Greetings from the (W)alternate (You)niverse

I thought it had been a surreal dream or some runaway fantasy
A vivid hallucination of the psychosomatic kind
But when a portal of blue light opened right in front of me
It felt like a vortex from my cortex was compressing on my mind

A man with a familiar face stepped through the door and greeted me
At first, I thought I was looking into a mirror when he spoke
“I am you from a parallel universe so it’s hard to believe”
And right away read my mind when he said “but this is not a joke”

“Every decision you didn’t make here is a life somewhere else
A strange mood change or attitude range is another you bleeding through
The moments you thought you heard a voice or when you talked yourself
The dreams and false memories are other yous which you call deja-vu”

“I come from a world where science and knowledge are very advanced
We travel through these cosmic gateways to help and guide ourselves
We share in the wisdom we have learned regardless of circumstance
So that we can elevate one another through our different realms”

My (w)alternate handed me a watch, a portal opening device
With the power to unlock wormholes to go through and enter
And in between the lines of what seemed to be just a normal day
My parallel self, looked at me and said “let’s go on an adventure”

To be continued…