Dreamed Awake

There is a tension

Between the waking world

And the sleeping state

At 5 am I awoke to the sound of a Bang!

My dream was interrupted--

It was Adrian Brody asking

If I was Italian.

I said no, but I did grow up

watching gangster movies.

I wanted to stay at that cafe

And remain cool in the eyes

Of a cool celebrity,

But I was forced out of that scene

And dropped into my bed

Trying to wrap my head around

The sound that jolted me awake

Was it an explosion?

Was it a crash?

Am I soon here unsafe?

I wanted to go back under the covers

And dream into another life

But this one required my attention

And so I arose and walked to

The balcony to see what was the fuss.

To arise

from a sleep

in a dream

that seems so lucid,

the waking world is flipped.

I am intelligent, but feel

so stupid.

I know I know not much,

awake,

I feel I know so much,

asleep,

but if I could only merge

both worlds,

then I would not

be human.