Lessons from illusion

It is weird
to float
in a vacuum
uncaring
as time ticks by
watch the minute hand
move inexorably
towards a final conclusion
the sky remains grey
as you lay
on the couch
staring at the window
unable to summon
the strength
to move
and winter comes
a feeling of cold
wraps around you
and penetrates the soul
till the heart
seemingly skips a beat
jolted
you awake in a sweat
suspended
not sure whether that was a dream
or is now a hallucination
breath shallow
parched mouth
look out of the window
the world is the same
our existence and reality
is a bubble
in which we reside alone
for when the night comes
surrounded as you may be
by strangers and friends
when your eyes close
and death sucks
the wind out of your lungs
reality ceases
and the bubble bursts
it is for you alone
and that is the lesson
one can learn from nightmares