The Black River and Yellow Lily Pad

Dream About a Black River

I've had a dream like this for a while now. It's beginning to haunt me. No, it's continuing to terrify me. In the deepest of my self conscious a black river is born. I cannot see beyond the horizon and have no eyes in the back of my head to see what I've left behind. I swim in the darkness that is all around me. All but the moonlight lights the way for me. I continue swimming in utter weakness in this black river. I keep asking myself, "When am I going to wake up? Where exactly am I going?" I cannot turn around. I keep swimming forward in the darkness. I have no idea how deep this river is nor how far it goes. The only thing I know for sure is that the moonlight lights the way, and I am accompanied by a river of Yellow Lily Pads. Did I ever wake up? Or am I still stuck there? This I do not know for sure. For the moment I felt in the dream I was going to be stuck there forever and when I awoke, I couldn't help but wonder if I'm ever going to go back.