| Baby Bird Camy, 38 years old; social worker, Houston, Texas date of dream: February 12, 2002 date submitted: February 13, 2005 We are traveling in a pickup truck down a long narrow dirt road. I am in the back seat with my daughter. My boyfriend Ely is in the driver's seat. A baby bird is nestled in a mud and grass birdhouse which is propped up in the front seat. My daughter and I are looking at the baby bird, and I reach for it. You have to see this, I tell her. I am reaching for the baby bird, just as Ely says, Don't take the bird out! The back window is opened. By then, the baby bird has already flown out of my hand, through the back window, and into the sky. I am crying, Nooooooooooo! Camy's interpretationDreamer's Interpretation: The baby bird represents something close and dear to me that I want to protect, yet fail to do so. As a matter of fact, I create the circumstance in which I lose it. I love the baby bird desparately, and desire it's closeness, but I still lose it because of some desire to take it out without checking for opened windows (dangers?). I yearn for my daughter to be able to feel the same affection for this little helpless creature that I do, but she doesn't get that chance, either. Sometimes my strongest desires escape me. Sometimes the decisions I make can be self-defeating. I am wondering if this is really about my abortion. |