Awakening by Nicole Petroski I entered this fluorescent world Accompanied by a cacophony of voices And surrounded by the rhythm of my electric pulse I felt my consciousness rising slowly From the depths of a leaden ocean And I woke up distressed and gasping for breath Another chapter had been written on my skin Blood like ink flowing swiftly through my veins All of my being was drawn deeply within Yet it seemed I was no longer my own I was just a body on the table With scars the only evidence That I'd been there at all