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Wake up to the realization that you've been awake
for seconds, minutes, hours.

You've been awake in this warm, dark room
and you don't know how long it's been
but now you're conscious
and it starts again--
the pain, strong and steady, in your chest.

You gain consciousness in this too warm morning
and your thoughts whir in endless loops
because it's either that or face the weight in your chest.

Light breaks though the window, soft and unwelcome
but you take it as a reluctant gift--
a new distraction from the feelings awake in your chest.
Awake, but not conscious.

So you think yourself in circles a little while longer
waiting for those quiet pains
(the constant reminder)
to gain consciousness.