WHAT'S CHANGED?!?

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New Prompt!
Imagine that you wake up one morning and find that something about you is different. What has changed? How do you feel about it? Is it a permanent alteration or is it only for the day? (If it’s temporary, do you know that it’s only temporary ahead of time?) Write a story or poem about the experience.

WHAT'S CHANGED?!?

I've been fighting unpredictability upon waking from my night-time sleep for more than half my life: my daily question is whose used body do I have today"--I never want to claim it as my own! So, I woke up today with my OWN NEWISH one;
what do I do now? I'm motionless, speechless, savoring the sensation of my whole self---no numbness anywhere!. I can feel the whole thing for the first time since I
was 24!! I stand, take my first step, and fall flat on my face! I realize in a flash
of disbelief that the unheard-of-cure I've been begging for has arrived, and hard as I've tried to get strong for it, (KNOWING it would come for me someday), I'm just not as ready as I had hoped I would be! Do I dare believe that it's here to stay?? I'm such an expert at denial that I will find it in my soul to pretend that I am indeed WELL again until proved otherwise--and this time, I won't wait for the doctor's permission
to feel great! And it then that I realize that what has changed isn't just my health; that is never a sure thing for anyone--but is really me!