The Dream
Have you seen the photo?
They asked.
It was me
my family,
my partner
and his family.
We were children.
Didn’t you realise
you’ve met
each other
Before?
The Meaning
A hidden history surfaces.
Our lives crossed long before we were aware.
It changes the story—what feels new now carries suggestions of an older thread.
The present isn’t starting fresh; it’s picking up where something once left off.
What Lingers…
What if the present isn’t a beginning, but a continuation of a past we just forgot to remember?
What if the threads we call coincidence are roots, winding back through time?
Marginalia
I don’t think it’s unusual to believe that families and friends find each other again in their “next lives.” This dream didn’t just make me feel that’s possible—it shifted something in me. A sense that my partner and I may have chosen to meet again. It gives our relationship a depth that feels steady and secure, as though our story has been woven before, and is still unfolding.
This dream also marked a pause in my nocturnal downloads— as if there was already enough to process in waking life without transmitting more.
