Rescue From a Nightmare

He swims in a dreamy, sluggish, swirling world that seems to precede all that there has been in all his waking hours. There, only the memory of her ever trusting face guides him and sees him throughout the random flux of all there will be. In the void of the unknown his own deep-seated fears soar high, reach a peak, echo as a scared shriek, fading off as mute panic. He wakes up at the touch of soft fingers on his cheek. Her whisper assures him. Ashamed, he hides his face in the warmth of her embrace. .