Joonas Väre’s haunting poem in Catharsis Chronicles captures the unsettling depths of our subconscious, where dreams and nightmares act as surreal reflections of our waking fears and regrets. The stark imagery a shot echoing through a quiet morning, guilt bearing down on a young mind blurs the line between innocence and culpability, between fantasy and reality. The longing to escape into the simplicity of a fly or a cat reveals a deep, childlike desire to evade the emotional weight of our own actions, even within the boundaries of a dream. This poem speaks to the uncontrollable symbols within us, warning and unraveling our concealed truths.