Sleep

Here I am wide awake begging for the sandman to pay me a visit. I lie in bed staring at the ceiling and the words to a song float in my mind....

I can feel you calling
There's no place that I'd rather be
Just here with you, sleeping
If only in my mind

Until then I'll sleep
Sleep.




Sleep... What I'd give to have the blissful surrender of sleep enveloping me, leading me to the dark abyss of dreamland.



Ah... dreams, now that is something I have been obsessing about as of late. You see, I have been having the most insane dreams lately, and it always ends up with me locked in an embrace with a masked man, a very mysterious stranger, a stranger who happens to be a very passionate kisser (was that too much information???).
Yes, I had this dream where I was in a masquerade ball wearing a gypsy costume with a matching mask and I danced with several charming men, but as a new song played in the background the crowd parted to reveal this man dressed in black who approached me for a dance. It happened in slow motion, it was as if everything in the room was reduced to that moment. He was approaching me, his eyes locked with mine. It was bewitching actually, as he came closer, I was torn from the feeling of trepidation and curiosity, because a part of me somehow had a feeling that I knew who was behind that mask, but I was not entirely sure...


He takes my hand, and leads me to the floor, it seems everyone has disappeared leaving only the two of us. We dance in silence and the whole time I kept staring into his eyes, wondering to myself "Who is this masked man???" He smiles as he catches the puzzled look on my face... "You will soon find out, all in due time" he says.
As the music ends he bows and says, "I will be seeing you later..." and then he leaves me. All throughout the night I walk around the ballroom feeling his eyes trained on me. I look around the room searching for him, but I can't seem to find him amid the sea of faces, but I knew he was there watching me.
Somehow the room felt a little too crowded so naturally, I find myself outside in the garden near a pond. The moon was shining high in the sky with stars twinkling beside it, I could hear the faint sounds

of the orchestra playing inside, I close my eyes allowing the melody to hypnotize me. I sway and move to the rhythm of the song, hearing it like the beat of my own heart...
"May I cut in..." an achingly familiar voice intrudes on my previous state of serenity, somehow, my heart raced. I open my eyes and there he was staring at me. "Do you always dance alone?" he asks. I shake my head, he takes a step towards me, I don't know why, but I take a step back. "Are you afraid of me?". I respond silently shaking my head again. He laughs, "Cat got your tongue?"

I smile, "No..."
He grins, "Ah... she speaks..."
The music plays again, we both look at the windows seeing the people inside dancing. He turns to me. "Shall we?"



So we dance again. Everything felt soooo real, I felt his hand holding mine, somehow I felt insanely warmed by the look in his eyes... We danced on & on, neglecting to take note that the music had already faded.

"Who are you?" I blurted out, which made the dancing halt.
"Don't you know?" he smiled.
"No, I don't..."
"Let me remind you..."

And before I knew it, he kissed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After what seemed like an eternity, I opened my eyes. He is grinning, "Remember me now?"
still in a daze, I shake my head... He sighs, then takes a step back. "Before I take off my mask" he informs me, "I just want to say that I- BARK BARK BARK"

I stir, BARK BARK BARK


I open my eyes, and direct my irate gaze at my dog Shagee who had just ruined a perfectly good dream. He barks again, hoping to motivate me to get out of bed. I groan and hide under the covers hoping for sleep to assail me again, but Shag's barking continues. I roll to the side to scratch his head, silencing his yapping. "Thanks a lot Shag!"

When I was fully awake, I resigned myself to the thought that It was just a dream... A dream that felt too real.

Tonight as I float away to dreamland, I silently wish to have the same dream again...

I just have to know...

Who was that masked man??????????

Dream Dictionary:

Kiss

If you dream of being kissed by a stranger, then your dream is one of self-discovery. You need to get better acquainted with some aspect of yourself.

To dream of being kissed often means the dreamer will realize something important that can help them to achieve success in real life. It can also mean that someone you know is not telling you the whole truth.

Mask

If you dream that you are wearing a mask, you will have temporary trouble as a result of some misunderstanding. To see others wearing a mask in your dream means that you will battle against deceit, falsehood and jealousy.

Dance

Dancing in dreams represents feelings of freedom, sexuality and a positive attitude to life.

Moon

The moon represents the feminine and the spiritual self. How the moon appears to you in your dream suggests how close or distant you are from your inner feelings. For example, seeing a full moon means that you are closely in touch with your instincts and inner emotions. To see a sliver of moon represents new beginnings. If you dream of the moon being another color, especially a red moon, this symbolizes disappointments in love. Someone close may not be as truthful or loyal as they have been pretending. If you dream of a lunar eclipse, this signifies that your feminine side is being overshadowed. It may also foretell the illness of someone near you.

Music

Dreams that strongly feature music mean you have strong feelings that need to be expressed. Heavenly music (played by angels with harps) in dreams is a very special symbol and means the dreamer will attain a high level of spiritual enlightenment and happiness.