Return to the Dark Side

I had been having visions for the last few days when getting ready for bed. 
Something strong was pulling at my inner psyche, I felt it needed to be set free, from what, I did not know. I continued to fight nightly to go to sleep, when I did, it would not take me where I felt I needed to go. 

My phantasm continued, my friendly spirits floated before my eyes when I finally drifted off, but I was not able to reach out to them. They needed me, I could feel it in my physical being. Something was very wrong in my universe and I had to go there to help my friends. It just was not happening. My cosmos identity was malfunctioning, nightly I tried to float into outer space as I had done so many times before. I would dream someone was calling me and woke up soaking wet, with tears running down my face. 

I started to speculate if my last visit had anything to do with this, when the devil-like spirit disintegrated before my eyes. Was he still stopping me from floating in space? Can anyone ever get rid of bad spirits? I was not going to let them destroy the adventure of my night-flights with their appalling behavior. He was not dealing with a meek entity. I resolved to confront him and his evil spirits. 

After running six miles after dinner, I was exhausted, on my run I talked to my guide who is there when she feels I need her. She is my guardian angel who watches over me. That night getting ready for bed, I asked her to help me soar into the clouds to see what had transpired since I had been there. Falling asleep, I was buoyantly afloat in the clouds within minutes. 

What I saw and heard was alarming. The small minions of the devil surrounded my friends with fires burning high into the sky, making a circle to keep them from floating out. The minions were taunting and repeating a trance like song. I could only hear their words as I approached, they wanted me. The largest of the minions came towards me as my good spirits implored me to leave, they could take care of themselves. He looked much the same as the frail grey-netted-skin devil who I had challenged and won. 
Or so I thought.

He then appeared with those searing eyes, was this his reincarnated spirit? I could feel his heat radiating through my body into my core as he came towards me. His smirk turning up his lips to an empty obtrusive stare. 
He told me it was his turn to have the advantage and I would regret ever coming back here tonight. 
Pulling me through the circle with his long clawed fingers digging into my skin, into the room full of candles, he threw me down hard on a slab.
His mistake. As he came closer I surprised him, he was not the only black devil here. 

Throwing the largest candle into his face, he was astonished as the flames to burned down his frame. I quickly moved towards him plunging my stiletto into his frail body. The circle of lights immediately extinguished as I went past to find my little white angels. The minions had vanished, not a trace left of them. We could now take pleasure in the rest of the night, lying amongst our downy feathery clouds.  

Once again, laughing, togetherness, and out of harms way. 
For now.

Some devils win, some lose.

A Tenuous Devil

My dark side would not let me stay away. At night my feelings always turn to this dark shadow figure that I had met in the clouds. It was never far from my thoughts and dreams. 

I had to confront this devil-like spirit, or was he just an illusion of my midnight world? He was waiting for me as I floated up into the night. I hope my good spirits would not interrupt this visit. I had to face this evil mysterious figure or would never have the pleasures of floating through my universe unmolested and be the free spirit to enjoy my nights up here in the billowing clouds. His dark eyes showed up in the night light like black coal with a touch of red ember glowing from within.

He took my hand, guiding me upwards higher than I had ever ventured to go, my heart pounding. Here waiting was a circle of his minions, smaller versions of himself, staring hard as they parted the circle to let us pass through. I had never seen so many candles all sizes and shapes and small fires burning between rows of slab-like beds. 

Before he had a chance, I pulled at his robe only to see a diminutive form of this evil spirit appear. Small and frail with a grey pallor looking more like netting than skin swayed back and forth before me. His eyes reflected surprise as I threw him down on a slab and the ethereal figure disintegrated before my eyes. 

The candles and fires extinguished all on their own, until I was in total darkness. 

 It was still dark when I awoke.

Floating

Now here I go again, I see crystal vision
I keep my visions to myself
Its only me who wants to wrap around your dreams and ...
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?  -  Stevie Nicks


When I'm tired I fall asleep so much faster. My dreams come quickly and I start my adventure for the night with much anticipation. When I start to drift off sometimes I know what kind of dream I will be having. A lucid dream is any in which one is aware that one is dreaming. Sometimes I have lucid dreams, other times not.

I felt tonight I would not have any control on where this one would take me. In my subconscious mind I felt apprehensive, worrisome, and even tried to keep from falling asleep. That is not like me at all. What did this night's dream entail? Remember I never like to analyze my mind wanderings.

I was in a dark place. I could not make out where I was. Nobody seems to be here or close as I could not hear noise of any kind. Then the smell hit my nostrils, it had dampness, mixed with a sour putrid odor. I was in a cave with no source of light, frightened I moved forward holding to the side of what felt cold and slimy. 

I felt a breeze, slightly touching me as it passed, then again and again each time coming closer to my face and hair helping me along the narrow dark space. Was it young spirits playing with my psyche? It seemed like they were guiding me somewhere. I let go of the wall and started floating with the slight wind carrying my body along. 

Ghost like figures emerged, with laughter they scolded the vaporous young spirits. I was at the entrance of the cave and saw sunlight. They all disappeared at once, except one holding back saying they would come play again if I was in need, then it was off catching up to the others that had stopped to wait for this mysterious little spirit.  

It turned out to be a good dream and I look forward to meeting my little friends again. 




 
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