Sleeping Awake

Sleeping Awake

I startle each dawn I awake
Where did I go those unmapped hours?
I fear being another every night
Living a life that was never mine
Trying to guess who I replaced
Where did she go?
I know I don’t, does anyone know?

They tell me sleep revamps the brain
Regrows skin and knits new bone
I’m less sure
Perhaps sleep is my mirage of hope
Hope that something happened

Something did
Cars trees sky
I had a dream
The dream I’m living now