Dream of Deletions in the State Department’s Reports on Human Rights Abuses

I woke close to midnight, leg cramped, as I half-stood in pain
I dreamed God was talking to me from a distance
I could see a faint image of a small group of people, like a pastel sketch
Walking from a platform towards a light, surprisingly subdued
Towards a voice that was as silent as it was all encompassing
I somehow knew one man I saw was blind, he led the group
He had a plain blue cap and wore slacks and button up shirt
I had assumed he would be blind in the afterlife as well
Then I realized what was happening
God was giving him back his vision
The man’s vision was not being given to him
It was being given back to him, at a distance from that light
At that moment there was a ringing in my good ear
And continued to ring as I woke
This was very noticeable for me
As normally it is my deaf ear in which I hear ringing
There is a long history about that
In that subtle difference
I could get the impression
That God wanted me to feel AWE
If not a little fear
Whether it is God or my government I should fear
Both are likely true