The fourth dimension – Part 3

He felt no pain as he lay on the ground motionless

Vividly remembering his traumatic fall

He felt his spirit was leaving his body

A bright white light shone above him but it was blurry

He tried to reach out towards the light but he could not move

After blinking a few times the white light slowly came into focus

Angels were nowhere to be seen sadly

He was looking up at his bedroom ceiling

A quick check of his limbs confirmed no injuries

He realized it was all a dream and that he has simply fallen out of bed

His pajamas were drenched in sweat so he took a shower

Recalling all the details of his dream as the water streamed over him

Trying to determine the significance of such weird events

Why was he ripping up buildings before being thrown from a roof

Was there something traumatic he saw on TV to trigger that dream

He could not find the answers and decided to shrug it off

Morning coffee was a welcome back to realty

Flicking on the TV as he made breakfast

The news was showing the city in disarray 

Rubble blocking streets and cars piled high on parking garage roofs 

Surely this dream cannot be continuing he asked himself

He picked up his phone to make a call but he had no service

No WIFI either but strangely the TV still worked

He needed to get out of the building to see for himself

Leaving his apartment and walking to the elevator he passed no other residents

The elevator doors closed and he pressed the button for the lobby

He sensed the elevator moving before the doors reopened 

No lobby area to be seen as he was still on his floor

It was time to abandon the elevator and take the stairs

Walking down from the 20th floor would be good exercise anyway

After descending a few flights he noticed that every floor was marked 20

He walked up and down the stairwell searching for an exit

Every door he entered took him back to his own floor

He was beginning to think this was all another dream

It was futile trying to exit via the stairs so went back to his apartment

The TV was no longer working so he decided to go on his balcony

Expecting to see his normal views of the bay and the city

He froze at what his eyes were seeing and kept blinking slowly

There was no bay and no city at all

Just an empty featureless desert as far as the eye could see in every direction

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