Waking

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I looked at you today and didn’t recognize you
Everything was unfamiliar
The walls, my skin
The very air I was breathing

A thousand times I’ve lifted my eyes
To find myself in strange surroundings
Months… years, feel like yesterday
New aches telling me how much has past

Who are you now?
This woman who walks in sunken footprints
Resenting every imprint
Drinking poison

Who am I?
Who watched the path grow trodden
Silently, passively
Inside a dream

Is this the dream?
Wishful thinking, I know
It was before, when we were in love
A long, taxing dream

I am dizzy upon waking