I was waking up the other day. There is a point where you have been dreaming for a while, but your conscious self is finally waking up and realizing you are in a dream. There is usually fuzziness and lots of confusion about what is happening.
He came to me then in this transition to wakefulness. I didn’t recognize him at first. He was masked and standing over me. I was scared but more confused by what I was seeing. His voice comforted me even though I did not recognize his face.
Sometimes he does that to me. He scares me with his intensity, but his voice calms me. It can be a lifeline, that voice, but I don’t always get to hear it.
When you are in the beginning stages of a relationship, sometimes you see and feel things that scare you, and with long-distance or online relationships, this can be scarier. There is so much you do not know. Are they wearing a mask? Are they telling the truth? Are their feelings real?
And then their words and voice seep in to comfort you. And you forget the scary unknown in that moment. You hope for the best possible outcome. You concentrate on the realness that is there to be seen.
Lisa Gray 