As I was lying on my back in the snow, watching the wild dancing of the northern lights above me, I suddenly felt as if I landed in my body. All thoughts, worry, planning faded away. I felt the soft snow below me, a gentle pull of the wind. The scent of the fireplace in the distance, and a towering feeling of stillness, despite the dancing lights. They sang, and these sounds were no spirit songs, like the ones I had heard earlier. These sounds were here, in this world, sounds like fire crackling and walking on frozen lakes. The green light seemed to come closer, until it encompassed me.
The strange singing of the lights - sounds like fire crackling, like frozen lakes - became a symphony around me, and I listened deeply and fully.
Eventually the sounds dispersed and disappeared. I took a deep breath and looked around. Suddenly I noticed that everything was different from before. Nothing had changed, yet everything had changed. Everything was closer, and I realized that there had been a sort of invisible wall between me and reality, and that I had long been choking slowly within it.
My dog licked my cheek and seemed happy that I was well. I got up, and we left the woods together.