Rotting Soul

I’ve had a reoccurring dream of late. The last time I dreamed it, I was cognizant that I’d dreamed it before which is how I figured out what was going on in that version, as it was somewhat different but had some of the same characters in it.

In both dreams, I was walking.
In the first, alone, but alongside others walking on a bustling, city sidewalk.
In the Second, with a dream friend (not someone I know IRL), alongside others on a…