The Dreamer

Standing I gaze through various windows and doorways. Serene landscapes within each continuously changing for us. My body tenses and quivers. My eyes burn and forehead sweats. Each causes my mind to strain and grasp for thought. Before me various lights dance and cascade, no music is heard. The colors and shades dance, causing focus never to be gained. Emotions burst forth sometimes pain, other times only joy. Walking, running, falling the paths I choose never cease. Figures and shapes stand before me no faces ever seen. No speech or sound is ever heard, yet always understood. Arms stretched failing to grasp always yearning for an answer. Confused, my thoughts search eagerly for its very meaning. Forever knowing that an answer is completely unyielding. I scream my breath released with wet lips quivering. I feel shaken and the darkness once again overcomes. Suddenly I'm startled, my head raised, eyes now wide open. Realizing the room is empty the dream is gone.