it was a restless night
the kind you keep waking up
too hot…too cool
the cat yowls at some point
hazy in and out of consciousness
 

a sensation occurs
in the solar plexus
like butterflies yet
a thousand times more powerful
movement at the speed of light
traveling a tunnel, worm hole
hurling through space
arriving in an instant
 

looking at a landscape
like an alien world
dark blue, grey clouds
steady lightening
the ceiling is a cloud cover
the ceiling breathes
in breath, out breath
a man standing in front of me
tattered brown clothes and hat
watching me
he is inhaled back into the ceiling
exhale, a projected image of a bed
a man on his back
a woman on top
awareness they are naked and coupling
inhaled,  back into the ceiling
exhale, an image of a man
sitting on the edge of the bed
a naked profile
shoulder, hip, thigh
inhale, he returns back into the ceiling
 

I am an observer
no feelings, no interaction
like watching through glass
awareness then, I am waking in my bed
an owl hoots near by
I get up its 3:50 am
I sit outside and light a cigarette
the quarter moon is rising over the
distant eastern hills like a
smile hovering
the stars are doubled in number
for its early before the light pollution
just then my peripheral vision
picks up movement and I watch
a falling star in slow motion
blaze and fade against the night sky