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Dreams about non-existent loved ones are the worst. Whether it's about a lover, a parent, a sibling, a child or even a friend it always makes me cry. It's a special kind of sadness too. Like, this person never existed, but I love them as much as I do my real family anyways?? And I can barely remember them but what I can remember is slipping away and getting blurry until they are nothing but vague images and sounds. I don't even know what they look like. I can't even talk to anyone about them because. What do even I say? Nobody else knows them but me.
I had a dream just the other day where I think maybe my parents died or something, because I was really sad and went to stay at a robot man's house. He wasn't related to me and I had never met him before this. But he comforted me when I was crying, dried me with a towel after I went out in the rain, and saved me from falling off a cliff (I don't know how I got into that situation).
He was really kind, and had big, round, pinky-orange eyes that changed shape depending on his mood. I'm also pretty sure he had a British accent, like a doctor from Doctor Who.
Eventually, I called him Uncle and he was really happy about it.
Now, I'm stuck grieving for an Uncle I don't have and can barely remember anything about.