Lucid dreams are a marvelous thing, have you experienced them? It’s a glimpse into a world you really have no business in, but a safe space to explore your every wish and whim all the same. Perhaps you wish to fly, or fuck, or find a long lost treasure. If you simply realize that you’re dreaming while actively doing so you can make these things a reality. Reality adjacent, anyway, though who’s to say truly which realm holds dominion over the other. By your mind you shape the world, they taught us as children. Perhaps with enough want behind your wish you alone can do so as well, at least in your dreams.
I blew out the final source of illumination in my study and I felt the hair on my neck rise and a shiver run down my spine. I knew logically there was nothing to fear in the room with me– nothing worth acknowledging, yet here I was contemplating the universal truth of safety under the covers all the same. I deigned to entertain these frivolous feelings no further as I ascended the long staircase from my basement study.