Lately I've been seeing a lot more deer and does.

I remember dreaming of walking slowly in the forest, off the beaten path (even though I don't usually do this when I'm not asleep -to preserve ecosystems-, it seems more natural to me to wander off the beaten path, as a therian). The forest seems very green, very fertile, and I saw this sort of green mist that surrounds me every time I dream of a forest, a bit like I was cut off from the world, like it was just the forest and me.

Suddenly, I saw him. A large, proud stag with magnificent antlers, on the forest path. He turned his head towards me, unafraid as long as I kept my distance. We stayed there observing each other, until my sleep resumed its course of blurry and confused images.

A few months later, I also dreamed of a doe. She was at the edge of a wood; I was walking with my mother and sister when I saw her. The same thing happened; everything became calm and clear. As soon as she saw us, she turned around and started to run away but stopped abruptly and turned her head towards me.

It was now or never.

I began to move forward slowly, descending the short slope that separated us. I was able to touch her muzzle and I swear she was as soft as a baby rabbit. She also approached and I saw that she... was crying? She lay down on the ground, in my arms. I don't really know why, but I was crying too.

Nothing was around us anymore, we were alone, crying together. We stayed like that for a long time. I can't explain it clearly, it was like we had known each other for a long time, like we were finally reunited. It was one of the most powerful dreams I've ever had, and it was about a doe in tears.

When I woke up I had completely forgotten about this story, but a few hours later it suddenly came back to me, and I spent my day thinking about it. Sometimes I feel a pang of sadness when I talk about it. I wish I could have seen her again, just once, because I felt at home with her, I felt safe.

I've wanted to talk about my naturehearted experiences for a long time, because -hearted and -kith identities are often considered less important than a -kin identity, but that's really wrong! In my case, I even consider my therianthropy to come from my naturheart-ness. I hope that this post will give us a little more visibility and will encourages some beings to share their experiences on this topic too, because oh boy, this is so interesting !