Edit 3: On Actias

[danny_]

Alex, I saw the spoiler, but I just never would have imagined such an analogy. This thing you're doing is very much in your subconscious and it's not discernible through the poem. I know, I've done the same thing many times. We hold a great deal more inside us as the writers that we don't realize is still not translating to the reader despite our careful words. If it's your true desire to convey this analogy, something more has to be done with the piece. I would imagine the poem could be stretched to compare to other things, such as a relationship, before I can see it as how you described in the spoiler. 

On thinking for a moment, I might have an idea what you mean, though -

Does this have anything to do with lucid dreaming?

I am thinking of how careful you have to be to allow the vision to come to you, without being overly affected by it otherwise it instantly vanishes.