I had a dream last night.  I was in a car, and it was going in reverse in the dark or twilight down a winding mountain road.  Veering off the road appeared to lead to a certain crash or bad end.  I was in my Subaru, and I marveled at what was keeping me from going off the road, as it was dark and we were going in reverse.  Briefly I thought of all wheel drive, how that is a safety feature in my dream.

Every time I tooki  the wheel, and tried to steer the car as we were going in reverse, it would head off course and almost fall off the winding road into a divider.  I finally gave up, realizing that my efforts to steer backing up down this winding road were much worse than the direction the car was taking on its own.  There was, as you can imagine, a sense of unease, waiting for the impact of a collision, backing up on a winding road in the dark, and yet, there was a sense of wonder, that somehow, the trip was progressing without my driving, in reverse.


Matthew