The Moment
by Wendy Darling

This moment
My mind constructs
Fragments of light
Made into vision;
Vibrations of sound
Made into speech, music, the whir of engines, chirping birds;
Nerve endings create
Texture, pleasure, pain, taste;
And the brain creates
Consciousness.

This moment,
Which doesn't really exist
Except to me,
That is, my brain,
With its fragile mechanisms,
By which it convinces me
(Not entirely convinced!)
This moment is real.

About the Author:
Wendy Darling (nickname Wiebke Fesch) is a web designer, fanfic author, and editor of Inception. She lives in Atlanta, GA, where she is self-employed, operating her own web design business, Metro Girl. Wendy is co-author of a Wraeththu Mythos novel called Breeding Discontent, and is an editor with Immanion Press. You can reach Wendy at wdarling@abraxis.com.