Museum of Dreams

FREE WRITING

I once had a dream of an massive museum
One thousand rooms, branching and looping
I dreamt of tourists hiking and marching
One thousand strangers in one thousand rooms
Kindergarten classrooms and long office hallways
Barren retail stores and coffee shops
Nurseries and hospital rooms
Labrotories and mortuaries
And every single room, you have been there before
Or maybe you've seen it in pictures
But you can’t quite remember
One thousand tourists walked in and all walked out
You and I explored together
Sitting in tiny chairs
Watching raindrops chase each other down the greenhouse glass
Walking hallways that seemed to stretch into infinity
I dreamt of a museum
Of one thousand rooms

Message to Readers

I'll hike up this mountain under one condition: tell me whether or not you're a vampire. Oh- really? Okay, nevermind. I changed my condition: we have to get frozen yogurt afterwards.

Peer Review

What about this piece delighted, surprised, or moved you?

I live near a city full of museums so it's easy for me to conjure an image of "Rooms I've been in before" The theme of 1000 strangers and rooms leaves so much to the imagination.

What else would you like to know? Where might the writer deepen an idea or question? Would additional details invite you further into the writing?

I think you could elaborate the ending. You and I explored together sitting in tiny chairs. You bring up a relationship and I think you can follow through with it.

Reviewer Comments

Regardless, amazing job!