Awakening
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The water rushes forward without end, as my last breath is driven from my lungs. THE GLADE OPENS BEFORE ME, ITS SWEET, ENTICING SMELL FILLING MY MIND. The cold liquid calls out to my tortured body, singing sweet songs of a painless death. SOMETHING IS WRONG. I CAN FEEL HER, THOUGH SHE IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT. Something is wrong. I can feel Him, though he is nowhere in sight. THE GLADE SHIMMERS, AS IF IT HAD NEVER BEEN REAL AT ALL. SHE IS HERE, AND YET SHE IS NOT. The ignored torrent returns with doubled fury, its anger battering my body and breaking my mind. He is here, and yet He is not.
THE DREAM -FOR I KNOW NOW THAT I AM TRAPPED WITHIN ONE- HAS BEGUN TO SHATTER. IT KNOWS, IT KNOWS THAT SHE IS NOT WHERE SHE SHOULD BE. The water turns to sand, which in turn turns to empty air, as the dream begins to fall apart. Somehow, the dream knows that He is not where He should be. I CALL OUT TO HER, SEARCHING FOR HER WITHIN THE RECESSES OF MY MIND. He is calling to me now, I can hear him growing closer. SHE IS NEAR, I CAN FEEL IT. He is near, I can feel it. SUDDENLY, SHE IS STANDING BEFORE ME. I CALL OUT AND SAY- Suddenly, he appears and calls out, “What is happening!” I respond-
SHE RESPONDS, “OUR DREAMS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED. WE HAVE INVADED ONE ANOTHER’S MINDS.” Fear flashes across his handsome face, as he says, “How can we stop this?” IT IS BECOMING HARDER TO THINK. I NO LONGER KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE. AM I HIM. AM I HER. THE GLADE, THE RIVER, THE DESERT, THE CANYON. EACH FLASHES ACROSS MY VISION AND IS GONE. I cannot keep Him out any longer. If our minds continue to meld, I fear that neither of us will come out unscathed. Reaching deep into my own psyche, I search for the light I know is there.
VIOLET LIGHT BEGINS TO FILL MY MIND, AS SHE DELVES DEEPER INTO HER SUB-CONCIOUS. THE LIGHT GROWS IN INTENSITY, UNTIL IT FEELS AS THOUGH MY EYES WILL BE BURNED FROM THEIR SOCKETS IF I DO NOT ESCAPE. I let the light, the power, fill my mind. It brings with it peace; stability. He retreats from the harsh light, as I chase him out of my mind.
THE LIGHT CHASES ME, BURNING ME WITH ITS HORRIBLE GLOW. SOMEWHERE, OUT THERE IN THE VOID, I FEEL SOMETHING PULLING AT ME. IT FEELS FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN AT THE SAME TIME. THE SCATHING LIGHT DRIVES ME TOWARDS THIS UNKNOWN PLACE.
BEFORE ME LIES A CRYSTAL SPHERE. IT SHINES FROM WITHIN, A SHIFTING GREEN/BLUE LIGHT THAT WELCOMES ME HOME. WITHOUT HESITATION, I EMBRACE THE ORB, ITS LIGHT FILLING ME WITH WARMTH.
He is gone, back to his own mind. I look around at the carnage he has wrought. In the solitude of my core, I tremble at his passing, his radiance forever burned into my being.