Out of Pod Experience

Been holding on to this for a while, figured I'd share it with some people. Let me know what you think.

Once I traveled to the Great Summit in order that I may consult the Wise Man of the Mountain. The journey was long and treacherous, but, I knew His thoughts would be well worth the hardships. When I arrived, a man of great age stood in front of me, his face pounded with knowledge, for he was truly ancient and wise. We exchanged cordial greetings and for a short time, I sat and only watched him in awe of His vastness. Soon we began to talk and converse, and as we exchanged ideas and thoughts, I learned a great many things; Truths that would boggle even the most vivid imagination, answers to questions that have not yet been asked and answers to ancient unsolved problems. As we continued, I realized that He had wisdom and knowledge that one would expect only a God could have. We sat for days on end. Morning turned to evening, evening to night and night to morning. Six days of learning, sharing and relating ideas with the Wise Man passed by. But on the sixth night our conversation turned to what was to be our final topic; religion and religious beliefs. He continued to bat the wisdom of ages at me, and I continued to learn and analyze what He told me. Morning was quickly upon us, and I knew that my time was done. I must leave now or stay forever for the Man of Wisdom lived by a strict law. I rose and began to bid him farewell when He smiled at me and stated what I knew He had been thinking since I arrived. He looked at me with an air of confidence and a twinkle in his eye as though He knew exactly how I would reply. He shook His head and, "Yes, you do believe in God." To this I shook my head and calmly pronounced, "No, not as has been taught to us over the ages." This seemed to startle the Wise Man and with a puzzled look he replied, "You have stated that all men must believe in something to exist at peace with themselves. This is true, and by the manner with which you present yourself to me, I know that you are at peace with yourself. Yet you don't believe in God as he has been taught to you through the ages? Tell me then, young man, what do you believe in?" To his puzzled response, I simply answered, "Old Man, you are truly wise, but n all of your wisdom, you have lost the simple meaning of life. I, dear sir, believe in MAN." The Wise Man was taken back, for he thought He knew all that was knowable, and I have given him a strange answer. His face grimaced with confusion, but, within seconds His years if experience and His knowledge of the past seemed to take over, and once again He began to think, search, reach into Himself for the answer, as He had done in the years gone by. Suddenly, He found what he was looking for. In a deep, dark corner hidden from view He found the answer. His face calmed and a smile came across his lips and He said, "Young man, you are truly the Wise Man for you are right!" We gave an exchange of knowing glances and He nodded to me as I left the summit. I heard Him say ever so softly, "Believe in Man". I have never seen the Wise Man since then, but I still feel His presence guarding me, and He, mine guarding him.

I was under a garden gazing at the stars,
Under an old oak tree.
Surrounded by beauty and light from afar,
With my girl sitting next to me.

With lilies on the left and roses on the right,
And fragrance from above and below.
The light from the moon reflected so bright,
From her face a smile did grow.

Her skin was smooth and soft as air,
As she trembled at my fingertips.
Lightly I touched and stroked her hair,
Then slowly I brushed her lips.

Entrapped by her beauty; it enveloped my soul,
As if she cast a spell on me.
I knew it was her that was making me whole,
As we sat under the stars and the oak tree.

Perhaps it was the moon or maybe even the stars,
That gave me a feeling of bliss.
Whatever it was, I held her tight in my arms,
As she gave me my very first kiss.

the first thing is a little enjoyable