(In this POV My little deer thinks on a deep tiredness and stopping but then waking up and all is good! )
In case folks need to stay clear of those thoughts yeye Nothing too graphic though- More under the cut! nV n)

It felt like for the longest time,
I was a deep tiredness that wandered endlessly through the misty grays of sleep.

It claimed me like I thought the forest would, and I was apart from myself for what felt like eons.
Even now I'm only halfway back, only halfway to my self and awareness. I'm here but I'm not awake.

I move as if through deep murky waters, Is there a way out?
Did the forest eat me after all like I had feared all those eons ago?

My mind falters- Is this what happened to the others who were too weak to survive?
If I just lay down now, will I never return to that strange forest?

No. I must return. I won't be consumed by this or the forest or anything else!
If I concentrate I can feel my body in the space just outside of that forest. I will return even if it takes me a whole nother eon!

I pushed forward in those murky gray waters, one slow step after another.
My mind and symbol dim in the forever gray of this place of tired sleep but I will not give up.

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Every so often- I catch my mind wandering as I find myself standing still when I was sure I had been walking.
It goes blank with a deep tiredness that I feel in every bit of what is me.

I think- I slept for another while, being nothing while existing.
I'm closer now then I was though, perhaps I wandered closer- Ah yes- I'm there- right there-

If I just reach out-
I woke up then, and everything drifted as that very long dream faded.
I'm bigger now! So tall! My reflection shows me a very intimidating looking deer.
I'm older and now I have horns that stand higher than me holding my symbol between them.

I stumble around on my too long legs as I search the forest for others.
If I wander around enough perhaps I will find someone who I knew as a young one.

((School drained me completely last year, I did not mean to disappear but I did. But now I am back!))
Better than ever! More lively than I've been before! And ready to run as my darling deer!))