On the Subject of Dreams.

I'm not talking about MLK Jr here. This is about REM-cycle-deep-sleep-dreams. I'm plagued with them. More often than not, when awoken, they flee not to return with only a hint of what happened remaining. When I remember them clearly though, I'm blown away.

Brace yourself.

Let me start off by saying that when I dream, they are hyper-real. There are times in my life where I remember things, bring them up in conversation, only to find that they never happened in the real world. I'd be embarrassed if I were capable of that emotion, or any emotion in general. I'm like the robot that dreams... Back to the dreams: hyper-real. Sometimes I can actually smell things. Sometimes I can actually feel pain and the like. A couple of times I've died in my dreams. No, really.

The last time I died in my dreams, it played out like this:
I was using a small trolling motor to steer a row boat that was carrying a group of people that I knew but I never looked at their faces. I was trying to beach the boat on a very steep beach so we could get out. As the boat started up the beach, all the people started jumping out. That caused the boat to rock, and because the beach was so steep the rear of the boat took on water as it rocked. Everyone jumped off of the boat onto the beach except me. That caused the boat to lurch and it rapidly started sinking. I tried to get off but my foot got caught in the anchor rope. The boat slid off the beach and pulled me down with it. For some reason, the slope of the steep beach continued well under the surface of the water, so there was plenty of room for the boat to sink straight down. As the boat and I completely submerged, a feeling of absolute calm overtook me. It was underwater-quiet. about twenty feet down, all I could see was the boat below me, and some shafts of light coming from the surface. My body took on that frozen-floating look. Everything went black.

I woke up in a very calm panic, if that makes sense. Sat straight up like a bolt of lightning. Sat there for awhile, confused. Went about the rest of my day very cautiously.

I'll post more details from other dreams in the future. For now, if you remember your dreams, compare them to a dream dictionary. That can blow your mind. For fun, examine my dream and tell me what you think it means.