A Dream

I was driving down an empty highway. My car careened off the road and flew through the air landing in a huge body of water.  I struggled to get out of the car as it sunk  and just made it out the window.  My clothing began to weigh me down as it became saturated  so I took my shoes and clothes off.  There was a long moment when I didn’t know if I would survive.  Fear was at first everything, then a person who was standing on the high wall around the dam offered to help me.  As I reached up for their help, they began mocking me and laughing at my misfortune.  I concluded that there was not going to be a rescuer, that I would have to figure it out myself.  So I began swimming.  There was what looked like a barge some distance away.  As it got closer, I could see that it was several people who were bonded together .  They were swimming, but not with difficulty like I was.  One person invited me to swim along side of them.  She said that if I got tired I could place my hand on her shoulder and it would give me rest.  Then I could see that they loved each other.  That the bonding was an unwavering regard for each other and I also began to experience hope.  Hope that we would find a landing place together.  Hope that love is real and has substance.  
Hope ……………..hope beyond the walls of this world.