yours

To let go

To open doors

Welcome to my world

Written By: 

Michael K. Englmann

August 13, 2021

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