Moment in Time

   As usual, sleepless, I prowl the house at night, using the computer before I go back to bed. Last night, though, I went back to our old bedroom, where I haven't slept for almost five years. But it was still too warm in the house, and that bedroom is the one where I can control the temperature; the air conditioner in that room has a remote, so I can adjust the settings at will.
    I fell asleep there and when I woke early this morning, I could see the trees outside the window, a sight I can't see from my present bedroom. For a few brief moments, in the dawn of the day, I felt almost transported to an earlier time and place, an illusion if there ever was one. But with waking came reality, and the moment was gone.