{"id":1530,"date":"2022-07-10T07:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/2022\/07\/10\/a-dream-past-waking-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T22:22:41","slug":"a-dream-past-waking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":"A Dream Past Waking #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:135px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>A Dream Past Waking #2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/a-dream-past-waking-2.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>The Audio Version<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"1553\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?attachment_id=1553\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/single-scroll.jpg?fit=1600%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Nalaka Siriwardhana | Dreamstime.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"single-scroll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/single-scroll.jpg?fit=1024%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/single-scroll.jpg?resize=1600%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1553\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dark shadow covers my waking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fearful to close my eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lest the dream returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackness, blackness and cowering fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hover over my head and cloud my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surrounded by never ending confusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And futile efforts to avert the cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am responsible for this ongoing disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am responsible for its resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am the cause and effect,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alpha and Omega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet my every effort compounds it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or serves only to prolong it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How could this be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this happening to me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things are oh, so familiar,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The faces, the places, even the events,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But subtly twisted and distorted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make their recollection an unfolding horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I curse my weakness to prevent it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I curse my strength to carry on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the stuff of primal fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the Baba Yaga come to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call it just a dream,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But pray never to sleep again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3eeaf594e2737b5f11578ec106f1910a wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\">Click here to return Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dream Past Waking #2 A dark shadow covers my waking Fearful to close my eyes Lest the dream returns. Blackness, blackness and cowering fear Hover over my head and cloud my eyes. Surrounded by never ending confusion And futile efforts to avert the cycle. I am responsible for this ongoing disaster. 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