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Feeling Oblivion

Is It Possible

By Patrick M. OhanaPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
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It would be interesting

highly surprising

to feel oblivion

Is it possible

What does it mean

really

I think that I know

but I cannot be sure

beyond any reasonable doubt

Losing consciousness

by anaesthesia

or fainting

must be close enough

Under anaesthesia

we are unconscious

Both consciousness

and the unconscious

are turned off

stopped on their tracks

much more than asleep

No time is being recorded

We lose time

Upon waking up

we become aware of this fact

We were asked to count to ten

rarely reaching it

but we wake up some hours later

Oblivion may be simply

never waking up

I am awake

I am awake

Are you

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Royal Blood - Oblivion

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About the Creator

Patrick M. Ohana

A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.

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