Do you ever look around
at the world you inhabit today,
as if waking from a dream world,
wondering how you arrived
at this particular place and time?

Have you ever gazed at
the person sleeping beside you,
so familiar and loved,
suddenly seeing a stranger
you don't really know?

Have you ever tried
to see deep inside the shell
of skin and bones
that is your physical self,
and wondered  Who am I?

Eileen Auger
5/28/14