Where Did I go When Comatose?

Question

Where Did I go When Comatose?

They stare down at me – faces

They think that I am deaf

They talk about me

And I drift out of mind again.

The place I’ve gone, is vivid

In colour, depth and light

It fills me with delight.

I am lying in an open field

In the middle of a forest,

The moon is shining down on me

The stars shooting by in flashes

A pixie comes and touches me

Takes me by the hand

I stand up slow but steadily

And she spins me round and round.

There’s pixie dust on every leaf

The fireflies blink at random

I lean up on a sturdy tree trunk

I close my eyes just briefly

And when my eyelids open

The sight before them blossoms.

A strong and mighty dragon

is looking straight at me

He is strong with eyes ablaze

And as they meet my gaze

A transformation happens.

His body shrinks and wings appear

He flies away and then comes near

And as our eyes have locked again

I lean out and he leans in

And as the pixies dance near by

I slowly kissed my dragonfly!

Answer 1

I've never been comatose but I was once knocked unconscious and I have been sedated a couple of times where I was nearly comatose.

I can very much identify with this.  The awareness of my situation as I regained consciousness was much as you describe.  

Interesting read.  I hope you are all better now.

Answer 2

A graphic illustration of the moments in and out of consciousness. This type of thing has happened to me, although not so poetically.

Doctors now realize that comatose people are still there and can hear them. The mind understands and morphs reality into dream.

Answer 3

This is lovely, and the denouement at the end delightful.  My comatose state would probably consist of me chasing around town looking for my kids and then trying to reach some-where and getting hopelessly lost.....a recurring dream of mine.

(Perhaps the tense needs changing slightly at the end?

I lean out and he leans in

And as the pixies dance near by

I slowly kiss my dragonfly. (gently?)

(grannyjill, will you stop interfering!..... Sorry, it's what Grannies are for, my child)

Answer 4

Cool.