Of Life and Death
It was my grandfather who stood at the door.
"Grandfather !?", I said.
With faint moves he entered the room.
He opened his mouth but could not speak
and looked with begging eyes.
I'd heard he was traveling
to meet his family for a last time.
I invited him to sit down in a big armchair,
but he seemed not comfortable. Tired.
So I asked him to lay down,
and in the mean time I prepared a meal for him.
Then I woke up from the first level.
I was lying upon my wife
and I made her pregnant,
and then I met my wife for the very first time :
she stood in a crowd and was dressed in a purple robe.
When she saw me, she looked scared.
She quickly turned away from me and froze.
I walked up to her and stood behind her.
I saw a tear on her cheek,
and when I took her hands in mine,
she shivered and I squeezed firmly.
Then I woke up from the second level.
I went to my office and sat down
in front of my computer screen and
I wondered : how many levels can there be ?
September 6, 2005, written at 4:45 am, after dreaming only the first two levels.
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