Dory from Pixar
You appeared at night
The final moments before sleep
Too late to write you down
Yet I am confident
That you will see the sun
Except that you are gone
A sense of loss
Tickling at my brain
Phantoms of an idea
That may never return
I shall mourn the vanished
As I continue through the day
Until part of it returns
Before I fall asleep
And leaves by dawn again
Legends of Windemere 
The same thing has happened to me sooo many times! I have a good dream that I think would make a nice story or I have a thought about how to fix a scene. Then boom. I wake up, totally forgetting the dream or the idea.
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This is why I try not to get my hopes up with dreams. I’m always told to keep pen and paper nearby, but there’s a flaw in that plan. I have to be awake enough to remember them and not be drawn into the dream and sleep. Suddenly jolting myself awake can really do a number on the cycle.
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Yes, I’ve heard the paper and pencil thing. I’ve kept pads of paper by my bed and never used them. Some people say you can tell yourself to wake up. I’ve never had that kind of control over my sleep!
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Same here. I’m more of the type to tell myself to sleep and then tell myself to shut up.
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So true. Ideas pop in and out so fast. Wish I could record them.
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Same here. Somebody should invent a device that records your thoughts as they appear. That way you can look at them later.
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Some would say its called a notebook and pen.
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Yeah, but those don’t help when you’re already asleep or driving. 😦
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