Travelling Light

Don’t pack your shoes, clothing, or any jewelry. In fact, leave your wallet and your keys. Even leave your laptop and your cell phones with all their data that you’ve stored on them. Bring no coat or sweater. I don’t know how the weather will be where you are going, but I imagine it will be fantastic! Everyone alive upon this planet will take the trip you will be embarking on. Multitudes have gone ahead of you. The rich man and the poor man too - nobody ever will get left behind. No passport is required where you’ll soon be going, and I say “soon” because even if you live a hundred years, that century is less than a mere second compared to an eternity of time! When it’s your time to go, I hope it will be painless. Some souls, I know, endure great suffering before they leave. But for many others, it’s a bittersweet release from Earth’s disease. No man can say with certainty where you will be going. Perhaps you will return to this planet or maybe to another with valuable lessons yet to be learned. Perhaps where you are going you’ll be welcomed by loved ones who have gone on ahead of you. Perhaps you’ll suffer anguish for a time for some past sins, but in the end, I truly do believe something big and beautiful awaits us all. The intracacies of creation; the wonder of worlds we’ve yet to see - these things let me know there’s purpose in it all! When your body is dead weight, you’ll abandon it for this final journey, for one day, the essence that is you will flee the mortal shell that now confines it. Though weightless, the powers of your soul are limitless. When my own soul releases, I’m hoping to enjoy that ride most mysterious into the great beyond. . . For sure, I’ll be travelling light! Sept. 27, 2017 for the Travelling Light Poetry Contest of Kai Michael Neumann