Dreams 2022


Dream 9(1/9/2022)
I follow
my ex-wife
up a winding
mountain
trail
there
is snow
on either
side
ahead
is another
hiker
on some sort
of modified skis
short
wide
strange
contraptions
the young woman
seems to be having
trouble
with them
she steps
to the side
to make adjustments
we pass
her by
my ex
says
that the footing
doesn’t feel
right
the girl
behind us
is now
advancing again
gaining
rapidly
I tell
my ex
to pick up
the pace
all of
the sudden
the left side
opens
to steep
wet cliffs
sloping
down
to a raging
river
cutting through
the rock
no bank
on either
side
my ex begins
to slide
I reach
for her
but she is
already
well beyond
my grasp
the hiker
behind me
says
“it’s
too late”
my ex crashes
down
into the water
her body
rushing
quickly away
deep
beneath
the clear
churning
surface
the woman
grabs my arm
as I lean
looking
~
I am climbing
on a steep
cliff
not so much
rock
but possibly
sandstone
of some
sort
no snow
now
warm
sunny
summer
maybe
even though
I am almost
vertical
I have
no trouble
getting a firm
grip
I am advancing
toward
a small meadow
I hear
someone
behind me
“there
she is!”
a middle-aged
overweight woman
whom I don’t
recognize
climbs
easily
around me
she attains
the horizontal
surface
advances
toward
to a medium-sized
female dog
lying
on her side
breathing
heavily
apparently
injured
as the woman
attends
to the suffering
animal
I look
down
the mountain
thinking
of my
ex-wife