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Darkness

by Codi
(Ohio)

A while back I had a dream that left me rushing for air when I woke up. When I fell asleep I could hear myself running. I could feel the wind rushing past my face and the ground beneath my feet as I ran full force. I knew I was in a wooded area because of the shuffling leaves and the twigs snapping beneath my feet. The worst part was that the whole time I was blind. I couldn't see anything around me but all of my other senses were heightened.


The dream got really intense because I started to run faster and I could hear myself breathing harder and harder. That lasted for about two seconds when out of nowhere I just fell. I fell over a cliff or into a hole or something very large because I just kept falling until I woke up gasping for air. It was one of the most intense dreams I have ever had in my life.

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Aug 24, 2011
 been there done that
by: Anonymous

Well your running blind. Maybe that's a sign that in real life you want to get away from a problem that's really troubling you or putting pressure on your life as well something you might want to change and haven't completely been aware of it. Since your aware of your wooded surroundings maybe there's a change your trying to avoid because your scared of the end results such as failure(your falling in the dream). Analyze your life, see if there's anything you can do to change it. If there is, take a chance! You won't know what will happen unless you go for it.

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