The Phantom

A Dream May 15, 2023

She sang a duet with me.  Something from the Phantom of the Opera.  We were on a curving, descending staircase and she laughed.  Her features were soft.  She sat next to me and talked with the man on the other side for awhile.  I felt a touch on my arm and she said,’Is the time for us over’.

I remember walking down the curving balcony that descended to an auditorium with no doors.  The walkway was well worn and I heard a man singing some operatic piece.  I could see from the side of the auditorium that there was no seating and no audience.  Only this middle-aged, gray bearded man standing in the middle of the area where the seating should have been. . . singing something from an opera.

I was overcome with sadness and dropped to my knees. I cried . . .

For a moment I was lost.

It was all the sadness I could bear. It was time to move on. 

And, I woke up.