I'm now on the hunt for unicorns.
By now, you should know enough about me to be able to not call the local authorities, because I'm just weird all by myself.
So last night I woke from what I thought was a lucid dream. Creepy shivers and navy blue haze and a lone, barren tree far off in the distance. Sitting on a rock in the center was someone that I talk to a couple of times a week via a social site. We've never met, but have thrown fully-capitalized sentences back and forth just for fun.
He would trace single words into the blue haze surrounding him, and then his arm would fall, as if in defeat. He would try again. And his arm would, again, fall by his side. It was disheartening and very sad. The frustration and sense of loss filled me, and I couldn't shake it.
So what do I do? I tell him about it. Because I am totally lame.
He tells me that he's fine, really, and he hasn't drawn words in blue fog for at least 7 months.
I tell him that I'm so glad he's moved on from that phase.
He tells me he's moved on to red fogs and whole sentences.
I tell him how proud I am of his growth, and to let me know if he starts seeing unicorns.
He says, "Or should maybe... you... let me know if you see unicorns?"
**laughing**
I was able to shake this "vision", because after all, he was okay, and not only that, I was getting hugged and kissed by one of my patients as she was being discharged from the hospital.
She and her husband have been married for almost 60 years. They were incredibly cute to each other. He told me how they met (which I won't disclose here based on patient privacy), and that he still loves her now as much as he did back then.
I cried.
I'm sappy. What can I say?
I think love is an incredible thing.
And unicorns.
Isn't it truly terrible to wake up from a disturbing dream like that? And even after you've been conscious a bit, and you know full well it was only a dream, you cannot shake the horrible feeling?
ReplyDeleteYes! It really bothers me!
ReplyDeleteI think, though, I'll keep my dreams to myself from now on. LOL
You are right, that dream sounds very strange.... Well... I don't even know what to say about it!
ReplyDeleteYour patients sound cute! :)
Love is an incerdible thing and much easier to find than unicorns which are usually chillin with the Yetis.
ReplyDeleteTazer, the patient and her husband were adorable. I loved them both. :)
ReplyDeleteBoomer, YES, I can never find those darned Yetis!
Ugh, you poor thing. I'm constantly having lucid dreams like that as well. My boyfriend thinks the house is haunted because of it. :(
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