General Poetry posted February 24, 2021


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Dreams feel so real

An Unsettling Dream

by Joanne Gill-Maddick

Life is a dream

Dreams can be so traumatic and real

It makes you question what it meant and if your heart will ever heal

I had a dream about my niece. In the dream she was alive and well

She was an happy and bubbly presence who is now in heaven to dwell

The dream was so vivid she was wearing a pretty purple flowered top and a skirt she liked to wear

She was walking back and forth the side of the street chatting,  she was happy and full of cheer

The ending of the dream was quite unsettling in every way

It left me feeling horrified much to my dismay

I awoke feeling like I was in a bag of sweat

I was trembling and crying. I wondered was this a reminder of my niece's untimely death

I watched my beautiful niece as she walked through eternal flames

When I awoke I was devastated and calling out her name


 




I lost my niece a year ago through unknown causes. Our family is still grieving the loss. The dream was so unsettling I still think about it from time to time and wonder what it meant. I pray for healing from such a profound loss. Sometimes it feels like a bad dream I will wake up from. But the heartbreaking reality is this is not a dream. My niece was cremated. I chose the butterfly photo because she loved butterflies. My photo is from google.
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