June 6, 2024
The dream ended with a flash. I was thrown back into a pile of rubrics cubes. This riddle has puzzled me for years.
I ran up a spiral staircase. I took those steps three at a time. The turn was tight. I became dizzy. Higher and higher I ascended. Small amounts of lights entered through slits in the walls. Everything was made from stone.
My breathing became heavy. I started to hallucinate. I saw my great grandmother ahead of me. I’d never met her. Somehow I knew who she was.
My late uncle was chasing me. He came up behind and quickly over took me. He continued ahead of me, like a train.
Everything was moving. I couldn’t remember what was real. I was overwhelmed. I let go and began to fall.
I descended quickly. Everything became dark. The space around me was humming. I was aware of a chanting noise coming from inside myself. I began to vibrate with a tremendous power. My chest burst wide open.
The cosmos took me into her lap. I was ready to start over. I asked for her forgiveness. She gave me a reassuring smile and stroked my head. I told her that I was guilty. She told me to sleep.
I awoke three years later. The sun had shifted its position in the sky.
I walked towards the river. I found a friendly wizard. He was fishing in the stream.
“Have you caught anything?“ I asked.
“Ah good morning!” Exclaimed the wizard. “Yes I have! I’ve caught catfish and a trout!”
“Sounds bloody lovely,” I said as my tummy began to growl.
“Why don’t you join me for lunch!” Offered the wizard. “We can go back to my temple and cook up a feast!”
I happily agreed and offered to carry the floundering sea creatures.
The wizards hut was small and dark. It smelt of pine. I saw the eyes of a cat.
“Are you afraid of the dark? Asked the wizard, a mischievous look in his eye.
“I’m not afraid of much,” I admitted. “I’ve been to the abyss. I’ve faced the shadow.”
The wizard placed a tiny pipe to his lips. “Did you find something?”
“I saw the baby. I felt an urgency coming from the darkness. Like there was a tremendous energy just about to burst.”
The wizard began to masturbate quietly in the shadows. I became nervous. I threw myself into a self-induced psychosis.