A Dream remembered

I had a dream quite a while ago.  It might be 7 years now.  I am writing this down now because I remember it like it was yesterday and maybe one day I won't.  It isn't a happy dream.

I had a friend in my dream

He was a good guy but quite shy and hesitant within my group of friends

I had a very strong sense of ownership over him though

I wanted him to feel loved and welcomed in community

Slowly he began to become more comfortable

He actually was quite funny and charismatic 

My friends loved him

In fact, they began to always want to hang with him more than me

I was fine with that

I was just happy he was part of the community

One day we were walking

and he told me that he needed to talk to me

He had a secret

I asked him what it was knowing in my heart

There was nothing he could say that would make me not be his friend

What he told me was odd

He was a manufactured robot

He didn't want to tell anyone because he thought he would be rejected

I told him that it didn't matter 

When he told our friends they only loved him more

"What an honest guy!" 

They would say

From there he began to be encouraged to step in to leadership

People wanted to put him on a pedestal

Slowly he began to agree with them

In fact he was convinced that he should run for mayor of our city

The city loved him

He was a shoe in for victory

The election came and sure enough he won

We were all very proud of him

We were sitting at the victory dinner when he took the stand 

It was time for his speech

As he rose to the stand

Something inside of me cried out in terror

I heard a ticking 

*tick* *tick* *tick*

What was it?

I wasn't sure but I know that I needed to get out of there

I left the room 

Headed up the side of the mountain to where my mother lived

Suddenly I saw a great big light at my back

As I turned I saw a giant explosion

Mushroom cloud and all

People began running away from the city as fast as they could

I grabbed my moms hand and we started to run up the hill

As the city melted away behind me

My friend had been made by the enemy

He was designed to gain the trust of community 

Rise to the place of leader

And set off a bomb when all eyes were on him

That would destroy the city and the lives of many

That is where my dream ended.  What does it mean?  I don't know but I remember it so clearly.