Recurring Dreams

[Bob Kelso]

I've probably posted about this before at some point or another but here goes:

I rarely remember my dreams save for several vivid nightmares that come and go, they're usually the same save for subtle differences. The worst by far is the red pygmy dream.

I'm always walking through some middle eastern town, a bazaar this time, looking at goods and speaking with people when I see flashes of a red cloak in my peripheral. A feeling of dread overwhelms me and I race through the town trying to get away. I turn into an alleyway and there he is. Garbed in a tattered red cloak is a man who only comes up to my stomach in height.

I know it's not a child from the state of his weathered, bronze face and wispy beard. He locks eyes with me and the realization that I'm dreaming washes over me. I'm almost relieved when a sickening feeling drops my stomach into a pit of ice, the man's crimson eyes are boring into me with malice and intent. He's not a part of the dream, I think.

I always wake up at this point. It really disturbs me to put it lightly. It's hard to explain, I know it's just a dream but during it it feels so real and the thought of another consciousness being "awake" within my dream really freaks me out.

Do you guys have any recurring dreams? Hopefully not nightmares, but feel free to share anything.