And now more seriously.

( So when the therapist sees the linework on the tattoo, her first comment is 'What do snakes mean to you?' )

Shed your skin
Cast off your chains
Feel the sun upon your face for once
And wash away the pain
Shed your skin
Be who you are
Unencumbered by the weight
Of hiding every little scar

-- Assemblage 23, "Skin"

Sort of nominally dreaming, I think; I was awake at the time; this was a falling asleep thing. Sort of halfway between 'I tell myself stories to fall asleep to' and ... I don't know what.

( Cut for people who aren't interested in dreams or totemism or ... stuff. )