Invader
My youthful sleep had many dreams,
some were nightmares with scary themes,
unlike the others, these were clear,
with air so thick in atmosphere.
Twilight’s shadow became the mark,
as mood fell silent in the dark,
intuition, had me on pins,
when air was heavy, dream begins.
Gold Chinese stars explode by night,
with no composure in the fright,
old nightmares play inside my mind,
with frightful scenes left to define.
Above my head the skies are full,
with bomber jets n’ U.S. bull,
their training bases on our land,
to launch the foreign wars they planned.
Curfew has us all in hiding,
on edge of darkness we’re riding,
streets are empty, town and village,
lights are out before the pillage.
Well out of sight, I run inside,
within my house I try to hide,
and peer above at U.S. planes,
that hover over my domain.
Evade detection from their rays,
but safe in shadows from their gaze,
they search the ground above our town,
while jet formations fly around.
Thoughts creep in, as to why they’re here,
and why our leader stokes the fear,
in U.S.A. a coup took place,
old POTUS gone without a trace.
Suddenly all squadrons leave,
their racing north to plots they weave,
as air grows quiet, sun does set,
while worries weighs on what begets.
“All is well”, our friends beam through,
from eastern lands where jets just flew,
an open window in twilight skies,
a T.V. stream before my eyes.
Troubled feelings within these dreams,
move through today’s official themes,
they make me think back to those times,
those rerun sixties dreams of mine.
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2nd Edit Sept 16th, 2021
At that time, Canada was a sovereign nation, the USA and Soviet Union were in a cold war, China was not on the Radar and there was no internet or advanced communication.
In that series of dreams, it started with a blackout, there was no electricity, I was outside in front of my parents’ house and the night sky was filled with billions of stars. Some of the stars were moving, which then became clear that they were fighting. I thought alien wars but then the realization was that those fighting ships fighting against the Chinese, but far away. As time moved in the dream, there was a sense that the war was coming closer.
The US Airforce arrived like an unwanted invasion force. There were fighter jets everywhere flying in groups, in different directions, some very close in the skies above my town, flying right over my street. There were strict curfew laws in place and so people were not allowed to go outside, in fact there was a complete absence of people. I was outside anyways and felt the anxiety and helplessness of what was unfolding, hoping not to be seen by planes above. I couldn't understand why they were here. Thoughts turned to why the US had turned so evil; and then as if in answer, there was an understanding that the US president was forced from office and replaced with someone more sinister. My thoughts went to the leader of my own country (Canada) standing up for Canadians but realized after a moment that the Canadian prime minister had chosen to side with the US which made me think of him as a traitor.
The next series of dreams opened with US military fighter jets flying in formation above our town. I was outside in the evening twilight trying not to be seen but as a massive low flying plane crept up and scanned the ground, I scurried into the house to hide and watched it in the sky above behind curtains of a back kitchen window as the massive plane came to a stop right above my neighborhood’s backyard. There were fighter jets flying in formation in the distance, and then all of a sudden, they all left for what I knew was war on the Asian side of the world.
A sense of relief flooded over me that they were gone but I feared for the future and for those on the other side that were about to be attacked by the USA and wished there was a way to let the other side know that they were coming. But as I went outside to the back yard to the setting sun, a video of a person unfolded in the air in front of me saying “don’t worry, everything will be fine.” It calmed me but then I worried about what was going to happen. That’s where the dream ended.
I’ve come to understand over the years, that the dreams had an atmosphere about them. That atmosphere is like when you play an old song that brings back memories from a previous time but you also remember the sense of what life was like back then, the time has a feeling and atmosphere about it from your experiences.
The atmosphere I felt in those dreams were foreign back then, yet it was familiar and so, a long story short, I find that the atmosphere of those dreams, is what it feels like today in 2021.
Today, the World is bullied by the USA, Russia has emerged as the good guy, China is a major economic competitor, Canada has become an economic vassal to American and European banks and wealthy families, while the Internet connects people all over the world instantly. Although now we are seeing massive censorship and totalitarian dictates throughout the western world and a huge ramp up in military posturing by the US & its allies against Russia and China. My hope is that all will pass without incident. Fingers crossed.
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