dreams...

Dreams are strange things...
Sometimes they vanish as our eyes open in the morning, sometimes only leaving shreds behind to implore the mind into wondering what it was really about...or they are overridden all together. Leaving no trace at all.
But other times, as rare as they might be, they remain just as vivid in your minds eye long after you've woken to the day.

The latter of these types happened this morning. Though my eyes were open, there was something about what had happened that kept me rethinking what I could remember of it.
A man I didnt know, (maybe I cant call it that...though it resembled one, it had abilities that wernt human.) had taken some of the people in my life that I care about and hidden them away somewhere secret. They wernt safe. I knew this by the way I felt I had to find them without wasting any time.
This man gave me clues that I had to follow to find them again. Sometimes in person, vanishing after they were given, or in little things, pictures, notes, ect. But there were rules to this too. Things we were both bound by.
He could not kill me, or some of the people he held captive. As I could not kill him. The game was between he and I only. No one else could be involved. This rule didnt really matter however, because no matter how many people I might have tried to employ to help me, they would not have understood or been able to see the clues. This was between me and him.

There were a lot of details...things like how he could cause detractions, or promise things should I give up my passion to find them. Shallow things he could grant instantly.
It's strange...but at the time I knew it was Satan, the same way I knew the people I loved wernt safe.
It was an unexpected illustration to how serious my battle is with him, and how I dont always fight with passion against him, but take the shallow things he offers instead...

It's vitally important to keep its seriousness in mind. Even though this was just a dream, it doesnt seem unreasonably close to what I know of the reality of what it was mimicking...