To Dream a Dream

I know its girly, but i did in fact have a dream involving fairies and monsters. Ever since i was a kid, I've had vivid dreams with characters, and plot lines.

In this particular dream, I was a character plagued by nightmarish monsters. I knew I was in a dream, and that the monsters after me were from my nightmares, but there seemed like there was nothing i could do about it but run. So I did. Running through the night time landscapes in my head of forest and field, I came across a friend whom i recognized from my other dreams. She told me that she was having the same problem with these bloody nightmare monsters chasing her around, and completely ruining a dream she was in involving mass amounts of ice cream. she was as pissed off as I was that this "lucid dreaming" had stupid monsters in it. we started to brainstorm for ideas. We both tried to wake up, but couldn't. Every branch we picked up for protection seemed to protest at the idea of touching monsters, and shriveled up. Every place we tried to hide was always too small once we got there. we were about ready to give up and just see what horrible stuff would happen next just to get it over and done with. And then we saw someone else. or something else. Some giant, fat, genderless being with sticks for hair, auburn skin and red eyes wobbled over in our direction. We then realized how small we were. We'd have no escape if this were a monster at last, but in the way of dreams, I knew it was not. It said that this dream was indeed having problems with monsters, and knew where we could go to fix it before it was over. It told me and my friend to hurry along, because we had to meet them there within the hour. "go where, who are we meeting?" I said. "better not be taking us to those monsters mann, I've had enough of this! I'd rather be awake if you could do that instead"

Turning around, the Creature said, "no you idiot, you'd be tortured or dead and awake in a cold sweat by now if I was in league with the monsters. There's actually two fairies in the middle of this forest that once you meet them, they can help you, and the monsters'll be no more than dust once they get to you... well, for this dream at least. They're not in every dream you see. But anyway, all this explaining is wasting time, and now the monsters are getting closer! So if you don't mind...".

This time we shut up and ran alongside the creature who continued to wobble along at a casual pace. We were both feeling anxious as the enclosing monsters could be heard making their slurping, growling, gnawing, and clawing in the distance. It seemed about 15 minutes or so ( but time is pretty irrelevant in dreams) before we saw the blue and glowing mist in the distance ahead. We ran for it. The monsters were so close by now, we could smell morning breath. Running at full pace, we dived under a shelf of tree roots just under the glow. We peeked out. looking, we could see the two fairies. We could also see all the other dream people and creatures who came here to get protection, or perhaps something else. Either way, somehow the gibberish, and sounds, and almost music that i was hearing in my head let me know that everything would be okay. Sounds were mixing like kindergarten recess, warm and windy summer evenings, and light rain on grass. My anxiety began to lessen. The growling and slurping grew into a loud and strong wind. A wind i could feel warm on me. Then a Breeze. Then it was still. I opened my eyes, not realizing i had closed them.

And there i was in my room. Awake. My window tapping with rain reminded me to close it, and all of my pillows and blankets were in a heap on the floor.

... so then i drew what i saw in my head, and hope to come across them again.

and here i add a leaf to my tree.