i am here
and yet i am not
i feel the charge
going through my body
such a feeling
i can't control
and yet it is
as naturalas breathing
i shake
i quake
i come outside myself
two souls ripped from one
i see my face
as i lie there
eyes closed
still breathing
still aware
but yet i rise up
away from it all
floating above
my reality
that holds my feet
i slide through walls
as if thin air
and rise ever higher
over streets buildings
even people
i can drift far away
in and out of my mind
weaving through realities
as if any reality
ever really existed
i spy conversations
between people
and things that make no sense
and yet become crystal clear
so many languages
so many tongues
so many faces
and lips
bodies
both worn and familiar
and yet newly bizarre
what these people
are telling me
i cannot say
the sounds they make
i cannot hear
i look around me
so surrounded
and i feel a warmth
in my heart
like none i've ever known
and a comfort
that cradles me
like a newborn child
and the mind it soars
well past the speed of sound
and freedom begins anew
and a hazy bell rings
and brings me back
louder and louder
and louder
and i open my eyes
as i lie on the floor
staring up at ceiling tiles
breathing deep in
and exhaling
counting my blessings
like so many sheep

...and i sleep.