Dreams

How scary is it that when we turn out the lights of a night, we are completely alone?

Free to fall down the rabbit hole of dreams on our own, nobody to manoevre the low ceilings and 'Drink me' bottles with, Wonderland is ours for the taking, but we have to deal alone. Alone. Alone. Alone.

There is something to be said about being alone but sometimes it's frightening that at night it is just our thoughts that keep us company. We make our own decisions then and dreams pull us in every direction.

We're Alice or Dorothy or Peter Pan or the Terminator, we're our own action hero and we do battle with our dreams, cutting them down to size, slaying them, taking their hands and letting them lead us onward and upward. Sometimes they pull us down and they make us watch in the darkness.

There are demons there, old friends, people we miss, people we love. Sometimes there are friends, who aren't really friends. There are people we trust, who we shouldn't trust.

Sometimes there are people we haven't thought about for decades. There are words we never uttered, things we never said. Things we will never say.

Dreamland is just beyond that night light, one switch away. It's yours for the taking.

But you must go alone.