The Dream…

I had a dream last night, no a nightmare, no a dream that I was a mommy responsible for a puppy that followed me EVERYWHERE and then I turned around and she was gone and I panicked and frantically looked EVERYWHERE for her. I remember feeling disoriented and fearful and this overwhelming need to get her and I couldn’t swallow or breathe and my insides were all knotted up and I felt weirdly hollow and then I spotted her out of the corner of my eye and cold relief flooded through me then intense anger, brief and a strong desire to lick her fur until she was clean (I am a dog after all) and keep her right by my side following me EVERYWHERE I go…and then I woke up….