Awoke this morning from the strangest dreams.
Imagined I’m sure, the lingering screams.
The truth, like the onion seems
layer on layer of bittersweet dreams.
For again I awoke, with laughter this time
and started to set the illusion in rhyme.
Then startled, I realized this world was not mine,
not my true place, not my real time.
I awoke once again! This seems solid and real
but never again can I trust what I feel.
Broken my walls and shattered my shields
as I wait to awake to what’s finally Real.