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I asked the dream catcher once again

dear dream catcher

you were supposed to take away my nightmares

but why do you keep bringing me dreams of her

dont you know how much it hurts

to see someone in my dreams

whom I cannot hold in my waking life

how did you change my belief in you

when all I wanted was to forget her

at least while I sleep

the dream catcher replied

dear

I know you call them nightmares

because of how you feel when you wake

but tell me

were the dreams themselves so painful

or was it the waking up that hurt

you see

you keep asking me to take her away

but perhaps not everything that hurts us

is meant to be thrown away

and remember

when she wanted to give you this

you insisted on taking it yourself

sometimes we try so hard

to decide how things should come to us

that we forget to receive them

as they are

so dont tell the sky what to give you

and dont ask it to take away

everything your heart struggles to carry

just follow your heartbeat

and let the sky be the sky

I cannot promise you

that you will never dream of her again

but perhaps one day

you will wake from a dream of her

and feel grateful that

for a little while

you got to see her again