This is a somewhat absurd story, and the author can't tell whether it really happened or whether it was just a figment of his imagination.
They always appear in dreams, maybe dreams are the real world.
Well, the author is a psycho! The kind that doctors give up on treating.
The people and feelings in the story are like potted plants left in the basement. They struggle and long to see the sun, but things go against their wishes and end up rotting in the soil!
Yes, rot in the soil!
Very interesting, keep it up!