Pulling the Curtain Aside

I.

Am I a character
in a glaring maze,
in a hectic loop
of dreams, of dreams?

Or am I a person
in her skin, her pyjamas,
in her room, on a road
rolling out, rolling out?

II.

Am I a character
in a lengthy play,
crowded, confusing,
with repetitive lines?

Am I abandoned
to alien tongues,
am I exclaiming
into the winds?

Christina Egan ©2024/©2022

No title. René Halkett (1938).
Image with kind permission of
Galerie Klaus Spermann.

In my very vivid, restless, repetitive dreams in my sleep, I often feel like a spectator who gets periodically drawn into the action and cannot escape. I added this experience to the one of feeling like an actor or character on stage rather than a person who decides upon her actions and communications.