Am I here?

I ask myself this question to check my state of presence – “Am I here?”

Typically, if I have to ask that question, the answer always is – “I am not here”.

The question that follows is – “Where am I?”

I find that I have drifted away, to somewhere surprising.

And then I ask the last question of myself – “Why am I there?”

I do not fully answer, before I bring myself back here.

I am here.

– Osasu Oviawe