and the earth shivered

i can feel everything on my bed. on the ground. love it. maybe i was japanese in one of my past lives, or maybe homeless for all i know. but i like sleeping on a thin mat on the ground. something about it helps me unwind quicker, deeper sleep and yet more alert.

i had just meditated. had called my bio- energy therapist to ease me into a calmness. i felt a shiver beneath me. it felt like i was very high somewhere suspended above but connected to something and down below there was something that woke up, felt cold and shivered. i felt it quiver inside of me. and i felt no fear. there was timelessness.

i felt fear when a part of my brain asked "could it be an earthquake?" and that is when i thought "and then what?"

i called a friend, heard the neighbours talk about it outside my door and promptly went back to sleep. the usual dogs did not bark at all.

definitely did not dream of earthquakes.