Mind Ablaze

This morning my alarm woke me in the middle of a nightmare that I needed to finish. Smashing the snooze button, I didn’t care if I was late for work. I was going to wrap up this dream regardless of real life responsibility or the horrificness of it all.

The scenario was this:

Stuck believing my dream world was reality; I was hastily driving my car to high ground in an attempt to escape doomsday. I'm not positive by I think nuclear bombs were supposed to simultaneously explode all over the world at any moment. One thing was sure, I wasn't about to stick around to find out. In my car was my apathetic little sister, an indistinguishable elderly woman and a sleeping dog. While I was nervously eager to save ourselves, the others were surprisingly indolent to the idea. Even though it was the end of the world, no one else seemed to care, and that bothered me. Strangers wandered the streets asking questions which pondered the logistics of when the bombs were exploding and what that meant for us. I felt they sould of caring that they were all going to die. Wouldn't you? I mean, their curiosity had rendered them blind! Even the radio announcer on my car radio was lazily referencing the explosions with little demeanor or charisma. I was alone in attempting survival.

Slowly but surely, through five minute increments, in-between snooze button pushing, I desperately dreamed my way towards a conclusion. Though I stubbornly want to be the hero with an outcome, I was eventually pulled out my illusive daze by a housemate Rob, calling my name to ask if I was about to get in the shower. Scared of losing my turn I shouted, "yes! I’m up!" as I gathered my naked body around a towel and groggily sprinted downstairs to the bathroom.

Rob, in his boxers, was waiting anxiously in the hallway while the bathroom door slammed.
"…four minutes, urr… promise." I grunted.
I like my showers hot and this morning was no exception. While the steam clouded the mirror and the water scorched my skin red, I soaped and gargled while wondering why I had such a crazy dream.