Here Lies the Snow Leopard...

...curled, covered, camoflauged in the deep snow of the Himalayas; wrapped in her tail is an old weathered book - faded and cracked leather binding, pages flimsy with age peeking out from the cover.

"I came for the book" you say.

The Snow Leopard scoffs, breath misting the frozen air in an irritated huff. "So you have," she sighs.

She unfurls her thick protective tail, slowly, as if the action pains her; and in a way it does - to reveal this tightly kept secret to you.

You bow to her gratefully - you've ached to uncover the book for so long now...

You pick it up gingerly, as if cradling a limp sleeping baby. Finally! The mystery is right in your own hands.

Tenderly, you lift the worn cover and read...

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Friday, June 4, 2010

the whales in my dreams

image from here

I've been having a lot of dreams lately. It's strange.
I think my brain has been working overtime.

In one, I was in this different world, it was the same and yet not the same as our reality. There was a strangeness in the air. There were groups of people including myself huddling on top of a tall rock in the middle of the ocean. Huge Orca Whales were jumping up and crashing onto the rock, trying to snap us up in their ginormous jaws. Some people were snatched away by the whales, but I was not. It was incredibly terrifying and exhilarating.

I have a strange theory about this dream.

You see, I love whales, they are one of my favorite animals, so it is strange I would have a dream about being terrified by whales.

I think that maybe my dream was about my life right now. There are things like going to college, opening up, and being an adult that I want to enjoy (the whales) but I am also very scared about going forth with these things (the whales attacking me). I also have no choice but to move forward, I have nowhere to run (the rock in the middle of the ocean). The rest of my graduating class is also probably experiencing similar feelings of excitement and fear (the other people on the rock); some people are crushed by this pressure (the people snatched up by whales) and others are not.

So what do you think?
Is this what my dream was telling me?
=)