Part 1 of "A Bed of Thorns Roses"
The vines of thorns had slowly grown around her as she lay asleep but only He saw them. She did not see or even notice them for she did not see or notice Him.
He had not left her since she fell asleep. He had promised He never would. She had gone to live her dream, and she had not since woken. She had never been asleep this long, but when the vines appeared, it was confirmed.
She was lost in her dream, and a dream of her own making.
He lay next to her watching, waiting. But waiting hurt her as much as it did Him. She held tightly to one vine in her hand, and the thorns pierced her skin causing her to bleed. He saw her flinch with pain, and He flinched. The vines held her fast, wrapped around her waist, legs, and neck. Every so often they would tighten, and her face would contort in pain. He longed to pull them off of her, but this had been her own choice.
She wanted to stay in her dream.
He leaned in, whispering in her ear to try and coax her awake. For a moment or two it seemed she would, but she would fall back further into her dream, and the vines grew tighter. Bruises began to appear on her body, but He could do nothing to remove them. When she cried out in pain or sobbed with heartbreak, He felt His own heart break.
“Please wake up,” He whispered, His eyes shut in His own pain. “Come back to Me.” He took her hand in His, lifting it to His lips and kissing the injury, in hope she would notice.
I had a dream a couple weeks ago of me panicking and opening my computer to make sure I had two illustrations there. I was so relieved to find them there. This dream felt and looked real. Everything was normal, and everything looked like real life down to the last detail.
When I woke, I actually had to stop and think it was a dream, and the illustrations I had seen in the dream did NOT exist. At least not yet. And I saw them in almost complete detail.
This has never happened before, but I knew I needed to draw them and get them done fast if He was showing them to me in a dream.
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