Parallel Existence

Was that a moment 
 or was it an unreality 
 existing in a fading dream
 as the embrace of sleep
 released me to fall
 into the existence of now?

 The feeling of memory
 just out of reach
 a caller at the door
 that runs away
 missed calls of
 unknown number.

 Face in the crowd
 the knowing glance
 unknown stranger
 all too familiar 
 lingering in doubt
 unsettled by unfamiliarity.

 The flash still persists
 a recollection yet unthought 
 a negative shadow of light 
 darting through the dark
 depths of the unconscious 
 light spots hiding in the cortex.

 Do we exist parallel 
 to the lives of our now
 living another life
 haunting ourselves
 in another universe
 ghosts in our other world?

Ciaran Burke