Rem Resurgence…

I waken from sleep disorientated,

Still clinging to that place where that other “me” goes

When not wearing the now tired and past its’ “best before” date, body…

The one I was given when my soul/spirit had need to manifest,

And “I” found myself trying it on for size and comfort.

It was obviously a good fit as “I” am walking around with it still!

Over these earth years its’ size has fluctuated enormously,

Outer rendering showing signs of deterioration now

And more seriously, signs of cracking are beginning to appear!

Hopefully there will not be any need for underpinning in the near future!

But where do “I” go when my body sleeps and my mind shuts down?

My lungs rise and fall, my heart beats and pumps of its’ own accord,

All operating systems finely tuned and working in unison!

A veritable miracle, if ever “I” saw one…!

Where does my ‘mind’ go to when this body of intricate levers and pulleys, slumbers?

Perhaps it checks into some central ethereal recharging station

Where batteries are topped up and the entire system rebooted?

Where necessary maintenance is carried out during this daily pit-stop!

Where this body’s straightjacket poses no more restrictions of this world.

Where for a little while the “I” can experience the freedom of, as yet, unknown realms,

Where just being is so so simple and refreshingly unrestrained…

Complications only recommence when we climb into our chosen/ given bodies once again,

Our souls, having been catapulted into the ether, return like a boomerang, bang on cue,

And we know we have another earth day to live, to love, to be human once again…

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Image courtesy of World Science Festival, 2011.