I was an agnostic/existentialist until I had an NDE at 24 when I almost drowned in an attempted suicide; I've known since then reality of the human soul; began writing poetry in my mid-60's; have had over 3 dozen published by online/print literary magazines since and most are either about entering that strange country called Old Age [which you can never return from] or how what we call 'reality' is largely an illusion.