Peering Through The Crystal

      When all seems hopeless the greatest moments of triumph arise. 

    In the summer of 2015, Michael Colangelo the third a local middle class Medford barber decided to change his life. It all started with a thought, nothing more than a hope for a better life. No plan nor guide just a gut feeling that needed to be acted upon before opportunity had passed.
     Life changed for Michael after graduating barber school, he had always been a "hustler" of sorts but now unlike previous times in his life he had found a niche to channel his "hustlers ambitions." Though most had just saw the short term goals of finding a job, or long term goals of owning a shop, Michael couldn't help but seeing that and much more. After a few years of barbering himself and talking to friends about his ideas, Michael s best friend at the time had been watching how good he had been doing financially and decided to commit to barber school himself. At this point those ideas that once seemed so crazy were soon to become reality. Michael and Patrick wasted no time getting there names out there as much as possible, starting with charity haircuts for the under privileged they began to construct there incredible success story. From there they had numerous senior citizens living centers under contract for weekly trims, were designing custom clippers and t-shirts, sharpening blades for stylist/barbers/and even local chefs, and opening a shop in hopes to build a corporation.... things were begging to look up for the not so dynamic duo. After the first business took off the young entrepreneurs decided to shift there focus to a few new ideas including, renting and renovating homes, a new line of gyms for the average Joe's, an all you can drink buffet (not to practical but sounds sick), along with numerous restaurants and bars the boys of Melrose were feeling unstoppable...the sky was no longer the limit.
    After making his fist million in 2021, Mr. Colangelo then 31 made his big break buying into and becoming VP of a small company specializing in nano technologies, from here it was smooth sailing. Now 41 living in Rome, Mr. Colangelo spends his time making decisions from his villa or yacht with his beautiful wife and two children, truly satisfied with life feeling as if he has found his path.

    Unknown to most Michael Colangelo might not have made his fortune, if not for a trip to Japan in 2019 that changed his life. In the winter of 2019 Michael had been experiencing a plateau of sorts, everything with the barbershops going smooth he somehow felt stifled, he strived for more.. but what. A question he could not find an answer to until a vacation changed his life. On vacation he had been investigating the radiation still leaking in Fukushima when he met Chang Lee a molecular engineer with a dream. A dream to change the world with nano technology to clean up this mess and many others alike...nothing was the same after that day.

   In an unrelated article Mr. Colangelo admits if in another universe his life would be much different. He sees himself as a rapper turned singer winning the hearts of many with his heart warming ballets and rugged gangster rap alike. He would live in a penthouse suite overlooking New York City with his super model girlfriend and her girlfriends. Spending his days writing songs, spending his millions and making guest appearances at global businesses and drinking his nights away. After 10 years living his dreams on the road Mr. Colangelo (Doc Swift) unfortunately got into a fight with a little person, in Texas. After a duel at high noon Doc was no more, missing not taking in account the little mans height his last words were "legends never die" as he was struck and ironically took his last breath. ..As lavish as this life does sound we can be nothing but grateful that his life turned out the way it did.

3 Lefts Make A Right

The world is slowly turning

a fork lay up ahead

the right is full of promise

but I took the left instead

I see the path is dangerous
every step consists of strain
every ending seeming bleak
until the light comes out again
(yes)
the road I walk is lonely
I can only seek the lost
but the road is only lonely
when a path is never crossed

they say life is what you make it
but how much will it cost
I will never lose my ethics
to be credited as boss
(no)
I look ahead again
my vision getting weaker
another year has passed
as the lost becomes the seeker

another fork appears 
the left is all I've known 
I watch the clones of right
as i choose to walk alone

the right was said to prosper
and I'm sure that's what it had
but the left left me a daughter
and a son to call me dad

the left brought me a beauty 
the lady of my life
while the right consists of beauty
in the lady's of the night

many years have passed as I traverse the road I've paved
every hole is just an obstacle of poor mistakes I've made

alas it comes to one 
last fork before the end
once again I take the left 
to back where i began

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