The Golliwog, then the Copper Woman - a lucid dream (night of 27/04/2024)

I wake in my room. I am spooked for some reason, and turn the light on. The light looks odd.

I look down my room to the door. My room is slightly longer than in waking life. There is a bookcase to the right. There seems to be objects on the floor - perhaps an old vacuum? To my horror, I see something moving, and with a dismal sense of fear, I see that the Golliwog thatw a sin my oild flat in Brighton is now alive.

I realise I am dreaming. The gollywog walks or floats towards me maliciously. What can I do about it?

I decide to hold its hand and I do. The gollywog turns into a coffee coloured plump man, like a genie or a buddha. He seems like a child, mischievous rather than malevolent

He wants to go outside. I am somewhat uncertain about letting him go but decide to do so. Once he had left the flat I find that I have trouble locking the door again, but realize it is a dream and all doors are hard to lock in dreams. As this is a dream, I do not mind leaving the door unlocked.

What to do now? I walk round my flat. In th libing room, there are dark blue tiles on the floor, like the floor of the bathroom in waking life. Maybe I am trapped in this dream state? I wonder what yo do now that I realise I am dreaming. My dream-flat seems subtly different to my wakin flat - slightly larger, and with a feeling I can quite decribe.

I walk to the bathroom. I know someone is in there. Glimpse of red fabric, a feeling of light, slightly ethereal. There is a woman there, with ginger hair, wearin a red dress. She speaks with an American accent, is slightly taller than me and seems happy to see me.

We kiss and I invite her in to my flat from the bathroom. She leaves through the door to climb in through the living room window - it does not strike me as odd that she is able to do this as my flat is on the first floor. I go to the living room, and am relieved to see her climbing in through the window. She motions to the front garden, full of rubbish - like the detritus of a building site. I want to draw her away from this as I do not want the golliwog man to realise we are here, and to come back to annoy us.

We go to my room to my bed - dark blue sheets. I wake up.