Back To Life Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Back to life.
And back to accept,
The once ignored and rejected...
Reality of it.

Quests to chase possessions to get,
With unending taxes attached...
To disguise an ownership,
Not to come to realize.
Or have confiscated by a local government.
Using homestead laws,
To take away whenever they wish...
One's land or property to declare,
Debts unpaid remain to exist.
Gives them a reason to do this and quick.

Back to life.
Back to the reality of it.

Many have come to learn,
Humility to earn can burn impressions made.
When indebted to credit and borrowed loans,
Begin to unravel to leave baffled...
Those in the midst of their picked escapades.
Many have come to learn,
From lessons difficult but taught to teach...
Happiness to have and done basically,
Has never been distant but within reach.
And life to experience it,
Brings back these thoughts to always keep.

Back to life.
Back to finding a peace of mind,
More satisfying.
Back to life to leave behind,
Social climbs once defined as a way of life...
Forever to live to do with it done approved.
Back to life to like it.
Back to life to feel more excited.
And to do to know it possible...
A happiness to achieve to feel it felt believed,
Is a personal accomplishment.

Back to life.
And back to accept,
The once ignored and rejected...
Reality of it.
To face.
With all delusions erased.

'I don't know how anyone can be so happy.
And not have a 'thing' to show a reason why.
At least I leave people knowing 'why' I am happy.'

~And why are you happy? ~

'Because I have 'things'.
Open your eyes.
I've spent my entire life making it obvious.'