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
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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