Who Do We Dream About?

We’ve all been there: the alarm clock blares, and for a fleeting second, you’re still locked in a deep conversation with someone who—logically—shouldn't be there. Whether it’s a childhood friend you haven’t seen in a decade or a celebrity you’ve never met, our dreams have a way of casting the most unexpected characters.

 

But have you ever stopped to wonder: When night falls, who do you dream about, and why?

"I dream of you, to wake" (Sonnet 14) -Christina Rossetti.

I dream of you, to wake: would that I might

Dream of you and not wake but slumber on;

Nor find with dreams the dear companion gone,

As, Summer ended, Summer birds take flight.

In happy dreams I hold you full in night.

I blush again who waking look so wan;

Brighter than sunniest day that ever shone,

In happy dreams your smile makes day of night.

Thus for in dreams I may come to your side,

And love you without measure, without fear,

And know that you are mine, and I am yours.

Ah, brief delight! The morning comes so fast,

And waking brings the cold light of the day,

Where I must live without you, as before.