LJ Idol - Week 21 - The Way Back

[tonithegreat]

In the first dream, there was a delicious sense of ease. There was only blackness but it felt so good not to be striving anymore. Somehow everything had become relaxed. No more aching shoulders. No more tight neck. Her ankles and knees didn’t ache anymore and it felt so good to float without form

Comments

[bleodswean]

Sad and joyful simultaneously. I love how you're making your entries so CURRENT!

[tonithegreat]

I am trying! But it’s hard not to be swept into the need to memorialize these strange days. I used to joke so much about the curse of interesting times. They really are interesting! I couldn’t have dreamed this current predicament.

[karmasoup]

It's good she seems to be finding her way back, and there are people there to help her make it to pull through. ❤️

[tonithegreat]

Yes, she is lucky! I stole the nurse’s name from my friend’s sister who really is a nurse at our big hospital working on the COVID patients along with others. A lot of us have a lot to be grateful for, for sure.

[m_malcontent]

Very evocative, so much to admire at this length, excellent

[tonithegreat]

Thank you!

[encrefloue]

Erin's return was a powerful choice; I love how this continuity brings the unstoppable monster of time square into your characters' very real world. This was such a sensorial exploration of how mortality erases the divide between memory and dream. I think what is so crucial here that you teased out is that in this reality limited to the perception of one's own vantage, all that truly persists is feeling and sensation. Thanks for immerging us in that spiral of stimuli. (Also, the ventilator as a snorkel was a genius manoeuver!)

[tonithegreat]

Thank you, thank you! My sleep has been so weird lately. I thought this topic was a great one for exploring dreams.

[dadi]

This gave me goosebumps. Very well written!

[tonithegreat]

I’m very glad you enjoyed!