‘I’m having this dream. It starts with me in the dark. Gradually my eyes adjust. At first I don’t hear anything but as the shapes appear the noises start, like a cawing like crows only deeper…’
‘Are they birds?’
‘I don’t know. I…’
‘Are you ok? Do you need a moment?’
‘No. There’s a tremendous cacophony now. Like take off, everything going up. I want to watch but I’m sure they’re about to attack me so I close my ears and that’s when I wake.’
‘This happens every night?’
‘Yes. I’m barely functioning.’
‘And the last consultant suggested what?’
‘Medication. Then drawing what I see. Here.’
‘Goodness. That’s incredible. Like ostriches. Only flying. And their teeth.’
‘What do you think? What should I do?’
‘Well, your fear is what? They will attack you?’
‘Yes. I have this phobia of birds, all that flapping. I’m sure they are going to rip me to shreds.’
‘Odd then that they are all flying away.’
‘What?’
‘You’ve painted them flying away. If they’re going to attack…’
‘Good heavens, I have. That’s amazing. I feel so much better.’
‘Excellent.’
‘Will I be alright?’
‘Of course. ‘
‘Thank you and… what’s this?’
‘My fee. You can pay by any major… Mr Johnson. Are you alright?’
Yeah, that last bit always comes as a nasty surprise!
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Worth avoiding if you can
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Those bills… never a nice surprise, are they?
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Indeed billing is truly an art form…
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Hahahaha! And he thought the dream was scary. That was quite the critter you came up with, Geoff. Viscous, toothy, flying ostriches.
When I was in my late teens I had a dream so colorful that I still remember it. I was working as a governess in a rich man’s tower mansion — which was inverted (upside-down) into the water. I took the children for a ride on giant pekingese dogs… No drugs, I promise. Hugs.
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Maybe you absorbed hallucegenes from the bedding… sounds really creepy
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LOL… I’m just wired wrong. Have a terrific Tuesday.
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Ha, ha! The cost for the cure!
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They got you, they got you in the end!
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Always they find a way to secure their pound of flesh
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The swine!
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See, it pays to pay attention to your dreams, not your fears! 😀
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I’d like to remember them. They might be even weirder than some of the ideas I have when awake. Imagine!!
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Jeepers!!
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The bill was the real nightmare, hey? Hey I have that nightmare!
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I remember you saying….
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I once painted.a mural of our dog on the wall by a doorway – to cover the mark he left. It was observed that he was leaving, not entering, the room 🙂
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What does that say about you both…
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🙂 I think my position is clear
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…and then, strangely, he begins dreaming of feral psychiatrists.
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You know I didn’t realise you could teach psychiatrists to be house trained.
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😀 Perhaps not.
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