Recurring Nightmare
I have this recurring nightmare where I’m being chased. I keep trying to run faster, but the ground has turned to mud, deepening, up to my knees now, and I can hear them, all these people chasing me, their heavy breathing and angry shouts as they close in, and then suddenly I cross the finish line to wild cheers and this authoritative figure thrusts a huge trophy into my hands and calls me champion and I wake with tears of joy.
