Unknown Mind: Viyan’s Diary – Part 10: The Dream Before Dawn

 🧠 **Unknown Mind: Viyan’s Diary – Part 10: The Dream Before Dawn**

That night…  

I didn’t just sleep.

I *traveled*.

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In the dream, I was standing in a **white corridor**.  

No doors. No windows. Just whispers on the wall.

I turned around — and there he stood.

**A boy. Barefoot. Same face. Same eyes.**  

But he looked… smaller.  

Weaker. Frightened.

It was **me**.  

The version that got left behind during the storm.

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He looked up and said:

> “Why did you leave me there… on that bus?”

My throat went dry.

> “I didn’t leave you,” I whispered.  

> “I just didn’t know how to carry you forward.”

Tears filled his eyes.  

Mine too.

And then…

He held my hand.

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Suddenly, the corridor cracked open.  

Light spilled in.

We were no longer two people.  

We were **one**.

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I woke up…  

at 4:23 AM.

There was sweat on my forehead.  

But a smile on my face.

For the first time in months,  

I didn’t feel like I was fighting my fear…

I had *understood* it.  

And that changed everything.

That morning, I saw the first sunlight differently.

It wasn’t just dawn outside.

> **It was dawn inside me.**

🖋️ — *Viyan*