Subconscious

Rejection In Slumber

Dreams. What do they mean? Do they really mean anything? Are they a sign?

Do this. Don’t do that. Run from the lion. Move back to your old house. Study the lines before you go on stage.

What? You are three weeks into the semester and have not been to a single class?

The happy go-lucky ones do not present in my sleep.

No lottery winnings. No puppy kisses. No hugs.

Last night, I dreamt of rejection letters. Specifically about cast iron skillets.

You use too many extraneous words they said. Drop the ‘this, that, if, maybe, possibly, I thinks’. Make each word count, the letters said.

I stammered. I said I am trying. Really, really trying.

I don’t know if dreams mean anything, but I am attaching meaning to that one.

I must try.

I must expand from my Medium safety zone. I must submit, somewhere, anywhere.

Thank you bad dream.

I pledge to submit something, somewhere, before the end of the week.