Awake and yet
in truth am I
I wonder
I find myself
walking
the footsteps walked before
and
again
here am I
the venue
the same yet changed
or in the change
me or here
and here I walk
footsteps out of time
teardrops laughter
anger and pain
here I walk
once again
and in the walking
reliving
re-feeling
asleep and awake
nowhere to flee.

 

 

 

 

<<< written in response to a prompt in The Writerspark

Exercise #4055

Waking in the Past

 

Your character awakens at some time in the near or distant past.

 

Compose a piece that does not exceed 1,000 words that reveal setting and the character’s reactions.>>>