a recurring dream about erosion
last friday i claimed i don’t have any recurring dreams. and then a few nights ago i had a dream that i swear i’ve had before.
i’m sitting on a narrow ledge on a very high cliff with my legs dangling over the edge and my back against the cliff face. for some reason i need to take this ledge to get where ever i’m going, so i’m trying to move along this ledge, scooching along on my butt.
this cliff is made out of sandstone, it’s very smooth, it looks just like the grand canyon looks (in my dreams). but in my dreams it happens to be the consistency of dry, firmly packed sand. so as i’m moving along, i’m slowly eroding the ledge. and i’m trying to be as careful as possible but also as quick as possible.
it becomes apparent that the ledge i’m sitting on is eroding too fast, so i try to burrow into the sandy wall against my back, but in doing so i have to push against the ledge i’m sitting on which makes it erode even faster.
now i’m partially burrowed into the cliff face. and there’s barely any ledge to sit on, so i’m being held in by friction. and i feel the sand eroding beneath me, blowing away in the wind.
So do you fall into the canyon below. Do you wake before you hit bottom, or do you crash into the bottom to see what happens
Dude, go all the way to the bottom. Then no one can call you a quitter :).
i dunno. all i remember is trying to hold myself against the cliff. i don’t think i fall. i just remember the anxiety of not wanting to fall.
were you thinking, “all we are is dust in the wind?”