The Immediate - Part two
To be read following part one.
Part two:
Thoughts of the dreams dissolve as I consciously step one foot in front of the other. My directions are mechanical yet deliberate, concentrated and heavy.
The sound of a truck reversing catches my attention, growing in volume and pitch as if an escalating warning of impending doom. The sound dominates and I lose all other senses…..
BANG – I awake suddenly and whack the alarm clock. I’m exhausted. Had I been sleeping? Where am I, how am I in bed when I was just on the road? Are there two of me? Drunk with confusion I lock the gate. Déjà vu and disagreeable familiarity unnerve me. As I walk I analyse where I am, how I got here and what I possibly dreamt lastnight.
How can trauma affect reality? Why would it cause me to dream inside a dream? Am I the only one who has awoken and left the house more than once today?
tbc….
Damian
Surreal! Loved the last line, that’s great :)
Michael Alesich
Keep going, It’s catchy,
I’m licking the existential bent to it.
MissKristy
hehe ^ he’s licking it hehehe that made me giggle.
Okay, seriously now… this is brilliant..really like the format and the tension in it. Looking forward to more.
JimFilmer
ok..hooked…looking forward to the next instalment – even if I am sitting at an internet kiosk on holidays