Total Recall

(Based on Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World)



Tossed
from an argosy of nightmares,
I wake up to
a familiar alienation,
to a beguiling breeze
that taunts
and whispers old secrets.

I gaze upon
a mirage so close
it can be tasted.
A haunting melody
that beckons,
that seeks to pierce
the paralysis of my past.

Take me back, if you will,
or take me away.