Camels, Candles and Castles: Tales of an Oneironaut

[Camels, Candles, Castles.]

Camels, Candles and Castles Nightmares / Dreamscapes A Man / A City A dark town. Not only in the context of its lighting, but in that the streets felt dark. Like something from a Frank Miller comic, the monochromatic tones of a dead and dark city surrounded me with a gruesome mass. The city was dead, and I speculate that it had been for some time. It seems that the city is a recurring scene, as I have in fact visited its streets on several occasions. Also a character recurs within the city, I'm unsure to whether or not this character represents the darkness of my subconscious. At first I had assumed that his presence was that of a 'dream guide', I'm still quite unsure about this. On our first meeting, we were sitting by a wired fence, in what I recall was an alleyway. The town is cold, dark. It's a chilling space and its coldness was no doubt creeping over me. The presence that was sitting next to me resembled that of what I can only describe as a 'dark' Willy Wonker inspired character. Like the town, he was shrouded in grays and blacks, with a wiry untamed tuft growing from his chin. This character handed me a cherry. Bright red it was, in vivid contrast to the dull cityscape. Upon eating it (at which point I noticed several other people were sitting with us, one of which was my father) the coldness began to leave me and I was filled with the most blissful warmth. After consuming the entire cherry I was left with its seed. I watched the seed, and so too did the character watch the seed. Suddenly, it began to reconstruct its flesh, yet rather than the beautiful red it now resembled a dusty blue/gray which showed a chalky texture. With slight hesitation i consumed this blue/gray cherry- as I did this, the blissful warmth was greatly intensified, spilling down into my arms and my fingertips. The feeling was that which i can now compare to ecstasy. I continued consumption, each time the fruit reconstructing, and the sensations upon each bite intensifying magnificently! The sensations reached the point of what was almost 'orgasmic' as I continued to eat the fruit, these feelings of bliss racing vigorously down my entire body. Though, upon looking downwards I was able to perceive that my colours were slowly melting from me, revealing a dullness reminiscent to the rest of the cityscape. This conjured a certain panic which induced lucidity, at which point the dream faded- or perhaps I faded from it.