Dreams That I Been And Had

I’m on a tall theatre stage looking out at a packed audience of girls. They’re waiting for the performance and there are theatre crews setting up the stage. I realise this is a ridiculous situation for me to be in, so I must be dreaming. I can pause the scene, in whole or in part so half the room freezes while the other continues chatting amongst themselves.

I float upwards slowly, to the middle of the room and I wonder if any of my ex-girlfriends are here amongst the faces. I scan the room but there are literally hundreds of them and it would be near impossible to pick them out. I remind myself that I’m dreaming and can do whatever I like - of course they are here and of course I can find them.

So I mentally press Ctrl + F in my mind and type in one of my ex’s names and promptly shoot over to her. Like Google maps, but with people. I catch up with her for a while. I want to see them all before the dream ends so I hastily look for another, all the while thinking of which one I will see next. I decide to visit a housemate who is also in the audience, but after that the dream abruptly ends.

I’m walking along a street in a small town. The floor is made of red bricks, and they are so bright and vibrantly red. I keep asking myself if I am dreaming. I know I am, but I keep asking myself to remind myself. Strange things are happening with time - a marching band is frozen still at the end of the street, but other things and myself are still moving.

Everything goes gray and out of focus, except for a green road sign in front of me which is extra-vivid. Everything else is moving slowly, but the sign and myself are still in areas that are moving at normal speed. I can’t remember what the sign says.

Two buses drive past at the end of the road. I imagine them making a noise and moments after they’ve gone, a noise like thunder rolls past, out of sync with the buses’ movement.

I try to fly upwards as I walk and I float gently up. Then I try to remember how to fly - do I float? swim? outstretch my arms? I sink back again and lose lucidity.