Unconscious Cognition

I feel as though I've been asleep all this time. I've been sleeping and I did not realize it until I actually woke up.

I awoke tonight. I feel refreshed.

I ran up the stairs, despite the fact that I was tired, despite that fact that I've had little sleep in the past two days, despite the fact I've been at class, at work, at meetings for the last 12 hours. The sky is clear; the air is crisp; the night feels full of possibilities. I've woken up.


That is, unless, this is still part of the dream. Maybe I'm still sleeping.

I wonder when I'll wake.
I wonder what will wake me.