A Dream of Mine

This is a dream of mine, that made me wonder...

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The sky is dark, thunder rolls across the clouds as the view point rises up to view what would have been a gigantic dry lake bed. In the center of this dry, desert-like environment is a tall structure. From your point-of-view it almost seems like an ice cube tray, standing up on end, but in reality it is a huge apartment complex, cut open like the diagrams in a story book so you can see all of the inside. Rain beats down on this large building and the dry lake, and you notice off handily that a pool of water is beginning to form around the bottom of the building.

Suddenly the earth quakes and you are rocketed forward towards the strange building, you wish to scream, wondering if you'll slam into the wall, but your voice is caught in your throat. When you finally stop you are inside, the building and the time must have changed because now the apartment you are in is almost completely submerged in water.

The whole place looks like a tornado came ripping by. Various material items are floating in the water and you can see a bookcase tipped on it's side in another part of the room. A small grey animal, an elephant, stuffed toy floats lazily by, and that's when you realize, to your horror that someone who lived here has died.

Someone very young...

With a sudden jerk you are pulled from that existence to a new place. However this time you can seem yourself. You are a small child of around five or six, with bright blue eyes and a happy jolly smile. You are skipping toward a large lake, the sun is bright and birds are chirping.

A large group of people are by the lake's edge and as you travel to some unseen place you can't help but over hear bits of their conversation.

"So young-"

"The whole place was just swallowed up by the storm..."

"It isn't fair! My daughter-"

"Heaven help them."

"There were no survivors."

Oblivious to any of the depressing talk you travel onward. Eventually you reach the waters edge and stop, leaning over to see your own reflection in the blue water. You stand there for a few moments, smiling at yourself before something catches your eye and you look up. You curiously wander into the water toward a floating log. You wade into the water about up to your knees before you can grab the object that caught your eye.

It smiles at you, with it's soggy, sad grin made of black thread. It's onyx button eyes gleaming sadly as you shake some of the water free. You smile at it, seemingly glad to have found such a treasure before you stop abruptly and turn your head.

Nodding affirmatively you turn back toward home, the little elephant doll tucked safely under one arm.

As you're skipping, your foot catches on an unseen object and you are launched forward. Time seems to slow down as you slowly watch yourself fall, the dolls little arm clutched tightly in your hand. You close your eyes tightly to brace for impact-

And you wake up...

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I had this dream when I was ten. I was very disturbed by it, simply because there was no meaning behind it.
I was also ten and dreaming of people dying... Creepy...

I really wasn't sure what it meant but it was very vivid, and very real feeling.

This was probably the dream that got me started on wondering on dream interpretation.
I bet it makes you wonder as well... Does it?