Awake While Dreaming
The gift (or the curse)was present in her life since she was a child.This was the ability to remain awake while sleeping. I suppose it is commonly thought to be lucid dreaming;
where the dreamer is in control of what happens in the dream. It wasn't anything like that. Chelsea was not in control of anything that happened in her dreams.
She was cognizant,aware of everything that was happening, of
every event,every feeling,every sensation,every nuance,every colour,every scope
of the dream,but as in waking life,human beings are in control of precious
little.
...
A face of a stranger was
caught staring through the foggy window. The face wore a disturbing smile. A
long hand reached right through the window and grabbed onto her long red hair.
Chelsea managed to free
herself but left behind quite a few strands of hair.
The stranger grew long
fangs and gnashed them menacingly.
"What do you want?"she cried out "what are you what are you doing here in my dream. Begone"
To her amazement the
figure completely disappeared with a wave and exaggerated bow.
Long strands of the
pulled out hair were tangled around her feet
In a temper Chelsea ran to
the bathroom and cut off her hair to shoulder length.
The result was jagged but
refreshing somehow modernizing.
Chelsea knew that none of
this really happened and her hair would be its regular chin length when she
awoke in the morning.
She went back to bed back
to sleep. Her sleep was not natural. Sleep did not come easily
The predominant emotion
in her life now was fear of nightmares,trepidation and the anxiety of
anticipating an unknown fear or attack from some occult dream creature.
She didn't tell anybody
about this not her parents not her sister not her teachers. None of her friends
knew about her other life her non-sleeping life her dreaming awake life.
But as the years passed
Chelsea grew to except this phenomenon as just a normal part of her nightly
life.
In time she gained
control over her dreams and the nightmares stopped.
Her dream world became
more real to her than the waking world
Bio
Angel Edwards is a singer
songwriter guitarist published writer published poet with 4 books from
Vancouver BC Canada
member of AFM local 145
BMI SOCAN
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