Who Sees Will See | Dream Collection

Running

Dark. All around me. Darkness. Emptiness. The sound of silence. Then static, yet nothing else seemed to be affected. I held my head. The pain was unbearable.

Exit. I thought. I need to find a way out. I ran, aimlessly. My footsteps echo, but that isn't the only thing that echoes. Behind me, was laughter, was footsteps. Louder than me. Than the internal scream, that never ending voice within my head.

I run. Whether it be safe that I run, or not safe, I won't risk it.

I fall, fall into a bottomless pit. My life passes before my eyes. I think I'll die. I didn't. I landed in water, or at least, I thought it was water. I swim up. Afraid to drown, I look at the condescending figure above me.

The figure smiles, so magically bright. Their mouth moves, soundlessly. The words form in my head.

"なぜあなたはここにいるのですか? "

It wasn't English. I didn't understand.
But a feeling within me, knew it was a threat.

I shot up. I was afraid. I thought about this dream for such a long while. It still haunts me. The figure, it still sees me. I am it, it is me. It's a part of me.

I've had this dream when I was 10.
It's been with me for years.
I'm still afraid of it; I'm afraid to even see myself in the mirror, hoping not to see the figure once more.
I was scared of myself. And of people. And of places.
Because of this one, one nightmare.