somewhere else is (t)here.
it is starting to get cold as the dreamer shivers in the middle of a dark gray road that is endless between the green grass fields. the sky was also gray, giving it a cold atmosphere to anyone who may be around. but no one else was around other than the dreamer. she begins to walk forward, following the never-ending road that disappeared straight ahead shrinking into the green fields.
      there is a sudden quake on the ground and walls grow tall into the sky from the grass. the walls were endless upwards and sideways. where was she to go other than to follow the road that can't be seen in the far distance? the fields are now blocked by these dark gray walls on both sides of the road.
      "do you need a lift?" a human striding on a bike on the gray wall suddenly appears. the human without a face is completely sideways on the bike.
      "sure." the dreamer makes her way on the bike and succeeds effortlessly and comfortably onto it. the gray road was now their left wall and the real wall was now their road. the biker rides towards the sky leaving the gray road behind them. the dreamer's vision is now clouded and foggy as they enter the thick clouds of the sky.
      "be sure to keep your balance or the clouds will absorb your energy into a species of their own." the human without a face warned the dreamer. after the clouds were gradually fading away, the dreamer and human without a face appears to be surrounded by deep space. stars are seen clearly in the distance and nothing is left around them.
      " that is where you are destined," the human without a face points to a blue and green planet in the far distance that could be seen perfectly clear. it was so far it looked as if you can grab it into the palm of your hand.
      "earth?" the dreamer says calmly.
      "yes." the dreamer without a face turns his head towards the dreamer. even though the person did not have eyes, a nose, a mouth, but only a head blocked by a dark hole, the human still somehow exchanged energies, "if you are not strong…be prepared."
      the dreamer suddenly wakes up and looks around. it is dark, but it appears she is in her room. she had woken from the dream. she was dreaming in a dream. she gets off her bed and runs into a restroom that consisted of a sink and a mirror. she looks at herself with a quick glance. the dreamer had long bright red hair and freckles. she bends down to wash her face with water. her face becomes relaxed as the water splashes on her face. from the corner of her eye, the dreamer spots a person behind her standing still. it frightens the dreamer as she jumps. the mysterious person just looks at her puzzled and without a budge.
      "it's just me polly, don't be frightened." the person tells the dreamer.
      "i didn't know it was you." the dreamer named polly is relieved.
      "what is wrong?"
      "i had a strange dream." polly walks out into another room as her mysterious friend followed. the room was enormous and long. there were mirrors everywhere showing multiple reflexions of polly and her friend. she continues, "i had a dream my fate was to be on earth-"
      "earth?" the friend has her back facing polly, "but earth is a myth, it is not real. you've been dreaming too much. do you wish to leave your home here?"
      polly does not answer.
      "you need to go to work or you'll be late." the friend points to a clock hanging on the mirror wall. the time is blurry. the room is no longer enormous as it was before. the unclear time on the clock made polly jump up and run out of the house. she immediately starts running and soon finds herself on the same road between two fields as she did before. she stops and looks around once again.
      "where are you headed?" without the walls on the green fields there appears the same human earlier who does not have a face standing on the road beside polly.
      "to earth." polly quickly answers.
      "earth?" the human without a face no longer has the bike but stands side to side with polly. "yes…earth is the place you showed me."
      the human without a face points into the sky that is now light blue. there appears the same green and blue earth in the distance still clear enough to see.
      "can you take me there? i would rather be somewhere else-" asks polly as she looks into the sky towards earth.
      "the beauty is in depravity. the depravity is in the midst of beauty." says the human without a face.
      polly looks at the black hole where the human probably once had a face. the human without a face points again to the sky, pointing to earth now half burning in flames.
      "oh no! what is happening?" polly looks into the sky at the earth seeming small and beautiful, yet helpless.
      "somewhere else is here." behind the human without a face is the never ending green field burning in bright red, orange, and yellow flames.

 

NOTES:
this is from the "sweet relief" series of the publication. this section is all about a dreamtraveler's adventures in dreams. yes, it features weird random stories that don't make much sense... but they are dreams, so what can you expect?