a dream awash in childish ignorance

I used to not understand the saying "Ignorance is bliss." And I distinctly remember not understanding it. Because who would want to be ignorant? But I understand it now. Oh, how I understand it now.

a dream in an unimagined cry

One song. Two words. And I'm down.

a dream in a chapter

Treat life as you would books. Take it one chapter at a time.

a dream is no more

That blissful moment when you wake up and hope it was all a dream. Then reality comes crashing down and shoots your dream to hell.

a dream in a mirror

You don't recognize yourself in photos. You see the picture and your perception of yourself dissolves. Poof. Does my smile really crease that much? Have I gained that much weight? That's what I look like in profile? Your mind isn't everything. It's deceptive. You live your life with an image fixed in your head but when you look in the mirror you don't see that image reflected back.

a dream of why

It's weird to think you occupy another's thoughts. A lot. So much they love you with their whole heart. The posts you read--are about you. Someone is spending their precious time thinking of you and you can't help to wonder why. Why? Why me, why do you love me?

a dream of perception

You have these images, flashes, judgments, appearances, feelings, and thoughts that encompass the perception of people the first few times you meet them. Before you get to know them, there's this persona that differs from the perception down the road. It's almost like the image of a character as you're reading a book. That image evolves as the character does, and when you finish the book the protagonist is a whole different person in your mind--complete. Now you look back at those perceptions in the past, and they're vastly different than the complex people you know today.