Dying Birds, a Lady, and a River

[Ambivalent-Neutrality]

I dreamed this not too long ago. At the time, I can recall it being spring break. I was happy, I didn't have nothing going on at the time that seemed stressful, but then this just happened. In my dream, it seemed cool and dreary. The colors seemed similar to that of a Tim Burton movie if you know what I mean. It was extremely windy, and there was a river that seemed to be running across a plain. There were no trees except for in the distance on the hills. In the dream, there was a girl, who I suppose was me, yet she didn't look a lot like me. A young man, around my age of about 19 or so, and a younger boy who appeared around 13-14 years old. None who I recall ever seeing in real life, but I do see them recurring in other dreams. We were walking along the river when before our feet was a bird breathing heavily on the ground. It appeared to be either a raven or a crow. As we looked at the ground, we could see shadows moving around, so we looked above us to see what it was. There were dozens and dozens of birds flying wearily around, falling to the ground. We saw the direction they were coming from, and walked over a slight hill to see what was happening. There was a giant hill of grain, sparkling in the sun. The birds were all coming towards it, grabbing the grain from the pile, then started flying off, falling just feet away from the pile. We soon realized it was filled with tiny shards of glass that were killing them as they swallowed. A little in the distance was an old house that used to be white in color, but turned gray from the weather. It looked abandoned, many windows were knocked out, and there were no doors on the house. We thought perhaps there was something inside that we could find to cover the pile to stop the birds, still coming, from eating from the pile. So we ran inside to look, when a woman appeared from the corner of the room. She was tall, her skin looked very pale, almost translucent. She had shoulder-length black hair, and her face was not defined, it all seemed blurry, you could only make out where the eyes and mouth were. She had smooth black eyes, and her lips were a gray charcoal color. She never spoke, she just stared at us, twisting her head back and forth as if she were wondering what we were. She started to come toward us, so gracefully that it looked like she may have been gliding. We started backing out of the house, before we turned around to run back towards the river. The birds still falling all around us, when the youngest boy ran so fast, he fell into the bank of the river, and then I woke up. If anyone could interpret this in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[redRTCrazy]

real life: spring break. happy, non stressful, tons of free time. Yet you dreamed this, so it is probably about something that happened in your past which was not as sunny, or something you are worried will happen in the future. There's a lot of wind, air, birds involved in this dream. The element of air symbolizes swift travel, communication or messages, and the interconnectedness of all things on earth. In addition, air represents thought, logic, ideas, creativity, learning. gray and very windy: this correlates with an ominous feeling. There were no trees except for in the distance on the hills.--this detail stood out as trees(which represent the element earth, which is like the opposite of air,which represents prosperity, fertility, abundance, perseverence, strength, nourishment, nurturing, health, and vitality) were scarce and distant to you. Without many trees or details, it sounds to be a desolate landscape. You maybe feel lonely in your waking life, or you feel that things are dull and boring during your waking life. Maybe you feel that, the trees--earth--is distant from you, and you need to spend more time in nature, as you feel not very alive or lively right now. In the dream, there was a girl, who I suppose was me---she represents you or an aspect of yourself that you may not be aware of having. A young man, around my age, and a younger boy --these could be personifications of aspects of yourself, or they could represent someone in your life who is male, or masculine, and around that age. If you are somewhat older, this could be related to something in your past, and the younger boy might represent a younger version of the older boy...or vice versa. You saw a black bird, dying. The bird is black, this is a detail that adds to the ominous feeling, and perhaps is related to or represents a death or loss of something in your waking life. Maybe you feel that you are like the bird, and it represents you. we discovered there were tons more and all were sick and falling to the ground dying--while the first bird was troubling, this detail shows that wthe problem represented here is greater than you thought at first, and has grown. The situation represented by a falling dying bird(falling from the sky, from up to down, maybe like a mood? maybe you don't want summer to end or something?)now has created even more situations like it, multiplied or snowballed. we discovered that they were eating grain from a giant golden hill(the giant golden hill sounds positive, healthy, abundant, fresh, and the birds enjoy this, also, all of them are eating from the same pile communally which may be an important detail--many things coming to the same end or same unity, becoming one bigger thing...?), however it was filled with tiny shards of glass that were killing them as they swallowed--so there was something bad/negative hiding within something that seemed good, nourishing happy, vital...maybe something that seemed good at first to you, turned out to be not good at all. A little in the distance was an old, abandoned, dilapidated farm house.(old, dying house--this too correlates to the theme of death, sickness, and a loss of liveliness...or a loss in general) It had no doors(since doors represent the way into something, or an option you could take, maybe you feel like you have no options, no way out or in, hopeless). We thought inside we could find something to cover the pile so the birds wouldn't eat it and be injured.---you thought there was a solution, and believed there was, so where there were no doors before, "we ran inside to look." suddenly you have a way to do this. a woman appeared from the corner of the room. tall, skin so white it was clear shoulder-length black hair, face blurry, smooth black eyes, and her lips were a gray charcoal color. (the tallness and paleness seems skeletal, the overall impression of this woman is that of death, or a corpse. was this woman old as well?) "never spoke, she just stared at us, twisting her head back and forth as if she were wondering what we were." It sounds bird-like, her actions, she sounds like if the black birds were personified as her. She started to come toward us, so gracefully that it looked like she may have been gliding(like a bird?). We turned around and ran back towards the river(represents safety maybe?). The birds still falling all around us(you didn't find a solution, just more of the same), when the youngest boy ran so fast(maybe represents his fear), he fell into the bank of the river. (fear makes it worse?) what I think, is that you feel bored, possibly isolated, in the summer and you cannot find any comfort in things that otherwise are comforting. You feel unsettled and you can't find anything to do about this. Maybe you fear summer will be over. On the other hand, it could be about something in your past that you are concerned about and were thinking about recently.