Woke Up New

Posted by Kelly

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July 2, 2008

on the flight back home., originally uploaded by WordsManifest.

For the past four mornings, I have startled awake, disoriented and confused. It goes something like this:

Startled Awake. Eyes wide open.

      Consciousness? Huh?

What am I? Am I late?

      Human, you are human…and what is “late”?

Panicky…Who am I? I must be late.

      I don’t know. Oh yeah…Dragonfly, you are Dragonfly. Late is a concept I don’t understand.

Damn it, where am I? Why don’t I know where I am?

     Don’t ask me.

Do I have children? Where are they?

     You are in your room. Why do you care about children?

What? Is it morning or night?

     …I’m not sure.

What the? Why is that clock displaying nonsensical symbols instead of numbers?

      Calm down.

     You are Dragonfly. You are in your room. Starr is asleep in her room. It is morning. You are not late. Take a deep breath. Look at the clock again, see…those symbols ARE numbers. It is early, go back to sleep.

Smart ass.