dreams define reality as death defines life

dreams represent that which is not while reality represents that which is. there are basically two kinds of dreams. common dreams which reflect falsehoods and hopes and fears and true dreams which contain the truth. i have had few true dreams and they tend to be symbolic.death defines life the same way light is defined by the dark. one without the other would render the one meaningless. a child is fascinated by the thin spoke of light issuing forth from his flashlight. the spoke is given form by the dark curled about it. the spoke illuminates that which was unseen in the dark. this play between the light and the dark through the medium of time represents change. a rose blossoms from a bud and blooms. in time the petals fall off and the rose withers. is the beauty of the rose only seen in the moment of its bloom? i find the beauty in the change from inception to the moment the last petal falls. without death we would be left with those plastic flowers you find in bad restaurants that sit and gather dust for eternity. life is change. life is the knowledge that death awaits. so live...