"Out Of My Dreams"

     In 1943 Rogers and Hammerstein made musical theater history with their show Oklahoma! and forever changed the art form. For the first time, the songs were integrated into the story to advance the plot. One of those songs sung by the character Laurie with the Women's Chorus has special significance for this column.      

                                        "Out of my dreams and into your arms I long to fly 

I will come as evening comes to woo a waiting sky. 

Out of my dreams and into the hush of falling shadows, 

When the mist is low and stars are breaking through 

Then out of my dreams I'll go Into a dream with you. 

Won't have to make up anymore stories 

You'll be there! 

Think of the bright midsummer night 

Glories we can share. 

Won't have to go on kissing a daydream 

I'll have you 

You'll be real 

Real as the white moon lighting the blue." 

     People often have recurring dreams, especially when desire is involved. These dreams stand out not only because of the emotion that helped create them, but also for the detail. Dreams like Laurie's about a potential lover can even allow the dreamer to feel the desired embrace and even a kiss. When this happens in waking life, it seems like deja vu. But is it? 

     Couldn't be that the relationship already existed in some other dimension and was drawn into this realm called 'reality?' Might it also be the case that the relationship is real and separation from the lover is a unpleasant dream of past or future?