Childhood Memories Be Like-
I have quite a few dreams, nightmares , and spooky/stressful dreams I still remember years later.
In this one we were on the road again, like many time’s we’d been. It was so dark the road ahead and behind were oblivion. There was no one else in the car, but I was thinking more about the trees rushing past. They were low, as if the car was traveling along a bridge that went over an entire forest. Looking out, there was a sea of black tree tops.
I was, at first terrified. I think I was scared even before I heard the growl from the woods. Maybe my fear manifested it, but at this point, I was pretty seasoned in scary dreams like this; and as it continued growling, curiosity replaced the fear.
What does it look like, I wondered, I want to actually see it.
Then, curiosity became excitement.
I’d actually get to see the monster if I just looked long enough, it would pop out. I was thinking it would be something fantastic, mystical, wondrous, something so wild to make my fear make sense. How cool it would be to actually face a dream beast?
But when it did, it was just a plain bear. It looked at me blankly, as if it had not expected to have to be seen.
Alas, it had, apparently, been the best I could think of.