he woke to find the world had moved
as if rent by a seizure
while he slept
where the city ran before
was the lapping of waves
the mountains there
were nearer
the distance
some way further off
everything remained familiar
but displaced
and in his mind an echo
a suggestion that he’d lived all this before
in a half-forgotten instant
that occurred while he was unconscious of it
how strange
to find his dream made real
how odd
if he should happen to be sleeping yet
the earth beneath his feet
seemed fully solid
he could feel the nothing that is air
with each breath he inhaled
every single thing the same
but everything quite altered
a playing piece unexpectedly moved
in some cosmic game
everywhere he looked
the rules had changed
~