As scientific convention has it, the dream state
is a function of the mind while the body is at rest
a reflection of the state of the mind and dreaming
is said to be linked with the soundness of the body's
relaxation in its sleep ritual of mind-body renewal.
I know differently however, given my experience
such that I must confess I lead a strange and
double life. Not the type of admission released
to a confessional, but one that recognizes the
peculiarity of a phenomenon for which there
may be a rational explanation but such may
not reflect the verisimilitude of my double life.
One a reflection of the other in that it is all
so ordinary as to be comforting in its explicit
reflection leaving me to wonder which mirrors
which when the very pedestrian nature of
what occurs seems like an extension of the day
that ended when I fell asleep. There was a
time when my dreams echoed longing and fear
a search for myself and for my home, elusive
and strangely disturbing. Now that my psyche
has settled into its double life there is peace
and tranquility, the comfort of familiarity
flowing from the hours of daytime to those of night.
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