I lie down, drowsy and dreamy.
At last, I can sleep today, I think.
My I/O system is about to shut down,
I am about to drift into the dreamland.

Suddenly, a thought surfaces and takes control.
"Remember, you have a leg pain,
that kept you awake until after 12AM?
That was yesterday and days before that"

My brain wakes up and tries to feel my leg.
"No, it is not there! Good! Let me go back!
Or, is it really true? Let me check again.
No, it is not there! Yet! Still! Or, is it?
Oh, now I have! Let me be sure!"

I start turning left and turning right and
lying flat! Now, all the thoughts are up!
The things that I did and should not have done!
Things that I did not do and should have done!

Lost dreams, thrown hopes, hurt feelings,
changed paths, twisted fate, my life until now!
All of them surface at once,
and dance before my eyes!

©Bharathi Devi