I cannot
tell if I am awake or asleep. My dreams are as vivid as the world in which I am
typing. I assume the other world is of my dreams, it is all I can do – assume. I
may be asleep right now. Can I prove it? Can you? I know I chose to believe
this is reality, though I have no proof.

I wonder
sometimes, is this the price I must pay for the years I spent embracing the
darkness? Years of