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All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Once upon a time, as I was coming out of a medically-induced coma, I lived another life from behind closed eyes. This life bore only a superficial resemblance to my own, but was real enough to fool me. Weird-ass shit. I was living in my own private fantasy world that was only somewhat informed by my actual physical environment. In my dream within a dream, I felt that I was a prisoner of some sort, and my only priority was escape. I knew I was in a hospital, and I knew I was hooked up to a lot of tubes and wires, but I was operating within a fictitious narrative that was all in my pretty little head.
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"It is by no means an irrational fancy that,
in a future existence, we shall look upon what
we think our present existence, as a dream."
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, best known for his dark, atmospheric tales of horror, mystery, and the macabre. A pioneer of the modern short story and a key figure in the development of detective fiction, Poe wrote iconic works such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. His writing explored themes of madness, death, and the supernatural, often drawing from his own turbulent life marked by loss, poverty, and addiction. Though he struggled during his lifetime, Poe’s influence on literature, popular culture, and gothic aesthetics has been profound and enduring.