Insight From Within
He was an average kid in every way.
Nothing special about him to say.
He had average height and build.
He was no one’s dream fulfilled.
Average looks that drew no attention.
Possibly cute in another dimension.
There was one thing he was good at.
Meditation. He was the best. It’s a fact.
He would go deep into a trance.
You might think him asleep at a glance.
He would release his inner self.
Become aware of things beyond itself.
He was suddenly in an all white room.
He heard a voice, like the sound of doom.
“You have been chosen to be here”
“Let me make that very clear”
“All here is controlled by your mind”
“We will guide you in all you find.”
“You can have a one way ticket to yesterday.”
“They become real, the video games you play”
“You can become big or you can be small”
“A hero, a fighter, a lover, you are them all”
“It is real. It is not a dream”
“Though, right now, that is how it may seem”
“Thru all this, you will learn who you are”
“If you are who we think you are,
you will be sent somewhere very far”
“We will have a job only you can do”
“That’s decided later. Now, it’s up to you”
“What do you want me to do now”
“Think of anything you want. You know how”
“You will be there and it will be real”
“Try to determine just how you feel”
“If you want a change, think of something else”
“All we want to determine is how you felt”
He thought about when he was young.
Playing outdoor games were fun.
He was there. He played them all.
Then, he thought about the colors of fall.
He was there, jumping into a pile of leaves.
He was admiring the color of all the trees.
Then, he thought of being a hero, a knight.
Just like that, he was in a fight.
He was in jousts, sword play and battles.
It was real. Not like a bunch of cattle.
He fought for his life and won.
He had never used a gun.
But, there he was, in western days.
He was the best with a gun in every way.
Everything he desired to be
was suddenly real, he could see.
He was a Don Juan with the girls.
The most popular guy. What thrills.
Then, he began to realize that’s all it was.
Just thrills. Real, but not who he was.
He began to feel this wasn’t really him.
He was who he used to be back then.
Suddenly, he was back in the white room.
A voice said “You are back so soon?”
“You, obviously, are the person you were”
“You will be going back home for sure”
“You have learned who you really are”
“Unfortunately, you will not be sent afar”
“You will never return again here”
“We, The Watchers, know what you fear”
“We know now who you are”
“We’ll send you home to follow your own star”
He was back home, still in his lotus position.
Did it happen?, or was it all in his head?
He slowly got up and went to bed.
From that day on, he was a different person.
More assertive and assured. No negative version.
He seemed totally satisfied with himself.
He gained friends, fame, and wealth.
He was still a average guy.
But, he had his pie in the sky.
———————————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2017)