Sleep Paralysis

About sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming and general dreams

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? As far back As I can remember it's been the ocean. To live underwater, to soar and swim through never ending lucidity, knowing that no matter which way you decide to go it feels familiar, it looks familiar. The ocean was home, it was mine to swirve and swirl around, to bathe, dive, float and glide into a never ending chateau graced with nothing but enchantment.

This is where I wanted to be, a place impossible for me to live, a place which even my dreams cannot take me yet. Instead I undertake strain and struggle, my mind taking me into life like situations where distortion is minimalised, forcing me to read between the blurred lines of what is real and what is not. It's a game of tug of war, fighting back and fourth to only remember the one thing you are told over and over again as a child - "It's just a dream."

I was in full combat with myself, the visions I was seeing and feeling were mine, I had composed and constructed them myself but I had this inability which caused me to feel powerless, unarmed and unprepared for a battle my own subconsious was dragging me into. I'm not quite sure if it is a trance, dellusion,illusion or "just a dream" but it was most certainly a message and a lesson. Something deeper was within each battle and I had to understand it. I have to embark upon this long, strenuous trip to get to my desired destination, the ocean.

Reviews

[KCthelastboyscout]

I hope you wouldn't mind some company.I too am enamored with water.Rain,lakes,oceans.Any body of water I get lost in my imagination
Beautifuly written describing your emotions with this story
Well done...

[Chelsea Lavender]

Thank you so much for your review, means a lot

[Great Aunt Astri]

Interesting. Makes me wonder what dreams really are .. they seem so real at the time. Thank you for writing this piece

[Greg Agee]

I can relate. I'm a Navy SEAL and consider myself part fish. So your words hit home. I love your style, as well. Beautiful, elegant
The ocean was home, it was mine to swirve and swirl around, to bathe, dive, float and glide into a never ending chateau graced with nothing but enchantment.
Good stuff, I look forward to more !

[Ruth]

Clever piece :) I like the way it is not obvious...have to say, the ocean for me too :) Really enjoyed this :)

[Norman 223]

This reminded me of snorkeling around the Great Barrier Reef. Silence, glorious colour and almost surrealistic images. Not a dream, but it could become one with modern pollution.As your story implies, let's swim with our thoughts and enjoy our dreams.

Norman