Imagine That

Write down your dreams

All of them

The near death experiences

The beautiful ones

Frightening

Twisted

Impossible

Euphoric

Even the heart shattering ones

 

Write. Them. Down.

 

Nine times out of ten

Your dreams and reality

Never match up

But every once in a while

You experience this familiarity

Déjà vu

You’ve breathed this exact moment

In a past life

Or was it in your dreams?

 

Write. Them. Down.

 

Living your dreams in reality

Disturbing or magic

It depends on the dream

If you remember it

But in real life

Invisible water doesn’t slow a punch

Reaction times have extra leeway

It’ll be longer than fifteen minutes

But there’s no waking up

 

Write. Them. Down.

 

I wish my dreams on no one

I’ve died too many times

Awake bawling

Hunted by animals and assassins

The terrifying ones are customary

The distorted ones are pleasant

I flew once in Colorado

Around my elementary school playground

Then fell upwards into this dark abyss

 

And I still

 

Write. Them. All. Down.

 

 

– Breelyn Shelkey